When I started publicly saying things like that, then people came out the woodworks saying that it really was “just like Tolkien.” I didn’t even realize I knew so many people who read this series. So many books regardless of the genre, especially a first novel for a writer, contain elements that are similar to others in that same genre. I’d started jokingly calling Allanon by Gandalf’s name and Flick by Sam’s name even before I knew about the Tolkien connection. However, I didn’t say these things to necessarily be condescending toward this book. It sounded interesting enough, and believe it or not, I’d never actually heard of the series before now.įrom the beginning, yes, it’s pretty obvious that this is influenced by Tolkien. After reading The Lathe of Heaven for my science fiction pick and The Haunting of Hill House for my horror pick, I started searching for a classic fantasy pick and settled on this after reading a brief blurb on it.
I’ve been making it my mission to read classic speculative fiction. There are few people who seem to walk the middle road with this book. This seems to be one of those divisive books with readers either decrying it for being a Lord of the Rings rip-off or lauding it as a brilliant epic fantasy adventure. The Sword of Shannara gained popularity in the late 70s and early 80s and is often used in the same sentence as Tolkien, which may tempt some readers but is a little off-putting for me. However, I do love the movies very much if that’ll grant me any measure of immunity. This may be a seeded dislike due to the fact that I had to read these books in high school (even though I wasn’t one of those kids who was normally traumatized by high school reading experiences), but even attempting to reread them again as an adult was a labored effort, a true test of my patience, an effort that I am willing to admit was a disgraceful defeat. If you were to check out my Goodreads profile now, you’d see that I’ve one-starred almost everything he’s ever written. Narrator: Scott Brick | Length: 26 hrs | Audiobook Publisher: Books on Tape | Whispersync Ready (as of this posting): Yes
Series: Book 1 of The Sword of Shannara Trilogy Audiobook Review: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
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