Die Zwerge

I had mixed emotions while reading The Dwarves. Some parts I was on the edge of my seat, gripped by the action and others I wanted to skim through. I think this may be in part due to losing some of the flow of words through translation. I did enjoy the evil races of elves and unicorns. I haven't seen that done before and the motley crew of heroes we ended up with worked well together even with their flaws. I do have to say this book held quite a few moments of humor hearing characters banter back and forth. The plot was straight forward, but sometimes felt run on. Like the novel should have been broken into two books, or maybe a part one and part two with a time gap in between. Some of this may have been due to the amount of traveling the team participates in. It is also one of the reasons I don't particularly like Tolkien's writing, but I still enjoy his creativity as I do Heitz's. I think fans of Tolkien would enjoy The Dwarves I won't be continuing this series since I am not really curious about what happens now, but I am glad I read the first book and was able to find new concepts to enjoy.