The Sum of All Men Audiobook

" I enjoyed this booka lot, it has an interesting system of majic and the pace of the book is good. I am lloking forwards to the rest of the series. "

" One of the freshest fantasy books I'd read in a long time. An unusual magic system, driving story, and unexpected ending made for a good read. "

" I remember really enjoying this book, the first in its series. The magic system was pretty fascinating, and the characters were interesting, if not always memorable. The first trilogy stayed interesting to me, but I didn't really enjoy the later ones much. "

" This is a decent start into a great series, a lot of people complain that it is slow but as a start to a nine book series i think it builds a good foundation. The magic system is unique and awesome. "

" This series was new and inventive. The magic system was very well put together, as was the world. I loved the creatures in this series, and the characters as well. "

" Good, but not as good as I'd heard. "

" Interesting premise, enough so that I read the second book. Slightly weak writing. "

" Rather standard fantasy fare, except for the intriguing twist that the power of the Runelords comes from the taking of endowments of other people to enhance wit, stamina, brawn or senses. "

" Caught at another time, I might have finished this. As it is, I renewed it at the library twice and lost momentum. Perfectly serviceable 80s epic fantasy. "

" One of my favorite fantasy series of all-time. "

" The first book was quite addictive, and featured an incredibly neat premise. The following books were not nearly as interesting though, and failed to execute on the potential created by the first book. "

" A little too descriptive during the bloody parts for my liking, but very creative and a great book. "

" What a great original premise... royalty receive desirable attributes from their devotees - the catch is that the devotee then loses that attribute. Very interesting story and characters. "

" A different kind of story, a bit different concept from those I've read so far. Mostly its good, keeps engaged but at times becomes kind of boring with seemingly useless fluff. I liked the writing style of David Farland. "

" Above average fantasy, interesting concept and good charctarization, will read more of the series "

" A great fantasy series with an interesting concept of magic. I cant wait until the next book comes out ! "

" 4.5 stars. Awesome magic system. Very good twists and turns. More original than most fantasy. "

" I liked it all. The magic, the plot, and the characters. All very well done. "

" My brother bought this book and i read it. Though the concept of sorcery was new but i just disliked the way it had been written and the way the story goes.First 100 pages or so was so... draggy and boring. "

" A little too descriptive during the bloody parts for my liking, but very creative and a great book. "

" One of the few books I've ever read that I thoroughly enjoyed, that has stuck with me over the years, but that I cannot muster up the desire to read the sequels for. I can't figure out why, either. "

" Really good book and series with a cool original plot "

" It's not quite poop, but nothing too interesting and new, and way too fluffy, black and white, lighthearted fantasy for my tastes. but that's just me. "

" Way too bloody the premise was so very ridiculous. The use of peasants etc. for "endowments" I did not finish this book. "

" Above average fantasy, interesting concept and good charctarization, will read more of the series "

" The world and the system of magic were really cool, but the acutal execution was only ok. And the characters were pretty one-dimensional. I'll still probably read the second though. "