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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is the hardest book I have ever had to read. Here we say goodbye to the Companions of the Hall, possible for good.
Warning: Do not read if you're a person who does not like "spoilers"
Everyone comes back for this one. All the Companions, Cadderly and his family, Jarlaxle and Athrogate, the only one missing is Artemis Entreri. They come together to face the danger of the Ghost King.
In the Cleric Quintet, Cadderly outsmarts and kills a red dragon, which leads Jarlaxle back to him in the Sellswords saga, to take the infamous Crystal Shard to Hephaestuas, a red dragon, and trick him into destroying it. A mind flayer joins the party, in an attempt to save the shard.
In the end of the Sellswords, the Crystal Shard is destroyed by the breath of the red wyrm, along with the mind flayer and the sight of Hephaestus. Or so we think, because in the beginning of the Ghost King, we find that the sentience of the Crystal Shard and the mind flayer fused with Hephaestus, turning him into a dracolich, the Ghost King, and giving him the ability to phase between the realm of the living and the dead.
Of course he is defeated, but not without casualty.
Cattie-Brie is touched by the Blue Fire after the death of Mystra, and when Regis tries to heal her with his pendant, she draws him into her dark prison, and takes him with her when Mielikki comes for her soul.
Cadderly sacrifices himself so that his soul is left walking the grounds of Spirit Soaring, defending it against undead for all eternity after the final battle with the Ghost King.
Jarlaxle and Athrogate stay in Mithril Hall, picking up the broken pieces of Drizz't and Bruenor after the final deaths of Cattie-Brie and Regis.
The only complaint for this book is that Drizz't seems to be finally broken. Understandable considering what he has lost, but after bouncing back after everything else that has been thrown at him in his relatively short life, it seems almost a shock that he has finally lost his heart.
All in all a beautiful, wonderful, heartbreaking end to a two decade long series. Goodbye dear friends. We will miss you.
Warning: Do not read if you're a person who does not like "spoilers"
Everyone comes back for this one. All the Companions, Cadderly and his family, Jarlaxle and Athrogate, the only one missing is Artemis Entreri. They come together to face the danger of the Ghost King.
In the Cleric Quintet, Cadderly outsmarts and kills a red dragon, which leads Jarlaxle back to him in the Sellswords saga, to take the infamous Crystal Shard to Hephaestuas, a red dragon, and trick him into destroying it. A mind flayer joins the party, in an attempt to save the shard.
In the end of the Sellswords, the Crystal Shard is destroyed by the breath of the red wyrm, along with the mind flayer and the sight of Hephaestus. Or so we think, because in the beginning of the Ghost King, we find that the sentience of the Crystal Shard and the mind flayer fused with Hephaestus, turning him into a dracolich, the Ghost King, and giving him the ability to phase between the realm of the living and the dead.
Of course he is defeated, but not without casualty.
Cattie-Brie is touched by the Blue Fire after the death of Mystra, and when Regis tries to heal her with his pendant, she draws him into her dark prison, and takes him with her when Mielikki comes for her soul.
Cadderly sacrifices himself so that his soul is left walking the grounds of Spirit Soaring, defending it against undead for all eternity after the final battle with the Ghost King.
Jarlaxle and Athrogate stay in Mithril Hall, picking up the broken pieces of Drizz't and Bruenor after the final deaths of Cattie-Brie and Regis.
The only complaint for this book is that Drizz't seems to be finally broken. Understandable considering what he has lost, but after bouncing back after everything else that has been thrown at him in his relatively short life, it seems almost a shock that he has finally lost his heart.
All in all a beautiful, wonderful, heartbreaking end to a two decade long series. Goodbye dear friends. We will miss you.
the most emotional book that i have ever read, cried like a baby for over half a hour when finish with the book, that is way ending should be done! if without that ending, this would be a crap of a book.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book keeps the reader on the edge all the time. The team up here lives fully to its expectations. Not a lighthearted one but probably one of the best in this saga so far.
For the past 6 books (Thousand Orcs to Ghost King), I've felt like Salvatore has forgotten how to write an ending. In the first two books of the Hunter's Blades trilogy, it made sense to not include a proper ending as the story was not done. But when The Two swords ended and the fight with Obould was not over, I felt like something was wrong. Something was off. Now having read the Transitions series (I can't say trilogy because of how one-off each of these stories are), I know that Salvatore is struggling with resolutions - or was. I'm still a few SERIES behind.
