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A review by patricia_nascimento
The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks
3.0
RATING: 3.5 stars-ish.
It's not that I didn't like it, but something feels off to me in these books. The elves suddenly being there and all the random mutations for one. The once-men (how are they different from regular men, except that they don't seem to have morals at all?). The wars that destroyed civilization. I wanted more background I guess.
Not to mention the characters are mostly generic. Very much fantasy type heroes in an apocalyptic world. Just doesn't seem to make sense. Also some characters seem to remember "the old days", but weren't the old days more than 100 years ago or something? The world-building in this is just... lazy.
It's not that I didn't like it, but something feels off to me in these books. The elves suddenly being there and all the random mutations for one. The once-men (how are they different from regular men, except that they don't seem to have morals at all?). The wars that destroyed civilization. I wanted more background I guess.
Not to mention the characters are mostly generic. Very much fantasy type heroes in an apocalyptic world. Just doesn't seem to make sense. Also some characters seem to remember "the old days", but weren't the old days more than 100 years ago or something? The world-building in this is just... lazy.