Review: Themes of power and temptation
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
I have no doubt that JRR Tolkien would be impressed with the themes of power and temptation at the heart of this book. Perhaps asking the question, "What would you do if you had a magic wand?" is another way of looking at it. For this young man, at least in book one of this series, the answer is a tortured one indeed. With great power comes great responsibility and unfortunately for this young man, he is so far unable to handle either. Without giving too much away, what the authors admirably demonstrate is that the use and abuse of power is a slippery slope. Once the initial decision to cross the line from doing good to doing evil is made, it is well nigh impossible to go back; in fact, the bad deeds tend to become compounded and there is no way forward but down. This is just the beginning and I'm anxious to find out how it will all pan out and get resolved.