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A review by evanbernstein
Dragons of Winter Night: Chronicles, Volume Two by Margaret Weis
3.0
Once again I was pleasantly surprised by re-reading this book as an adult. I expected this series to be awful and, while it is no masterpiece and I wouldn't recommend it to many people, it is quite fun and I can definitely recommend it as a YA read and enjoy it for nostalgia.
This book is a vast improvement over the first book. The first one read like a D&D campaign in a number of places. This book largely does away with battles (in fact, the first few pages summarize a bit of the story that they skip which would have read like a D&D campaign) and instead focus on the bits of of the story between action: how do the characters make choices, how does that impact them, what are their goals and aspirations. You know, like a book.
The characters grow throughout the story. While they still come across as reasonably simplistic sometimes they are interesting and do get deeper than their stereotypes of the first book presented (even if maybe none every quite surprise the reader). Unfortunately when a character does die, they are able to say goodbye before their final confrontation that felt a little too forced unlike an actual goodbye from battle would probably be. Especially as the character does it trying to by time for the others to do what they need to do, and instead watch.
I'm enjoying my re-read.
This book is a vast improvement over the first book. The first one read like a D&D campaign in a number of places. This book largely does away with battles (in fact, the first few pages summarize a bit of the story that they skip which would have read like a D&D campaign) and instead focus on the bits of of the story between action: how do the characters make choices, how does that impact them, what are their goals and aspirations. You know, like a book.
The characters grow throughout the story. While they still come across as reasonably simplistic sometimes they are interesting and do get deeper than their stereotypes of the first book presented (even if maybe none every quite surprise the reader). Unfortunately when a character does die, they are able to say goodbye before their final confrontation that felt a little too forced unlike an actual goodbye from battle would probably be. Especially as the character does it trying to by time for the others to do what they need to do, and instead watch.
I'm enjoying my re-read.