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A review by secre
Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
5.0
The first of this series to reduce me to tears and it managed it not once, but twice. This is the final conclusion of the Chronicles and within it we say goodbye to some fond friends indeed. Characters grow, age, grieve, love and mourn. There are betrayals, wonders, surprises and oaths. There is the fulfilment of a dream of prophecy and the hope of chances as yet to come.
I devoured this novel and look forward to going back to read the Legends next, where I shall be reunited with some lost friends, at least for another three books. When I first read these novels well over a decade ago, I didn't realise how much snobbishness there is around this series. Because it's based on a game it can't be well written, the characters are flat, yada, yada, yada. I call absolute bull. If you read it without thinking about any games, this is a series that will hook you and draw you through it whilst hitting every emotional hook on the way.
I dare you; read these books and tell me that you don't grin at the thought of Tasslehoff Burfoot, the irrepressible lender or smile wryly when thinking of Flint, loyal, steadfast and grumbling old dwarf. Amongst many others, Fizban, Tanis and Raistlin are all completely individual and wonderfully sketched in words. The characters held within these pages have wormed their way into my very heart and that is a compliment indeed for any author.
Do I recommend? Can I have a hell yes! This is the best out of the trilogy and none of them let me down.
I devoured this novel and look forward to going back to read the Legends next, where I shall be reunited with some lost friends, at least for another three books. When I first read these novels well over a decade ago, I didn't realise how much snobbishness there is around this series. Because it's based on a game it can't be well written, the characters are flat, yada, yada, yada. I call absolute bull. If you read it without thinking about any games, this is a series that will hook you and draw you through it whilst hitting every emotional hook on the way.
I dare you; read these books and tell me that you don't grin at the thought of Tasslehoff Burfoot, the irrepressible lender or smile wryly when thinking of Flint, loyal, steadfast and grumbling old dwarf. Amongst many others, Fizban, Tanis and Raistlin are all completely individual and wonderfully sketched in words. The characters held within these pages have wormed their way into my very heart and that is a compliment indeed for any author.
Do I recommend? Can I have a hell yes! This is the best out of the trilogy and none of them let me down.