Reviews

Elfshadow by Elaine Cunningham

crystalisreading's review

3.0

This was ok. Even I, who am not usually good at solving mystery plots early, knew who the villain was in less than a hundred pages. Unfortunately it took me longer to like or really care about the main characters. This wasn't a bad book, but I can tell this is one of the author's earlier books. I found her Dark Elf character and her beserker companion in the other trilogy much more likable than the cranky Arilyn and foppish with a secret Danilo.

mw2k's review

4.0

This is a pleasant surprise. After quite a few ordinary Forgotten Realms outings I come across this. Has a fairly complex plot for a D&D novel and the characterisations do try to rise above the plain. Most importantly, the writing flows and is gimmick-free. I've heard good things about Elaine Cunningham and I can see those opinions were vindicated. More like this, please.

brian's review

4.0

First book in a series set in the D & D world of Forgotten Realms.
Really well written, featuring interesting characters and a good murder mystery plot running through it.
The story moves at a good pace, with the heroes picking up clues here and there as well as hints about the background of the main character, Alisa Moonblade.

Probably one of the best D & D books I've read in a long time, and will be looking for the next book in the series to see if the author can keep it going.

khardan's review against another edition

4.0

Primero, el título en inglés es un bonito spoiler de la mitad del libro, mientras que el título en castellano, aunque inexacto, se acerca más a lo que nos va a importar de verdad de este libro. Aunque no lo dice per se en el libro, es bastante recomendable saber cosas de Reinos Olvidados (ya sea habiendo jugado alguna partida de rol, o habiéndose leído más cosas de este universo, en particular el libro de la misma autora titulado Siempreunidos)
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