3.0
Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest
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In the exciting new story of Magic's latest release, Throne of Eldraine, the young warrior-mage twins Rowan and Will Kenrith quest for their missing father, High King Kenrith. Venturing far from the safety of the Realm, their search takes them deep into the Wilds—a hostile land of faeries, monsters, and untamed magic. A chance encounter with the wily and inscrutable shapeshifter Oko seems somehow connected, but memory of the Fey trickster flits away with a wink. Beleaguered by unclear recollections and pursued relentlessly by Garruk, a cursed hunter stalking Planeswalkers across the Multiverse, can the royal scions unravel the mystery of their father's disappearance and restore him to his rightful throne before his absence shatters the peace of their home?
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3.0
“A literary masterpiece next to the War of the Spark books. This actually has both plot, characterization, and description!
But unfortunately, this was also a bit of a chore to get through, the prime obstacle this time being the writing style. There's unnecessary adjectives, unusual and unrelatable descriptions, flip-floppy points of view, and orphaned pronouns abound. I'll give an illustrative example:
"A bulb of yellow light popped into view to his left, illuminating the loremage as she peered around, discovering the two girls close by her. The bulb expanded until it shone like a full moon over the scene. Will found himself at the edge of the clearing he'd seen in his vision. At their backs rose a wall of tangled forest and the gleam of portal half hidden on the verge, its shape and light so faint he might easily have mistaken it for a magically shimmering spider's web suspended in mid-air."
Who discovered whom close by whomst? At whose backs rose a wall of tangled forest? Sure, it can be surmised with a bit of effort (except who discovered the two girls, which is truly ambiguous...), but there's no through line in the paragraph, instead pronouns and viewpoints feel haphazardly thrown together. Then, "a wall of tangled forest and the gleam of portal half hidden on the verge" is surely a mistake with half its words and punctuation missing...? Followed by another non sequitur in the idea of seeing a portal but confusing it for a magical spider web... What? Why is that the simile? What is the word "magically" adding here? Non-magical spider webs already shimmer!
I'm in the nitty gritty now picking apart a single paragraph, but the thing is, this problem suffuses much of the book, writing that whether by conscious style or time-pressured lack of quality, adds needless friction to the reading.
Apart from that, the character and plot are alright, but not interesting or well-developed enough to warrant the trouble. And the denoument is very rushed and out of nowhere, like they suddenly ran out of page space.”
About Kate Elliott
Kate Elliott has been writing science fiction and fantasy for 30 years, with 27 books in print. Her particular focus is immersive world building & centering women in epic stories of adventure & transformative cultural change. She is best known for her Crown of Stars epic fantasy series. Her next book, out in July 2020, is genderbent Alexander the Great in space.
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