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Black Wizards by Douglas Niles
4.0
Douglas Niles 2nd book of the Moonshae Trilogy did not disappoint. It was actually really good and pretty different from the first part. It felt like a whole new adventure with slight flashbacks to the original ones.
World of Forgotten Realms comes to life and makes me want to delve deeper.
I absolutely loved:
-multiple viewpoints, not just the "good guy" travelogue.
-in between Chapter short flashes of a god's mind. Once again, good and evil alike.
The only negative to this story was that is IS a travelogue at a core, which made me feel bored at about a half way point. There was no shortage of action, no "in-interesting" part that made me stop, if you will. It was just the knowledge that the hero will come here and discover this. Aha! Then hero will go there and discover that. Aha! The rinse/repeat.
Maybe I'm just growing a bit weary of fantasy travelogues? Who knows. Break or no break, I'm definitely going to read Part 3 in the future.
Definitely give this book a try, if for nothing else is to see how Forgotten Realms prose began :)
Roman "Ragnar"
World of Forgotten Realms comes to life and makes me want to delve deeper.
I absolutely loved:
-multiple viewpoints, not just the "good guy" travelogue.
-in between Chapter short flashes of a god's mind. Once again, good and evil alike.
The only negative to this story was that is IS a travelogue at a core, which made me feel bored at about a half way point. There was no shortage of action, no "in-interesting" part that made me stop, if you will. It was just the knowledge that the hero will come here and discover this. Aha! Then hero will go there and discover that. Aha! The rinse/repeat.
Maybe I'm just growing a bit weary of fantasy travelogues? Who knows. Break or no break, I'm definitely going to read Part 3 in the future.
Definitely give this book a try, if for nothing else is to see how Forgotten Realms prose began :)
Roman "Ragnar"
Return of the Jedi: Star Wars: Episode VI by James Kahn
4.0
A nice wrap up to the classic trilogy.
There really isn't much to say about it at this point.
My favorite of the three book, that is for sure.
Seen the movies, read the books.
Classic Star Wars mission accomplished.
I now feel accomplished, you should too :)
Roman "Ragnar"
There really isn't much to say about it at this point.
My favorite of the three book, that is for sure.
Seen the movies, read the books.
Classic Star Wars mission accomplished.
I now feel accomplished, you should too :)
Roman "Ragnar"
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
4.0
Despite many no so favorable reviews, I found I enjoyed this book a lot.
Now, I see what the others are saying, however.
1. It does feel like this book is a sort of an interlude between original and part 3.
2. It does feel like nothing is happening up until the very end.
3. It is an extremely slow book.
With that said. It is FULL of philosophies of Arrakis and the Dune world in general. It delves deep into the mind of Paul, and people around him. It helps to almost self reflect back to Book 1 and realize many of the details that I overlooked. I feel like I've got to know the world more from this book and now the next one will feel so much better.
I don't think I wold fully enjoy Book 3 if I didn't immerse myself into the Messiah.
Here's a comparison that comes to mind before you choose to read or not read this book.
If you thought that Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time became too slow after the first book, you will not like Dune Messiah.
If you enjoy Wheel of Time more and more with each Volume, felt immersed into the world beyond the point of no return, make the time to read Dune Messiah.
I definitely, without any doubt will be reading he next part.
Roman "Ragnar"
Now, I see what the others are saying, however.
1. It does feel like this book is a sort of an interlude between original and part 3.
2. It does feel like nothing is happening up until the very end.
3. It is an extremely slow book.
With that said. It is FULL of philosophies of Arrakis and the Dune world in general. It delves deep into the mind of Paul, and people around him. It helps to almost self reflect back to Book 1 and realize many of the details that I overlooked. I feel like I've got to know the world more from this book and now the next one will feel so much better.
I don't think I wold fully enjoy Book 3 if I didn't immerse myself into the Messiah.
Here's a comparison that comes to mind before you choose to read or not read this book.
If you thought that Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time became too slow after the first book, you will not like Dune Messiah.
If you enjoy Wheel of Time more and more with each Volume, felt immersed into the world beyond the point of no return, make the time to read Dune Messiah.
I definitely, without any doubt will be reading he next part.
Roman "Ragnar"
Exile by R.A. Salvatore
5.0
Simply put: great!
For the fans of Drizzt I need not say much more. This is technically Book 5 about him, a midpoint for the 2nd trilogy, and it R. Salvatore manages to deliver a punch every single time.
I don't know much about Forgotten Realms, as I have not really played D&D but even though it is extremely fun to immerse into this grim world of conflict and magic.
Salvatore does a good job, I thought, in describing what the underground world looks like and how it's populated by many races who are anything by friendly with one another. It is very refreshing to see a different kind of world, something that isn't your typical sword/Sorcery scenery.
On the other hand he also does a great job with portraying ruthless culture of dark elves, inhabitants of Menzoberranzan. Drizzt is but one lone dark elf, who wants something different then scheming to gain Llolth favor. He even makes friends with someone from another race.
That in itself is unheard of...and that is only the beginning.
Definitely will read the next part! You should too!
Roman
For the fans of Drizzt I need not say much more. This is technically Book 5 about him, a midpoint for the 2nd trilogy, and it R. Salvatore manages to deliver a punch every single time.
I don't know much about Forgotten Realms, as I have not really played D&D but even though it is extremely fun to immerse into this grim world of conflict and magic.
Salvatore does a good job, I thought, in describing what the underground world looks like and how it's populated by many races who are anything by friendly with one another. It is very refreshing to see a different kind of world, something that isn't your typical sword/Sorcery scenery.
On the other hand he also does a great job with portraying ruthless culture of dark elves, inhabitants of Menzoberranzan. Drizzt is but one lone dark elf, who wants something different then scheming to gain Llolth favor. He even makes friends with someone from another race.
That in itself is unheard of...and that is only the beginning.
Definitely will read the next part! You should too!
Roman
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
4.0
Pretty cool to delve back in time to the original "famous" detective.
While some of the stories were easy to solve, some left me wondering all the way to the very end.
Plus, the deductive method Holmes is using is just fun to follow.
The amount of information that one person would need to retain is just staggering. At times, knowing the most random of facts means solving the mission or not.
Plus you add the eccentric personality, violin proficiency, and a lazy person addicted to drugs and I can almost believe Holmes had a split personality disorder.
All in all, there is a reason his character still fascinates people today.
Definitely interested to read the next part.
Roman "Ragnar"
While some of the stories were easy to solve, some left me wondering all the way to the very end.
Plus, the deductive method Holmes is using is just fun to follow.
The amount of information that one person would need to retain is just staggering. At times, knowing the most random of facts means solving the mission or not.
Plus you add the eccentric personality, violin proficiency, and a lazy person addicted to drugs and I can almost believe Holmes had a split personality disorder.
All in all, there is a reason his character still fascinates people today.
Definitely interested to read the next part.
Roman "Ragnar"