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Old 03-30-2010, 03:36 PM   #4377
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by Fledchen View Post
I started Pawn of Prophecy this morning and am a third of the way through it. Going by the synopsis of the series, I could not figure out why it is so popular because the basic premise has been done to death. I'm glad I gave it a chance, because so far the execution has been excellent. It's not billed as a comic fantasy, but I've been chuckling throughout.
It's not just the plot that's good, but the characters. That's why it's so good. There are plenty of similarly plotted fantasy books out there with weak characters. This one has really good characters that you want to stick with.
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