Customer Reviews

House of Bairn (Magelord Trilogy #3)

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This book was rather predictable, as many of the previous reviews have stated. And the book's out of print, so unless you were a big fan of the other two who couldn't find a new copy, such as myself, you probably won't hunt this down. But I still think it was worth it. The book has better descriptions of magic and its workings than just about any other fantasy. The battles are riveting, and the characters are interesting enough to get your attention. That being said, it IS predictable. You know how it's going to go, almost step-by-step. In the book, the world is divided into the Northern and Southern Alliances, composed of men and women respectively, yet gender roles aren't explored extensively. And perhaps most of all, the book didn't appeal to me (and it seems, many others) on an idealogical level. The main character assumes power equal to that of a god, and wields it indiscriminately, forcefully creating equality between magi and ungifted humans. While this ended well for everyone, in real life this is rarely the case. I think it naive that the author assumed equality could be created in such a manner, and the ending was unsatisfying. I ordinarily try not to spoil the ending as I have done, but upon opening the book you'll realize that I've only spelled out what would have become apparent anyway. Now lastly: Please don't let the negative aspects of the book overwhelm you. The truth is, it's a straightforward trilogy, and it doesn't try to disguise itself otherwise. I would reccomend it, but I wouldn't necessarily put it on top of the list. If you want more complex fare, I heavily reccomend A Song of Ice and Fire, by George RR Martin.

By far the best Magelord book. A must-read, especially if you've read the first two books.

It was a little predictable, but I enjoy fantasy novels that detail the workings of magic, if it's done well, rather than those that simply leave it at "the old guy with the robe and the staff wiggled his fingers and *poof*."

That being said, I kinda loathed the main character, which I don't hink was the purpose of the book. He wasn't supposed to be an anti-hero or anything. I found him to be sanctimonious and very hypocritical.

This did detract from my enoyment but I would still recommend the series. The first two books were a little slow, this one had better pacing, but they did a good job of setting up the final book.

This is one of my favioret books. It is so intesting. I only wish it was longer, you would have thought an extra houndred pages could have fit into those thousand years. It just got better and better in this series.

Of the three books in this series, this one was my favorite. The history of why the events in the first two books made it even better.

this book definitely makes this series worth reading. where the other two books dragged on with boring war stories this book gave a ending that i would of never of thought to occur. it is certainly diffrent with a story line simillar to Revlations in the Holy Bible.

The reason this book is so great is because theres so much magic! In other books people can do dumb stuff like light candles and make lightning bolts come from the sky. Big deal! This book was all action and major magic. The first book pretty good, but there were to many boring war scenes, and the second book wasn't very good, but this was amazing! Where in the Awakening, there were a lot of war scenes, there is a lot of politics in this book. Thats usually bad, but this book combined politics, betrayal, and magic perfectly. If you like magic, you'll love this book!

I picked this book up because it seemed interesting, and after looking through the pages for a few moments, I decided it was pretty good, and picked it up, and read it straight through, then started at the begining again. Let me tell you, that's something I haven't done since I picked up the Mallorean just after Demon Lord of Karanda was published. Magelord is the story of Bjorn, a member of a secret group of mage gifted people, who must discover the ancient secrets and powers of the Magelords, a group of wizard-tyrants who had ruled the world a thousand years ago, in order to prevent all his people from being slain by a holy crusade. One of the best books I've ever read.

I have to say it's my favorite fantasy book. I've read Weiss and Hickman, Salvatore, and all the other greats but this one tops 'em all.

I met this book with great anticipation and sadness - Since I knew it was the last one. All ends are neatly tied up in the same great style as the previous two books. Finally the MageLords and Bairn are revealed and justice is served with earth-shattering concequences. This book was as good as or better than the previous two. Third times a charm they say. I just can't believe it's over. I'll have to re-read them all again.