Comments on: Uptown Oracle Reads… Sword of Shannara

By: May Wrap Up and June TBR | Uptown Oracle

May Wrap Up and June TBR | Uptown Oracle — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 15:01:01 +0000

[…] plagiarism of Lord of the Rings. If you want to read all my thoughts about the copying read my review. Hopefully the next book will be […]

By: Uptown Oracle

Uptown Oracle — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:42:44 +0000

In reply to Karoline. Yeah my main issue was that it was just a little bit too like LOTR - and since that was what I kind of grew up watching and reading it was a bit like meh for me! and I do struggle with Harry Potter a-likes too! Completely understand why other people do like it though, and I'm excited to read the rest of the series!

By: Karoline

Karoline — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:30:55 +0000

Loved this book but then again I’m a complete fantasy nerd and pretty much most things in fantasy can be attributed to LOTR. It’s like reading the Middle Grade books nowadays and you see so many Harry Potter similarities (ie: kid goes to a boarding school for the gifted, a bully is involved, there’s a mystery plot, kid is pretty special and is part of some sort of prophecy..yadda yadda yadda)

I know it gets old seeing these but somehow some of us always come back to it 🙂

By: Uptown Oracle

Uptown Oracle — Thu, 31 May 2018 22:07:04 +0000

In reply to Lauren.

Season one is actually based on the second book – So not actually as LOTR-sy as far as I’ve been told!
But yeah, the commitment to read the whole series seems a bit daunting!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 31 May 2018 22:05:09 +0000

how i have seen all of season one and not noticed this comparison? ahah.
i have the book borrowed from my dad as he likes it but im not sure i can ever pick it up because im not reayd for the commitment

By: Juhita

Juhita — Thu, 31 May 2018 14:49:32 +0000

This sounds like a complete ripoff of LOTR. I think I’ll just stick to the original.

By: Sophie Wentworth

Sophie Wentworth — Thu, 31 May 2018 14:41:07 +0000

You know a book can’t be that great when it takes so long to finish. I have to admit I don’t think I would have been able to finish it. It doesn’t sound like it has much drawing you in x

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By: Willflirtforfood

Willflirtforfood — Thu, 31 May 2018 09:36:31 +0000

Hmm I think I’ll pass! X

By: Susanne

Susanne — Thu, 31 May 2018 08:56:09 +0000

Oh my lord, I can’t believe how similar this sounds to Lord of the Rings or even The Hobbit. Thank you for the review, I really like that you’re always so honest.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 30 May 2018 23:02:28 +0000

Having a death that impacts a story is always something that grips me into the book for longer! Definitely going to have to check this out after hearing your thoughts and opinions. Thanks!! Xoxo

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