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A review by anastasiaadamov
Elminster: The Making of a Mage by Ed Greenwood
4.0
This one took a lot longer than I thought. The letters in my edition of the book were tiny and even though there was only 330ish pages, my reading was very slow.
The book definitely was not what I expected it to be plot wise.
The humble upbringing of a young wizard apprentice I thought this would be was definitely a lot more action packed and not humble at all. And that was not a bad thing!
I liked how the book was organized in smaller chapters and had even some illustrations before each more meaningful plot course change. The interesting character quotes from the world of Forgotten Realms were cool as well. Some, I even wanted to write down.
Some parts of the plot screamed to be a summary of D&D party adventures because of the grand schemes and high fun factor for the characters and the reader.
The ending was rather ambitious and I really liked that!
The book definitely was not what I expected it to be plot wise.
The humble upbringing of a young wizard apprentice I thought this would be was definitely a lot more action packed and not humble at all. And that was not a bad thing!
I liked how the book was organized in smaller chapters and had even some illustrations before each more meaningful plot course change. The interesting character quotes from the world of Forgotten Realms were cool as well. Some, I even wanted to write down.
Some parts of the plot screamed to be a summary of D&D party adventures because of the grand schemes and high fun factor for the characters and the reader.
The ending was rather ambitious and I really liked that!