Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780312947491
ISBN: 0312947496
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 736
Publication Date: 2008-02-05
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: 2008-02-05
Studio: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Customer Rating:
Summary: Irredeemably juvenile
Comment: I've been reading Wilbur Smith books for 25 years and this is the worst of the lot. I only managed to read the whole thing because I was traveling and didn't have any good alternatives. Also, I couldn't quite believe how bad it was. The mystical elements, while out of place, were hardly the most jarring aspects of the story. I was able to accommodate the genre shift, but couldn't abide the predictability and juvenility of the storyline. The story reads like an old man's dirty fantasy of immortality. Where prior books in the sequence required genuine sacrifices of the main characters, this tale never asks the characters to make difficult choices. Moreover, sacrifices made in earlier books are undone and the main characters receive their every selfish desire. Stories can, of course, end with the characters achieving their dreams and living "happily ever after," but in order to be dramatically satisfying, the characters always show evidence of personal growth and their dreams change as they mature. The characters in Wilbur Smith's Quest appear to do just the opposite... they seem to devolve into children who, unfortunately, wield enough power to achieve their every want.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Fabulous Adventure
Comment: This novel was absolutely fabulous. It is not a novel for those that want a quick read. I am usually a very quick read and found myself taking a lot of time to comprehend the many facets of the book. I have been to Egypt and southern Africa and my travels helped me as Mr. Smith is very accurate. I totally recommend this novel. I believe this series is his best and hope he provides us another one...

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Customer Rating:
Summary: May the Library Gods Forgive Me
Comment: River God and the Seventh Scroll are among my all time favorite reads. After 3 hours of torture I consigned this literary sham to the trash. I have thrown out possibly a total of 5 books in my entire life, deeming them unworthy to share despite my own issues with them. This may have been the worst of the lot.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Can I barf now?
Comment: If I could give this zeros stars I would. That is how much I loathed this novel with its uninteresting characters, confusing plot and terrible dialogue. Really, find something else to read.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not worthy
Comment: I wasted my 10 bucks.... Didnt even felt that I was reading a Wilbur Smith novel.... Totally not worthy....

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