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So basically older style youth fantasy. Maybe its not only the live action Ive grown out of, I might only remember the books through rose tinted glasses
It's not bad, I'm going to finish the first book and will probably pick up the next one. Part of the charm is looking back at an era where ripping off Tolkien wasn't such a cliche that that people actively avoided it. Brooks is far from the only person to do it so I'm not trying to be too hard on him, and it's different enough that I'm still invested. My only real complaint about the writing is how he keeps reminding us of how the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Like, yeah, we know, Allanon laid out the stakes very clearly in the opening lore dump. Show, don't tell. Overall I'm glad I picked it up.
EDIT: Also Walker Boh hasn't shown up yet so I'm gonna at least try to get to them.
Walker Boh is in a later series where the druids are basicallt extinct, so you got quite a lot more reading to do if you want to get to him.
The first book in that series is called Scions of Shannara