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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I only read this second boook in series to find out what happened to the characters in the first as thought it would improve. Disapointed and confused by the plot. I wont bother to read the 3rd instalment.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
i was excited after reading the first book in this series...well, now i am disappointed...it has turned into a rant, a confession, by a battered woman, about jealous, controlling and abusive mates...the kind of stuff your therapist might want to hear, since you are paying her/him...but i, the reader, am not...i am paying the author, and i do not want to fall into the sad hell of an abusive and manipulative relationship...i want escape, adventures, development of characters, and, above all, the illusion of individual freedom and self-determination...there is too much abusive stuff in our "real" world, right next door, and down the street...i do not want it in my literature...i hesitate to buy book 3...i will wait for it to show up, used, at a cheap price...sorry, ms roberson, you have lost me...
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Segue
13 Aug 2007
Format:Hardcover
I gave the book 4 stars instead of three because while I still enjoyed the story and the last two pages made my evening, in all honesty the book is unsatisfying. Most of it feels just like a gigantic explanation of the Karavan world, that is useful but would be better explained through action than constant lecture. The amount of storyline progressed is limited and unfortunately Deepwood suffers the same timeline/distance inconsistencies as the first novel (I am of the firm opinion that as a reader I shouldn't be jarred out of reading because one character's week is the same as another's day).
Overall solid, but if you can wait until the third book is released, I'd recommend that.
Overall solid, but if you can wait until the third book is released, I'd recommend that.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Karavans
3 Aug 2007
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really liked this book. As far as sequels go, it wasn't a lot of rehashing of the first book. The author summed it up neatly, and continued with what is turning out to be a fantastic story. Very well written, and I highly recommend this.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
The "Who Cares?" factor
19 Sep 2008
Format:Mass Market Paperback
As a 40-something male, I am clearly not in the target demographic for Jennifer Roberson's DEEPWOOD. In contrast to other reviewers, I found DEEPWOOD even slower and even more disappointing than KARAVANS. Readers who just want to know what happens after the end of KARAVANS should consider a quick skim in the bookstore.
Those who read KARAVANS will recall that Audrun and her characterless children have become trapped in wondrous, dangerous Alisanos. What happens? They run around panicking, they say and do stupid things, and they get knocked around a bit. What do we learn about Alisanos beyond what we already knew in the first few pages of KARAVANS? We learn a little about its gods, we learn that it has dryads and dragons, and that's about it. (I don't want to knock the gods' part too much--that's one of the more interesting bits of the novel.)
Ilona, the most appealing character in KARAVANS, gets relatively scant attention in DEEPWOOD. I think that's a mistake. She comes back into the story at the end in a big way, but that doesn't make up for her limited role early on. Rhuan, the demigod who likes humans, gets plenty of play, but there's little character development; in fact, his strong-but-sensitive guy act becomes even more generic here. Brodhi, Rhuan's disdainful cousin, thankfully does develop a little, displaying a little more compassion and fellow-feeling than he had in the past--not that he would admit feeling it.
The book also follows the efforts, led by brave courier Bethid, to rebuild a settlement thrown into chaos by the movement of Alisanos and by the Hecari's earlier decimation of the population. While Bethid's efforts are admirable, it's hard to see this part of the story as anything but a sideshow.
I don't think that Roberson is necessarily a bad writer, and if she had an incentive to do so, she could probably have written a book that was twice as good and half as long. I think market demands for long series of long books is as least as responsible for the tediousness of DEEPWOOD as are Roberson's skills, inclinations, and imagination. Nevertheless, it is what it is, and I do not recommend it.
Those who read KARAVANS will recall that Audrun and her characterless children have become trapped in wondrous, dangerous Alisanos. What happens? They run around panicking, they say and do stupid things, and they get knocked around a bit. What do we learn about Alisanos beyond what we already knew in the first few pages of KARAVANS? We learn a little about its gods, we learn that it has dryads and dragons, and that's about it. (I don't want to knock the gods' part too much--that's one of the more interesting bits of the novel.)
Ilona, the most appealing character in KARAVANS, gets relatively scant attention in DEEPWOOD. I think that's a mistake. She comes back into the story at the end in a big way, but that doesn't make up for her limited role early on. Rhuan, the demigod who likes humans, gets plenty of play, but there's little character development; in fact, his strong-but-sensitive guy act becomes even more generic here. Brodhi, Rhuan's disdainful cousin, thankfully does develop a little, displaying a little more compassion and fellow-feeling than he had in the past--not that he would admit feeling it.
The book also follows the efforts, led by brave courier Bethid, to rebuild a settlement thrown into chaos by the movement of Alisanos and by the Hecari's earlier decimation of the population. While Bethid's efforts are admirable, it's hard to see this part of the story as anything but a sideshow.
I don't think that Roberson is necessarily a bad writer, and if she had an incentive to do so, she could probably have written a book that was twice as good and half as long. I think market demands for long series of long books is as least as responsible for the tediousness of DEEPWOOD as are Roberson's skills, inclinations, and imagination. Nevertheless, it is what it is, and I do not recommend it.
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