The Ghost King was a fun ride, and an great insight on the Spellplague event. Yet, I really dissaprove of some of the choices made by Salvatore.... SPOILERS AHEAD
SPOILERS BELOW
1. Regis got maybe two pages of material. What an absolutely terrible way to write out a character. No justice. I would have been ok with killing him off if he had been given an interresting outro. But he missed the entirety of the novel. Why? Because they couldn't tie him down in the wagon? DUMB.
2. Salvatore keeps killing off the interesting characters. Deudermont in the Pirate King and now Cattie-brie who had just recently become a mage, seemingly only so that Salvatore could kill her off. Like... Drizzt is the least interesting character at this point. How crazy is that!
3. The Crystal Shard. I guess there is still plenty of story material there for Salvatore since he didn't finish off it's storyline. "And then the Ghost King ran away, tail between his legs, allowing Crenshinibon to live to cause havok another day..... again." Come on Salvatore, give us some finality.
4. I actually liked the idea of the Ghost King. But what did he do besides argue with himself and sit in a cave until the final showdown? Show me more!
5. Cadderly. I actually think Cadderly was my favorite part of this book. He comes across as so sincerely genuine... and that finale! But why didn't the rest of the heroes stick around in hopes that the Ghost King would try to come back and then finish him off? What does consecrating the ground do if there are shadow crawlers outside and threat of a dracolich on the inside? Despite that glaring issue. Great ending to the character in my mind, despite being a bit abrupt.
6. Actually all of the past three novels have been abrupt in their ending:
Orc King - After three books of battling Mithril Hall, Obould says "Oh my plan was to be friends all along." Ummmm what?
Pirate King - Oh the whole thing was Bregan Daerthe all along! Thank you and goodnight!
Ghost King - Cadderly rubies himself into Shadowfell and scares the big bad dracolich away. THE END. Oh wait.... Cattie-brie and Regis are dead. NOW the end!
7. THE WHOLE CARADOON STORYLINE AFTER THE GET IN THE CAVES. I didn't know who was going to die from the caves first, the characters or me. SOOOO boring. Terrible way to sideline the kids and Pikel.
8. Ivan should have actually died. That would have been nice and organic. I would have believed it. Pulling a Bugs Bunny was just so cheap...
9. Jarlaxle and Athrogate - YES. Their interactions with each other and with all the other characters are just so pure. So right. MORE OF THIS PLEASE.
Honestly, I've liked all three of the Transitions books. I'll probably like everything that Salvatore writes. But some of this stuff is like extremely hard spots in a sweet dessert. I'm enjoying my cake, but I think I chipped a tooth.
The Ghost King was a fun ride, and an great insight on the Spellplague event. Yet, I really dissaprove of some of the choices made by Salvatore.... SPOILERS AHEAD
SPOILERS BELOW
1. Regis got maybe two pages of material. What an absolutely terrible way to write out a character. No justice. I would have been ok with killing him off if he had been given an interresting outro. But he missed the entirety of the novel. Why? Because they couldn't tie him down in the wagon? DUMB.
2. Salvatore keeps killing off the interesting characters. Deudermont in the Pirate King and now Cattie-brie who had just recently become a mage, seemingly only so that Salvatore could kill her off. Like... Drizzt is the least interesting character at this point. How crazy is that!
3. The Crystal Shard. I guess there is still plenty of story material there for Salvatore since he didn't finish off it's storyline. "And then the Ghost King ran away, tail between his legs, allowing Crenshinibon to live to cause havok another day..... again." Come on Salvatore, give us some finality.
4. I actually liked the idea of the Ghost King. But what did he do besides argue with himself and sit in a cave until the final showdown? Show me more!
5. Cadderly. I actually think Cadderly was my favorite part of this book. He comes across as so sincerely genuine... and that finale! But why didn't the rest of the heroes stick around in hopes that the Ghost King would try to come back and then finish him off? What does consecrating the ground do if there are shadow crawlers outside and threat of a dracolich on the inside? Despite that glaring issue. Great ending to the character in my mind, despite being a bit abrupt.
6. Actually all of the past three novels have been abrupt in their ending:
Orc King - After three books of battling Mithril Hall, Obould says "Oh my plan was to be friends all along." Ummmm what?
Pirate King - Oh the whole thing was Bregan Daerthe all along! Thank you and goodnight!
Ghost King - Cadderly rubies himself into Shadowfell and scares the big bad dracolich away. THE END. Oh wait.... Cattie-brie and Regis are dead. NOW the end!
7. THE WHOLE CARADOON STORYLINE AFTER THE GET IN THE CAVES. I didn't know who was going to die from the caves first, the characters or me. SOOOO boring. Terrible way to sideline the kids and Pikel.
