
Jimmy the Hand
Legends of the Riftwar, Book 3
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Matt Bates
Jimmy the Hand, boy thief of Krondor, lived in the shadows of the city. Though gifted beyond his peers, Jimmy is merely a pickpocket with potential - until he aids Prince Arutha in the rescue of Princess Anita from Duke Guy du Bas-Tyra and runs afoul of "Black Guy's" secret police. Facing a choice between disappearing on his own or in a weighted barrel at the bottom of Krondor's harbor, Jimmy chooses the former.
Forced to flee the only home he's ever known, Jimmy finds himself among the unsuspecting rural villagers of Land's End, where he hopes to prosper with his talents for con and thievery. But Land's End is home to many who tread the crooked path - and to a dark, dangerous presence even the local smugglers don't recognize. And suddenly Jimmy's youthful bravado and courage are leading him into the maw of chaos...and, quite possibly, to his doom.
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I just love it
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Great book
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Another exciting Jimmy caper
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The Hand
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Raymond E.Feist did it again
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Excellent World Building
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Rollicking good fun
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The character work is quite good, as usual for this series, but the plotting is weak. There is a great deal of stumbling about that results in everyone showing up at the location of the climax at almost the same time. In this case, "everyone" is at least seven viewpoint characters who do not coordinate that meeting. In fact, most of the story consists of various characters combining and separating in various combinations and without obvious reason.
This book is a collaboration between two authors whose work I quite like. But in some cases of collaboration within an existing series, the guest author works very hard to avoid any interference with the main storyline, and that seems to me to be the case here. We get new characters that have no existence before or after this book, main-series characters that are not affected in any lasting way, and a contrived plot.
All that said, the character work does a great deal to carry the story and it has many small vignettes that are fun to read. But in spite of starring one of my favorite fantasy characters, this is not a strong entry in the Rift War Cycle.
Contrived plot with solid characters
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Not enough Jimmy
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