Review: Action Movie in Book Form
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2013
I debated a lot, trying to decide how to rate this book. I was hesitant to give it a 4, but it really isn't as mediocre as a 3. I finally decided that a 3 would not be fair, since the book s better than that, though not much better.The book starts off slow. Not so much as "lacking action," but it is wordy, even during the action scenes. I came very close to giving up on it since it took so long to get going (about 1/4 of the way in).Even once the story picks up and gets good, the author tends to drag out the scenes longer than they need to be. There is almost always something going on, but it takes forever to get there much of the time. Once the action gets going, it's great. But then the story slows down again.The characters are well done, and I feel like I really got a feel for them. However, it seems like there is nothing they cannot do, which is how I came up with the title of this review. You know how to hero of an action movie always has the right solution to any problem and can always pull it off without too big of a hitch? That is what happens in this book. No matter what happens to the dwarves, hitting it with a pointy stick (sometimes a magic-infused pointy stick) is always the answer. And they can hit anything, anytime, anywhere. They get hurt, but they always get back up again. I am not saying I think the book would be better if one of them died (I don't). I just feel like some suspense was gone when you realize that the main characters are each a path of destruction.Overall, I liked the book once it got going, but feel like it could have been shorter and the main characters needed some kind of flaw.