The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

2003 • 366 pages

Ratings287

Average rating3.7

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The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving medieval England (phew) was a great and easy read. I loved the relationship between the main cast, I loved the internal conflict of the main character, I loved the moral of the story, I loved the clever twist on gods and men, and I loved basically everything about it. Spoiler free: the main conflict was engaging and compelling, the main protagonist and antagonists were clever and fun to read, the resolution to the story was satisfying and brilliant as always with Brandon's books, and the best thing about the book is the relationships between the main cast. So authentic and beautifully written. And surprisingly, i found myself cracking up throughout the entire story. So many clever and fun things were turned on their heads.

The ONLY thing that I wish was done better or we had more of was the importance of the missing pages. I feel like that petered out and became irrelevant, and a promise was made that was unfulfilled. I was waiting for the cathartic final page to be discovered somewhere casual or in plain sight that had the moral to the story or the answer to all the questions raised, and it just never came. Maybe the rest of the pre-jump survey or something. Don't get me wrong, I loved everything else, but this was the one thing that was promised and never delivered, which is rare in a Sanderson book.

April 2, 2024