Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera, Book 3) by Jim Butcher Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera, Book 3)
Book Review: Third title is a dud compared to first two
Summary: 5 Stars
Did Jim Butcher actually write this third title?
That is a question every reader of the first two titles in the Cursor series will be asking themselves after reading this dog.
The book feels rushed, possibly because the author has done a deal with the SciFi channel to do a show based on his Dresden novels.
Frankly this book was a HUGE disappointment, basically just glossing over characters and attempting to close the story as soon as possible.
I advise waiting for it to publish in paperback if you need some closure for the series. I've read all of Jim Butcher's work, but his writing has taken a nose dive of late. I for one am no longer going to purchase his books in hardcover if at all in the future.
Book Review: Coming of Age in a Strange Place
Summary: 5 Stars
For a fantasy adventure to work it has to have a believable world with characters involved in situations where you can understand and believe in enough that you care what happens to them.
You can believe in the world of Alera. Here the forces that make up the world: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Wood and Metal, take physical form. It's not the way it works here, but you can believe in it. After all, it's not to far from what our western culture believed in the past.
You can also believe in the corruption, manipulations, short sightedness and incompetence of the people in charge. We certainly have a lot of evidence for those conditions. You wonder how the got in charge in the first place, but that's unfortunately not too uncommon here either.
This is the third book in the series, so there was dlearly enough interest on the part of readers and the publisher to produce this volume.
Conclusion: I liked it, a lot of other people liked it. And I've found a new author whose future books I intend to read.
Book Review: Another winner
Summary: 5 Stars
It starts very slow and I was almost afraid this would be one of those boring sequels. Yet it soon picks up speed and the parts where the author describes about how Tavi was being forced into leading his troops and displays his courage as a leader during the wars despite without any furies of his own are just fantastic. The only other author who can describe war scenes so vividly beside Jim Butcher will be L. E. Modesitt, Jr., in my opinion. Therefore, I don't regret paying the price for a hardback book. It is well worth it.Book Review: Very good!
Summary: 4 Stars
Treachery, magic, and war are woven together in a fascinating tapestry as forces that truly live up to the word fury collide in Alera. Amidst this storm, Tavi, the hero from the prior novels in the Codex Alera series, finds himself working undercover and commanding a legion of troops. As before, he continues to wrestle with his prepossessing handicap of having no furycraft. Since he is the sole person in his land with such a "defect," it makes hiding his identity infinitely more challenging, but it also teaches him something. Meanwhile, family faces their own challenges as war comes ever closer to being an actualized event. When the hidden truths behind the conflict emerge, even the most stout-hearted warrior will know fear.
**** Mr. Butcher's talent is something that cannot be disputed. He is able to build worlds that are vastly different from each other. Whether it is the Roman Empire like world of Alera or the laid-back, Jim Rockford with magic of the Dresden Files, he injects an air of reality into his fantasy that keeps the reader coming back for more. ****
Amanda Killgore
Book Review: Jim Butcher has become one of the best.
Summary: 5 Stars
Jim Butcher has really become top notch.
This was a great book.