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    Rise of a Merchant Prince (The Serpentwar Saga, Book 2)

    By Raymond E. Feist

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 13, 2012
    ISBN9780007370214
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    Rise of a Merchant Prince (The Serpentwar Saga, Book 2)
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    Raymond E. Feist

    Raymond E. Feist was born and raised in Southern California. He was educated at the University of California, San Diego, where he graduated with honours in Communication Arts. He is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Riftwar Cycle among other books.

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    Reviews for Rise of a Merchant Prince (The Serpentwar Saga, Book 2)

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    • 4/5
      I liked Erik and Roo... Love that Feist will write a series about some characters, let it end, then start up a new series with new characters... only a few real recurring ones (nakor, pug, miranda, etc...). Not like Robert Jordan, who lost his way, boy.
    • 4/5
      This novel seemed almost in a rush to get to the later parts of the story. I do enjoy the focus on the merchant trader side of the world though did miss the more epic aspects of the usual Feist novel.
    • 5/5
      With Roo and Erik safely back in Krondor, they're offered the choice of re-upping in the Crimson Eagles or mustering out. Erik stays in - he might not particular enjoy soldiering but he was good at it and he knew what was coming. Roo, too, knew what was coming and wanted as little as possible to do with it so he leaves the army to pursue his dream of vast wealth. But he finds himself starting off at the bottom as a waiter in Barrett's Coffee House (not *that* low really - Barrett's is Krondor's equivalent of London's Lloyds) and it is here that he puts his sneakiness to good effect in building his portfolio.Before too long with a bit of help from Lord James, Duke of Krondor and that man's secret service, he's on the rise. Roo finds his plain daughter of a rich merchant to marry but he's infatuated by another woman; the daughter of his greatest competitor, who was definitely not plain.As wealth is accrued and the spies from Novindus report on the growing strength of the Emerald Queen, Duke James remind Roo of help given and it's price.The final invasion is one of the most bloody scenes in any of these books and is quite explicitly unpleasant (though not too bad).
    • 4/5
      I sadly didn't enjoy this book as much as the first. I was very excited to be reading about Roo as I took a liking to him in the first book; however, throughout, his treatment of other characters grated very much on my nerves and I started to really dislike him. It wasn't bad at all, and I am still liking the series, though. For the most part, it was a good read.
    • 2/5
      I fairly enjoyed the first book of this series. This one, however, was horrible. Let's put aside the pacing problems (something I can handle) and get to the two issues that bugged me. The lesser issue is the fact that Feist cannot write women characters. Seriously, every female character is either a sexual instrument or a pathetic weakling. They are only there to support the male characters. Even Roo's wife (a character who I started out really liking) turns out to be nothing more than a plot device. And the one possibly strong woman in the book is sleeping with at least two men; because, you know, sex makes them feel special...or something like that.The biggest problem I have with this is the main character: Roo Avery. He is not a strong protagonist. He is unsympathetic to say the least, and I found myself hating him more and more as the book progresses. He starts out well enough: deciding he needs to marry Karli. He doesn't really care about her, but he begins to see she's interesting and fairly intelligent (the author goes nowhere with Karli's knowledge about trading). After the wedding, however, Roo is so infatuated with making money that he could really care less what happens to his wife and his children (oh, don't get me started on how childish he acts when he finds out his firstborn is a girl). He later on has a mistress and decides he doesn't love his wife. He does multiple despicable things, and then at the end he has some immediate breakthrough and all of a sudden he's a doting husband and father. What?! The fact that Roo's overall story could have been told in 100 pages didn't help. I could care less about the trading practices going on in Krondor (again, pacing issues). And now I'm supposed to CARE about Roo because suddenly he feels bad? Nope. Sorry. I found myself liking Roo's employees much more than liking him.
    • 4/5
      Tweede deel uit de "De Slangenoorlog" serie, en eigenlijk past dit niet zo goed in de fantasy-hoek. Teveel van het boek ging over de opkomst van Ru's zakenimperium. Weinig echte actie-scenes.

