Graham Downs reviewed Scepter by Scott L. Collins
Wizard's First Rule for Children
2 stars
It was okay. It reminded me quite a bit of Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind, only with all the truly violent bits taken out to make it safe for children to read.
And it clearly is a children's book. Not my cup of tea anymore, but it definitely has the feel of those old adventure stories I would've read when I was 10 or 11 years old. So if you've got kids in that age group, I'm sure they'll enjoy it.
The writing is a bit simplistic (read: modern) for the genre, but again, that makes sense because it's a children's story. There's quite a bit of "thinking of himself" and "nodded his head", which are unfortunately two of my redundancy bugbears. It also contains the dreaded "alright" (I hate that word)...
But I'm being overly pedantic. For a preteen or young teen who likes fantasy, I think it'd …
It was okay. It reminded me quite a bit of Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind, only with all the truly violent bits taken out to make it safe for children to read.
And it clearly is a children's book. Not my cup of tea anymore, but it definitely has the feel of those old adventure stories I would've read when I was 10 or 11 years old. So if you've got kids in that age group, I'm sure they'll enjoy it.
The writing is a bit simplistic (read: modern) for the genre, but again, that makes sense because it's a children's story. There's quite a bit of "thinking of himself" and "nodded his head", which are unfortunately two of my redundancy bugbears. It also contains the dreaded "alright" (I hate that word)...
But I'm being overly pedantic. For a preteen or young teen who likes fantasy, I think it'd be perfect!