8. Ivan should have actually died. That would have been nice and organic. I would have believed it. Pulling a Bugs Bunny was just so cheap...
9. Jarlaxle and Athrogate - YES. Their interactions with each other and with all the other characters are just so pure. So right. MORE OF THIS PLEASE.
Honestly, I've liked all three of the Transitions books. I'll probably like everything that Salvatore writes. But some of this stuff is like extremely hard spots in a sweet dessert. I'm enjoying my cake, but I think I chipped a tooth.
adventurous
fast-paced
So...this book tho....it was amazing....BUT THE ENDING DONE MADE ME MAD. Why did this book make me mad? Then keep reading the review to find out...
To start off the book, Catti-Brie goes into a weird trance THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE BOOK, which ticked me off, really. In one scene, she thinks she's petting Guenhwyvar and in another, she thought she was in a room with Drizzt, giving him her heart when she was with Wulfgar. I think Drizzt almost shed a tear every single time she went through this trance, but thank god for Jarlaxle.
Speaking of Jarlaxle.....WHERE THE DEUCE DID YOU COME FROM, BRUH? Like...everything was fine, hunky-dory, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SHOWED UP WITH THE FRIGGIN' EYEPATCH FOR DRIZZT, EVEN THOUGH THE STUPID DRAGOLICH IS AFTER YOU. But in all honestly, you did a good job.
BUT YOUR FRIGGIN PARTNER, ATHROGATE? Dude, SHUT UP WITH YOUR RHYMING SELF BEFORE I FIND SOMEWAY TO THROTTLE YOU. But you were awesome too.
And that stupid illithid? Yharaskrik? He thought he could control Hephaestus, but sadly he couldn't. He, along with the Crenshinibon, molded with the dragon to turn him to the Ghost King, and the only thing Hephaestus wanted with Jarlaxle (apparently Jarlaxle did something to him that the dragon wants revenge?) BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, DID IT? Nope, because Drizzt, in the last and final battle, crack through the side of the Ghost King and TORE HIM UP IN THE INSIDE. LIKE....I CAN'T WITH THAT.
But Danica and Cadderly's children fight so well as well (though I can't remember their names at the moment).
BUT THE ENDING. THE ENDING JUST....MADE ME MAD. SO MAD. WHY DIDN'T SHE DIDN'T SHE STAY WITH HIM? AND YES I'M YELLING AT HER BECAUSE SHE'S A DING DONG FOR LEAVING DRIZZT! INCLUDING REGIS, DINGUS DAMMIT!
But I loved the book as usual.
To start off the book, Catti-Brie goes into a weird trance THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE BOOK, which ticked me off, really. In one scene, she thinks she's petting Guenhwyvar and in another, she thought she was in a room with Drizzt, giving him her heart when she was with Wulfgar. I think Drizzt almost shed a tear every single time she went through this trance, but thank god for Jarlaxle.
Speaking of Jarlaxle.....WHERE THE DEUCE DID YOU COME FROM, BRUH? Like...everything was fine, hunky-dory, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SHOWED UP WITH THE FRIGGIN' EYEPATCH FOR DRIZZT, EVEN THOUGH THE STUPID DRAGOLICH IS AFTER YOU. But in all honestly, you did a good job.
BUT YOUR FRIGGIN PARTNER, ATHROGATE? Dude, SHUT UP WITH YOUR RHYMING SELF BEFORE I FIND SOMEWAY TO THROTTLE YOU. But you were awesome too.
And that stupid illithid? Yharaskrik? He thought he could control Hephaestus, but sadly he couldn't. He, along with the Crenshinibon, molded with the dragon to turn him to the Ghost King, and the only thing Hephaestus wanted with Jarlaxle (apparently Jarlaxle did something to him that the dragon wants revenge?) BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, DID IT? Nope, because Drizzt, in the last and final battle, crack through the side of the Ghost King and TORE HIM UP IN THE INSIDE. LIKE....I CAN'T WITH THAT.
But Danica and Cadderly's children fight so well as well (though I can't remember their names at the moment).
BUT THE ENDING. THE ENDING JUST....MADE ME MAD. SO MAD. WHY DIDN'T SHE DIDN'T SHE STAY WITH HIM? AND YES I'M YELLING AT HER BECAUSE SHE'S A DING DONG FOR LEAVING DRIZZT! INCLUDING REGIS, DINGUS DAMMIT!
But I loved the book as usual.
I really enjoyed this book. I loved all of my favorite Salvatore characters coming together into one book. I thought Cattibrie's story could have been improved upon, but overall it is one of my favorite in the series.