The eye of the hunter Book

Okay, so I had to reset rating for this book from five stars to three because the last time I read this book I was an emotional pre-teen who had a sick obsession with high fantasy, and I can honestly say that if nothing else, my reading tastes have... broadened.

So my biggest complaint, as an adult? The unnecessary addition of a descriptor for every character in every mention until halfway through the book. I understand what his intentions were - considering there are other books whose events influence this one, so I think he was trying to use it to build or reinforce backstory? But ... Come ON. "The golden-haired, silver-eyed Elfess turned to her black-haired, amber-eyed companion and smiled." This writing style was also indicative of high fantasy in this era, so grain of salt has been added.

My other big complaint is the archaic writing in general - tons of 'thee' and 'thy', and outdated sentence structures that have a lot of unnecessary commas. For instance: "Yet the following morn was fair, and as [omitted] and [omitted] readied to leave [omitted city], neither [omitted] nor [omitted] would accept any coin, saying that [omitted]'s barding had paid for all." On its own this sentence isn't difficult to follow, but imagine it couched among four or five of its brethren, all equally comma'd.

Still, the story itself has merit, the characters are generally well-written, and I remember it reducing twelve-year-old me to tears for days after I put it down.