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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
I guess this should be 3.5 stars but I really can't rate it any higher then the others of this series. The writing has drawbacks and there are lots of unanswered questions and loose ends. I realize that is why there are about so many more dragonlance books but frankly I just don't have the time or patience to read them all. I will read the lost souls trilogy for the first time soon and I hope the authors talents grew some before they wrote it. The increased page count had better be worth the investment.
I just didn't like this series in re-reading it. The characters didn't hold up for me, and time travel plots with lots of holes are never my favorite. The characters seemed incredibly inconsistent rather than people who grow and change. Raistlin is supposed to be this totally evil being, yet we rarely see him do anything evil, and when he does they make you also try to feel sorry for him. And of course, that works in the real world, and I want my fantasy to be more character based than fantastical, but in this version it just didn't work for me. Instead it felt like the characters couldn't make up their mind than that there was really any growth or chance of redemption.
This would have been a great Dragonlance ending.
It's one of my favorite fantasy novels.
It's one of my favorite fantasy novels.
O final da trilogia Legends compensa, pois introduz as personagens do Chronicles recuperando a energia que tinhamos na primeira trilogia.
**Duplicate comment for Dragonlance Series 1-9**
Ah Raistlin Majere, how could you not like a guy with his own private library of leather-bound books?. . .oh yeah, there was that ruthless pursuit of power thing. Loved this series when I was a kid! My presiding memory of these was one of being encapsulated completely by them and the blanket I wrapped myself in, while on the couch, feigning fever, so I could skip school and read on bitter winter days.
Ah Raistlin Majere, how could you not like a guy with his own private library of leather-bound books?. . .oh yeah, there was that ruthless pursuit of power thing. Loved this series when I was a kid! My presiding memory of these was one of being encapsulated completely by them and the blanket I wrapped myself in, while on the couch, feigning fever, so I could skip school and read on bitter winter days.
This was such a good read, I had heard that this second trilogy was better than the first and I an so glad that they were right. This whole trilogy has been line Doctor Who meets Lord Of The Rings and I think you should read this. This series of books needs more love.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Reading this over again, it felt like a lot of padding had been added to make these books into a marketable trilogy.
'Test of the Twins' follows Caramon and Tasslehoff's terrible vision of a future where Raistlin succeeds, Tanis teaming up with Dalamar, more Kitiara (urgh), and Raistlin's journey through the Abyss with Crysania. I like mucking around with time-travel, and the angle that events have to be changed to prevent the end of the world was great, however, Raistlin's journeying mostly made no sense. The Abyss and the Dark Queen are attacking his mind, but he keeps behaving completely out of character to these situations. On top of that, the climactic battle scenes didn't have the same element of fun as in the 'Chronicles'.
That said, we have a nice tidy ending - though it is a bit at odds with the subsequent Krynn-shattering events of the novels of the '90s. People keep behaving as if the War of the Lance was this legendary thing and yet it ended only two years previous, and foreshadowing is made about the great future of the Temple of Paladine and...uh....ok. Sure. Never mind. Forget I said anything.
For now, I'll keep going.
Dragonlance Legends
Previous: 'War of the Twins'
Next: 'The Second Generation'
'Test of the Twins' follows Caramon and Tasslehoff's terrible vision of a future where Raistlin succeeds, Tanis teaming up with Dalamar, more Kitiara (urgh), and Raistlin's journey through the Abyss with Crysania. I like mucking around with time-travel, and the angle that events have to be changed to prevent the end of the world was great, however, Raistlin's journeying mostly made no sense. The Abyss and the Dark Queen are attacking his mind, but he keeps behaving completely out of character to these situations. On top of that, the climactic battle scenes didn't have the same element of fun as in the 'Chronicles'.
That said, we have a nice tidy ending - though it is a bit at odds with the subsequent Krynn-shattering events of the novels of the '90s. People keep behaving as if the War of the Lance was this legendary thing and yet it ended only two years previous, and foreshadowing is made about the great future of the Temple of Paladine and...uh....ok. Sure. Never mind. Forget I said anything.
For now, I'll keep going.
Dragonlance Legends
Previous: 'War of the Twins'
Next: 'The Second Generation'
dark
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Como siempre que termino un libro de Margaret Weis, sin palabras. Tantos sentimientos descritos de una forma tan sencilla y hermosa... Simplemente bello.
"La mayoría de nosotros nos topamos en nuestra andadura con las encrucijadas que plantean la bondad, el día, y la oscuridad de lo maligno. Pero existe una minoría de elegidos que recorren su camino, el mundo, alumbrados por su propia luz y prescindiendo de los elementos externos."
"La mayoría de nosotros nos topamos en nuestra andadura con las encrucijadas que plantean la bondad, el día, y la oscuridad de lo maligno. Pero existe una minoría de elegidos que recorren su camino, el mundo, alumbrados por su propia luz y prescindiendo de los elementos externos."