The Coming of Wisdom

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Title: The Coming of Wisdom
Series: The Seventh Sword #2
Author: Dave Duncan
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: SFF
Pages: 350
Format: Digital Edition

Synopsis:

Sorcerors are taking over cities and ruling them with much less graft and corruption than their swordsmen counterparts. The goddess obviously can't have this, so it is up to Wally to figure out the riddle and fix all the problems.

On a boat.

My Thoughts:

Enjoyed this more than the first book, that is for show more sure. Part of it was that this was not an intro story but with characters we already know about. Another part was that we don't get Wally wallowing in trying to reconcile 2 different world views. Internal self-angsting has it's place, but I don't particularly enjoy reading it. So the lack thereof in this book was rather nice.

The whole adventure pretty much taking place on a boat and on the river was nice. A different town every couple of chapters made for an adventure that never felt stale. And having things be between sorcerers and swordsman instead of swordsmen and swordsmen also added a nice difference from book one.

Several of the side characters got some real page time and became a lot more than just generic “helpers”. It is nice when characters become people.

Duncan is a good writer and when he's on top of his game and not pissing me off with his anti-religion bs, he keeps me captivated. This book kept me interested the whole way through and I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.

★★★☆ ½ show less

Again, I like the world, and the conceit that we have a modern American's mind and soul in the body of a mighty thewed barbarian hero. Lots of swashbuckling, some magic to figure out, some interesting characters. A book complete in itself, revealing more information in the overall story arc. Not just a place holder in a trilogy. Stuff happens, individuals change, the world changes.

Was a good book - not great, along the same lines as the previous in the saga (The Reluctant Swordsman). There's not much to say - the book was decent and I really enjoyed it, but it wasn't outstanding literature. I likened this one less to the "Landover" series, as the main character doesn't interact a lot with his "past", and when he does he rehashes things that went on in the first book

Slightly more wordy than his last one and it definitely fits the mold of second novels within a trilogy; however, it is still a fun ride. Long live Wallie!

See the complete review posted on Book Frivolity. Check out other Fantasy and Historical Fiction ruminations there as well! Hello Wallie my old friend, I've come to speak to you again! Not as great as the first one, the portal not so fresh in this installment, but still fun and quirky, occasionally very serious! I still love the books after all these years (about 15 of them!), and it fills me with happiness to explore them again!

I think this might just be the best one of the trilogy. I enjoyed it quite a bit.