      De strijd tegen de duistere koningin gaat door. Voor een groot deel echter ligt de focus op Ru en zijn pogingen om een van de rijkste mannen van Kondor te worden, en lijkt de strijd tegen de legers van de duistere koningin naar de achtergrond te zijn verdreven. Jammer, want juist dat was het mooiste uit het vorige boek [b:De Schaduw van een Duistere Koningin|2932965|De Schaduw van een Duistere Koningin (De Slangenoorlog, #1)|Raymond E. Feist|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1204549643s/2932965.jpg|1175877]. Het verhaal om Ru past naar mijn idee niet zo goed in deze wereld, tenzij een van de komende boeken anders blijkt uit te wijzen.

      Ru is op geen enkele manier een typische fantasyheld. In plaats daarvan is hij een zeer gebrekkige mens, met echte motieven en aspiraties die, hoewel ik het er misschien niet mee eens ben, meer trouw zijn aan het leven. Ru zal ook in eerste instantie denken 'wat zit er voor mij in,' en dan pas naar wat goed is voor het rijk.

      Het einde van het boek is een beetje teleurstellend. Erik en zijn groep worden gered door Ru en zijn bemanning, maar dat is het eigenlijk wel een beetje.

      Zoals ik in een eerdere opmerking al heb geschreven, is het jammer dat de vertaler schijnbaar niet de moeite heeft genomen om naar het vorige boek te kijken, anders had die waarschijnlijk de namen wel consequent doorgevoerd. Iemand die in [b:De Schaduw van een Duistere Koningin|2932965|De Schaduw van een Duistere Koningin (De Slangenoorlog, #1)|Raymond E. Feist|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1204549643s/2932965.jpg|1175877] Robby heette, heet nu opeens Bobby. Een personage met de naam Puur Bloed heet nu Baldor Bloed. En dat is toch wel jammer.

      Op naar [b:De razernij van een demonenkoning|16021247|De razernij van een demonenkoning|Raymond E. Feist|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1453032537s/16021247.jpg|1175878].


    • 3/5
      I didn't like the books of the Serpentwar Saga as much as the original trilogy, and don't actually remember much about them beyond the fact that I did enjoy reading them.
    • 4/5
      In the early Riftwar books, I liked Pug and Tomas as children. I liked Martin in the first 4 books. I liked Arutha, Laurie, Kasumi and Roland, no matter their ages. But my favorite character, by far, was Jimmy the Hand. In this book we get Duke James, the most like Jimmy was as a boy and a teenager. I loved that. We also get a lot of Roo. Sneaky as can be, when it comes to money, he actually reminds me a lot of Jimmy from those early books.Roo's handling of his wife confused me a lot. He'd get to a point where everything was great, for instance when he started having her talk about herself, and asked her business questions, and found that he really liked her. But then he didn't continue that mode of behavior that brought out what he liked in her. I understand, if I disagree, with the whole mistress thing. I just don't understand why he didn't keep doing what worked.This book is one of my favorites of this quartet in the Serpentwar Saga. If I'm only going to read one of them, Roo's story is usually the one I pick up.
    • 5/5
      Well written book I enjoyed all the backhanded ways Roo makes his money but did not enjoy his handling of his wife, that section did not sit well with me and I was glad it was solved by the end of the book. Overall a decent book but least loved of this trilogy.
    • 4/5
      The action in this book shifts back to Krondor for a bit, as one of the heroes to be continues his training and assistance to the kingdom. Roo wants no part of serving the government, and instead wants to become rich. During the course of getting rich he finds that keeping the Kingdom in one piece is what's best for business too.
    • 3/5
      This was my least favorite book in the series. I just wasn't really interested in Roo's story or the despicable fellow he became. I wouldn't reread this book. Books 3 and 4 are where the good stuff happens in this series.