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This is so interesting. It's not a society I would want to live in, but I really admire what Roberson is doing and I am enthralled.

A case of not easy to like characters, brilliant writing that still makes you care.

The more I read this, the more excited I get about the potential for the rest of the series. This is a must read for fans of Jordan, Sanderson, Tad Williams, Terry Brooks, Islington, Michael J. Sullivan et al.

This is ridiculously underrated, and I would love to hear from other readers there thoughts on this. And in spite of its size, this is a gripping, well paced read that never once feels like a chore.

So this book won't be for everyone. It has a savage, primitive edge to it that makes reading some of the discourse between men and women quite hard to read. But there is a feral beauty to Roberson's world and I have to say, I really, really like it. It also isn't a massive book, and yet the worldbuilding is as impressive as many much larger books. I see Roberson becoming a big obsession of mine.

A really rather interesting, and somewhat dated (perhaps more rapiness than is strictly required), I can't help but wonder if Jordan and Hobb read this. Men with yellow eyes and wolf bonds? Check. Wit like bonding magic? Check. A genocide of sorts against those with animal magic? Check. A royal family lead storyline? Check.

So far, so good, and lovely, clean prose.

I absolutely love this book so far.

Shannara doesn't seem to be cool these days, but it remains comforting and wondrous to me after all these years in a way most newer releases aren't.

Ok I admit it, I LOVE CASSANDRA CLARE, and I'm okay with that. Seriously I am. Just don't tell anyone. Please. I beg of you. Not that I am ashamed, YOU'RE ASHAMED!

*Hides*

Shannara is comfort reading. I think everyone deserves a series that puts them at ease. This is one that does that for me.

I can't help it.

Close to finishing this absolute masterpiece.

Oh god I love Malazan...but yikes it can crush you a lot as a reader.

For a series that constantly gets derided for being "derivative", I can't help but still think that this first trilogy is better than most hyped new series, and easily better than the vast majority of modern YA.

As a huge Avatar The Last Airbender TV show fan, how did I not know of the prequel novels?

I like the writing, but I'm drawn immediately to the characters, and it's a world I'm glad lived on past the medium of television.