The Runelords - David Farland

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Has anyone read the books in this series by David Farland?

I've got the first three books and have mixed thoughts on if I want to proceed further.

The Sum of All Men
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Wizardborn

I like some of the ideas in the series. But some things I find don't sit well with me :confused:
 
Well to tell you the truth I loved the idea and concept of the first few books but the last one was just awful. Like he was trying to rush it, it could have been great but it wasn't. I just hope he makes a sequel to the series that redeems the last book. Though I would probably tell everyone to read it, not only because it's being made into a huge movie but because it was interesting at least.
 
I didnt realise it was going to be made into as movie! I'm not sure I would want to watch it to be honest. It depends how closely the film follows the plot. The cruelty to animals did bother me a bit :confused:
 
A Movie? I thought i heard something about that a long time ago. I loved these books when i read them - but i've only read the first three. I havent read the fourth book. Though, according to what Tonic says i fear the possible disappointment if i do get my hands on the next book. (called, cave of something isnt it?)
 
Well I myself wasn't overly dissapointed, I was expecting something much better then what i got but it was far from the worse peice of Fantasy I've ever read. I would just read it and get it over with, plus he definetly left room in for a sequel series though I havent heard anything about it. I think the RUnelords movie is coming out in 2005 though don't hold me to that.
 
The Runelords Book 1,2 and 3 are set to be made into films with the first film estimated for 2007. The three films are currently budgeted at a total of $80 million.

I've got the first 3 books but could never get past the first one, an avergae read IMO...:(
 
GOLLUM said:
The Runelords Book 1,2 and 3 are set to be made into films with the first film estimated for 2007. The three films are currently budgeted at a total of $80 million.

I've got the first 3 books but could never get past the first one, an avergae read IMO...:(
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I agree with you about an average read, and I got to book 3!
 
Just checked my list, I have read the 3 books but a while ago now. Nothing particularly gripping in the story line but an easy read. I prefer not to see the films after I have read the books. :)
 
Rosemary said:
I prefer not to see the films after I have read the books. :)
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Off topic: That's interesting Rosemary. Why don't you like to see a film after reading the book first exactly???
 
GOLLUM said:
Off topic: That's interesting Rosemary. Why don't you like to see a film after reading the book first exactly???
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:eek: Woops, sorry! Because I have a preconceived idea of what the characters and the countryside would look like...which is never the same as the film! :(

And moving on - David Farland's epic fantasy series continues now...
The story picks up eight years after the events of Lair of Bones and begins a new chapter in the Runelords saga focusing on Gaborn's son, Fallion. Gaborn, the Earth King, has been traveling far from his home, to strange and unknown places. While beyond the edge of the earth, he finally succumbs to the accelerated aging that comes from all of the endowments he has taken. His death is the signal for a revolution, an attack from the supernatural realms by immensely powerful immortal beings.


Hopefully this story is not as bad as the previous ones :(
 
Hmm, I'm only part way through Lair of Bones and I've put it aside to read some other stuff. I'll get back to it eventually, but it just hasn't caught my attention at all.

Seems to me there's been a steady deterioration as the books go on. The first one had an interesting concept and was quite well executed, but things have gotten more padded and the power levels are becoming increasingly ridiculous.

I get the strong feeling that Farland has succumbed to the same literary disease that hit Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan, and is milking the concept until it's dead.
 
I loved the concept of the book and some of the characters were well defined. But overall it did seem a little rushed. I think it would have been better to either cut down on some of the side plots or expand it to more books.....

The movie talk has been around awhile...
 
I was stoked about the first book and read it voraciously until I was about 2/3 of the way through. At that point, the magical nature of the book, literally and figuratively, just dropped out of the bottom for me. I thought Farland took it just a little too far and I lost interest and just finished the book really quickly.
Not interested at all in any other books - and I have doubts about the movie as well.
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I got as far as the fourth book but never continued. The plotline of the first three books was good.
The thing I really liked about the books was the whole concept of the runes. I've not read a book with a similar idea or system of magic.
 
I wonder. What was the major points you disliked? The cruelty to animals is one of the points I read. What else?

I remember liking them all except Lair of Bones. It could have been two books and been twice as good. Which is very backward for most fantasy. Most fantasy could be half the length and twice as good IMO.
 
The runes system of magic was an intriguing plot device that made you feel uncomfortable and forced you to question the characters - you were constantly aware that people who were 'good' were actually destroying other peoples' lives to enhance their own.

I'm not trying to suggest that The Runelords is a masterpiece, but I do think it is very good...:)
 
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