The Tangle Box
- 341
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Tangle Box” is a playful fourth visit to Terry Brooks’s Landover, mainly for readers already fond of the series. When the inept wizard Horris Kew lets loose the evil Gorse, Ben, Strabo the dragon and Nightshade the witch end up trapped together in the box of the title. Some readers find it a minor chapter in the saga, its true villain barely sketched, though they grant it a few good ideas.
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About the book
The Tangle Box by Terry Brooks is the fourth novel of the Magic Kingdom of Landover series. This book was first published on April 12, 1994. The plot has an inept old wizard, Horris Kew, accidentally releasing an evil creature called the Gorse. The creature soon imprisons Ben, the dragon Strabo, and the witch Nightshade in a device known as the Tangle Box. They must find a way out while Ben's allies find a way to handle the new threat from the Gorse.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 66 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.1 | 11 | 17% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 55 | 83% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Tangle Box?
It has 341 pages — shorter than 90% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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