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I enjoyed the story quite a bit, but when describing what characters were thinking or feeling, it just be came too wordy, and often redundant or containing unnecessary recapping of the story. It caused the story to drag a bit at times, and for me to actually think at a few points, "alright, I get it..." Also, the recapping of what happened a couple chapters earlier is as unneeded as it is is on modern TV shows when they do it after every commercial break.
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When I finished reading Tolkien back in 1975, there wasn't much fantasy to choose from. I devoured C.S. Lewis and Ursula LeGuin. The Shannara series wasn't comparable to Tolkien, but it certainly filled an empty niche.
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