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Title: Good ideas, just not executed well
Review: While the story is the typical 'group of wanna-be heroes goes on a quest to save the world' the author has built a very believable world (seemingly set in Europe in the far future? <shrug>) and I really wanted to become immersed in it. The problem is that he cannot tell a compelling story! I felt no connection to any of the characters and the action sequences were laid out almost matter-of-factly. And it's too bad because the setting is remarkable and deserves to be inhabited by people to match it. The story never grabbed me and while it can be argued that the book is setting the stage for the next two the plot isn't all that complex and needs dynamic story telling to bring the whole thing off. 2 stars for the world and history, I won't be reading the other books of the trilogy.
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