Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Flight of the Night Hawks is the most recent book from Raymond Feist. It follows his usual formula for books: young men move around the world and become adults while becoming involved with the established characters. It’s just a basic fantasy book and it mostly propped up by his other works, established characters and the author’s reputation. I think if an unknown author would have written this book, it probably would have been a flop.

That being said, I did enjoy reading it. Specifically, I enjoyed seeing more of characters that I discovered around 15 years ago; it’s a like a pleasant trip down memory lane. It was a very quick read, as there isn’t much complexity to the plot or the characters (compared to someone like Robert Jordan).

Since the book is latest in a long, long series of books, there were bound to be some plot inconsistencies, but in this book they were very distracting. I’m glad that I got this book from the library, because I’m pretty sure that I won’t read it again. I think I’d prefer to read Feist’s earlier works like Magician, and the Serpent War saga.