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Straken review:5 stars (Straken) - When I reached the end of Taniquil, I joined with all Terry Brooks fans in uttering a cry of dismay. That has to be the best cliff hanger ending ever written. I waited in mounting anticipation for Straken, and my expectations were not disappointed.
Straken picks up exactly where Taniquil left off, and was definitely the most intense book of the trilogy. I agree with the editorial review above when it says that Terry Brooks's characters have groan more suphisticated over the years. Many of his best characters have appeared in his later works, and I think Grianne is his best heroine so far. One minor complaint. I wouldn't have minded seeing more danger within the forbidding, but as the dark wand seems to have a hypnotising affect on demons, perhaps it's not surprising. There were also much more important matters awaiting Pen and Grianne's attention back home. For me, it was the ending that really made the book. That will stay with me for a while. At one point I was afraid that everything would work out happily ever after, but my fears were groundless.
Charles Keeding once more brings this book to life. It's nice to see they've stuck with him as a reader. I hate it when companies change readers mid way through a series. Role on the next one. 2 stars (A bad ending to an overall good series) - Straken completes the 3 book series of the High Druid of Shannara. Tanequil (book 2) ends up with Pen Ohmsford's completion of his task to obtain the darkwand to free his aunt, Grianne Ohmsford, Ard Rhys of the Third Druid Council, from the Forbidding. Pen gives himself up to the druids (who swiftly return him to Paranor to let the new Ard Rhys, Shadea A'ru deal with him herself) that have been pursuing him in order to expedite his return to Paranor to attempt a rescue of Grianne Ohmsford. Previously in this series, we learned that when Shadea A'ru sent Grianne Ohmsford into the Forbidding, unbenknownst to Shadea a changeling demon traded places with Grianne in the Four Lands. The demon's goal was to destroy the Ellcrys, an ancient tree with magical powers that protect the Four Lands from the demons trapped in the Forbidding. I thought Jarka Ruus and Tanequil did a wonderful job building up for an an exciting, heart-stopping ending in Straken.

I WAS UTTERLY DISSAPOINTED!!

The main antagonists Shadea A'ru, Pyson Wence, Traunt Rowan, along with the demon showed poor judgment throughout this book, and did not seem tough at all. The main thing I did not like in this book was that it was simply too easy for the Ohmsfords and other protagonists to succeed. I expected much more of a showdown and fight between Grianne Ohmsford and the Druids who plotted against her. In addition, the way that Bek, Rue, Khyber and Pen dispatch the demon is simply ridiculous and much much too easy. The ending of the book with Grianne is interesting, but I felt completely let down by the author when I finished it. I can go on and on about how disappointed I was, but I hope whoever reads this understands my point.

I have been a long time fan of Terry Brooks and have read all of his books. This quite possibly is the worst out of all of them. I didn't give it a 1 star because it still is Terry Brooks and he'll always be my favorite author, but this is one I probably will not waste my time reading again. 2 stars (Isle Witch vs Forbidding....fizzles away) - First, I'm not the Biggest Fantasy fan, preferring harder sci-fi when it comes to this sort of non-fiction genre. But, I've read and seriously enjoyed, almost all of the Shannara series. The firt was great and Brooks brought new ideas to an old storyline with each mini-series. "High Druid of Shannara" had great potential with Grianne Ohmsford, one the most powerful characters in the Four Lands, entering the Forbidding, an oft mentioned terrible land but never actually challenged directly. The stage was set for the Isle Witch showdown with fabled Fairie creatures and powers, much less her retribution on enemies in her own land. With the first two books I kept waiting for the spectacular, but the struggle between bland, "same old type" characters outside the Forbidding took 90% of the pages. Honestly, in itself that's not bad reading, but it gets to be the same old Ohmsford travel/adventure thing. A year ago, when it was announced that Brooks finished Straken but it wouldn't be out until Sept 2005, or whatever it was..it was so long ago I've forgotten, I wasn't very happy with that marketing manuever. But I waited, thinking the third book would explode with the witch, her nephew Pen and the Forbidding. I've finished Straken and well, it is seriously like...uhmmm... nothing happened. All I've got to say is.."thats it?" Wow, did Terry give up on this series to get it out of the way for something else that was consuming him? If you've read the first two books, and especially if you've read the Isle Witch series previous to this one..well I'm sorry, but you're not going to get what you think you will out of it. After a years wait, this book was one absolute letdown.

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