I had heard good things about this book but I ended up disappointed with it. I almost gave up near the middle of the book, but there were just enough threads worth following that I managed to finish it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The idea of the world and how each person had the ability to control a \u201cfury\u201d (a sort of elemental spirit) – that was interesting. They didn\u2019t really delve into this relationship between the humans and their furies – how does it work? What are the limitations? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of explaining the rules and relationship, we have people using their furies on each other like a Pok\u00e9mon battle. The writing doesn\u2019t really draw us into the world – things happening seem like the solutions to a developing plot rather than a product of one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The story was predictable – and even without reading the next five books in the series I can guess where it is going. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This series might be better for a teen audience except for the occasional scenes of cannibalism and rape. Some of the goofy lines felt like they came right out of Scooby Doo – yikes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next I am reading Lonesome Dove (again) by Larry McMurtry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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