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Summary: READ THIS REVIEW BEFORE YOU BUY
Review: "Knight of the Black Rose" was an outstanding book. I reviewed it and gave it 5 stars. So when I saw there was a sequel to it, I didn't even hesitate buying it. Alas, I should have paid more attention to the reviews for this book because they could have saved me 312 pages of utter bordem. This book is virtually impossible to follow. From one paragraph to the next the book will jump to an entirely different "sceen" without having any breaks in between to let you know you are supposed to ready yourself for another line of thinking. So you go on for several sentences or paragraphs thinking you are still reading about the Bloody Cobbler only to find out that you are reading about 3 new characters you didn't even know existed. And the book goes on like that chapter after chapter. As soon as you finally get interested in the story, it will just abruptly stop and then move on to some other new set of characters who up to that point have never been mentioned. And it never goes back to the previous point where it abrupty stopped. It will go back to those characters, but they are magically off doing something completely different seemingly unrelated to the rest of the story.And worst of all, Lord Soth who is on the cover of the book and who is supposed to be the star of the book is little more than a side character in this book. Of course there is no main character in this book. People either get killed off or just fall out of the story for no reason. Bottom line... don't waste your time or money. Go read my review of "Carnival of Fear" (it wasn't a good review to say the least) but my feelings are that that book was 10 fold better than this one. If I could have given this book ZERO stars, I would have.
Rating:
Summary: READ THIS REVIEW BEFORE YOU BUY
Review: "Knight of the Black Rose" was an outstanding book. I reviewed it and gave it 5 stars. So when I saw there was a sequel to it, I didn't even hesitate buying it. Alas, I should have paid more attention to the reviews for this book because they could have saved me 312 pages of utter bordem. This book is virtually impossible to follow. From one paragraph to the next the book will jump to an entirely different "sceen" without having any breaks in between to let you know you are supposed to ready yourself for another line of thinking. So you go on for several sentences or paragraphs thinking you are still reading about the Bloody Cobbler only to find out that you are reading about 3 new characters you didn't even know existed. And the book goes on like that chapter after chapter. As soon as you finally get interested in the story, it will just abruptly stop and then move on to some other new set of characters who up to that point have never been mentioned. And it never goes back to the previous point where it abrupty stopped. It will go back to those characters, but they are magically off doing something completely different seemingly unrelated to the rest of the story. And worst of all, Lord Soth who is on the cover of the book and who is supposed to be the star of the book is little more than a side character in this book. Of course there is no main character in this book. People either get killed off or just fall out of the story for no reason. Bottom line... don't waste your time or money. Go read my review of "Carnival of Fear" (it wasn't a good review to say the least) but my feelings are that that book was 10 fold better than this one. If I could have given this book ZERO stars, I would have.
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Summary: A book to judge by the title
Review: After having read the previous novel, Knight of the Black Rose, this was really disappointing. Nothing describes this book better than the title. Lord Soth (the black rose in the title) really is a "spectre" in this book, his role in the novel is so small he's almost a minor character. Large sections of this book focus exclusively on new characters that are neither interesting nor believable. It's a shame that instead of developing a novel that revolves around an interesting character, like Lord Soth, the authors instead chose to write a novel where he's stuck in the background.
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Summary: It could've been better.
Review: Disappointing. Soth barely appears, everybody fools him, and he does nothing interesting or new. Anyway, there are some good characters and subplots. Predictable.
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Summary: A must read for Soth fans
Review: Great book! Not quit as good as Knight of the Black Rose but very close. Once again great story told well with great characters!
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Having been a long time fan of Soth and the gang, I thought that this was an intriguing way to climax his life in Ravenloft. It was also an ingenious way of creating an escape from the mists. Not only that but it also portraid Soth as something other than a bloodthirsty maniac. This is good. Even beneath the undead exterior lurks the heart of a knight. (even though a crispy one.
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Summary: Chilling tale that fits well with Ravenloft
Review: I don't know much about Soth, having never read anything Dragonlance and having missed out on SotBR's prequel - Knight of the Black Rose. Nonetheless I found this novel to be very good, painting a tragic - yet exciting and action-packed - tale that just exudes Ravenloft. Even though SotBR has two co-authors, I found it hard to discern any difference in writing style, so my reading was never disrupted. The cover of SotBR is also good, I actually have it as my computer background, successfully depicting Soth's state of mind. The final icing on the cake for me, was the fact that my copy is rather unique - it is signed by the authors and actually has some bizzare misprinting scattered here and there. Four stars.
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Summary: A great creation! Congratulations James and Veronica!
Review: I have read all the Ravenloft novels that were published, and I especially liked the character of Lord Soth, starting from Dragonlance, and into the depth of the dark lands in Ravenloft. Alas, I shan't uncover anything for the readers to be, but let me tell you, after thou hath read Knight of the Black Rose, thou must read Spectre, for 'tis such a marvelous novel!
So entangled are the sub-plots, and in such a magnificant way they were entwined together, a stroke of genius!
I have spoken with James Lowder at times, and he is a brilliant author indeed. I must bid every Ravenloft reader, and especially a Lord Soth fan to read this great work of art. As I've stated before, there are many sub-plots, well more than the average Ravenloft book, but it only adds to the overall drama and the extreme tragedy of the ending and the chain of event! All I can say is great job James and Veronica! May T.S.R and Wizards abide thee to create more works of this sort, and may the dark lord of Sithicus endure upon his pain in existance fore'emore!
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Summary: Saucy! Delicious! Won't Promote Tooth or Gum Decay!
Review: I just finished this spectacular novel and all I can say is...WOW! Lowder and Robinson did a superb job in taking us back through the Mists and into the fey realm of Sithicus, where new troubles await everyone's favorite Ravenloft DarkLord, Lord Soth, Knight of the Black Rose. Old favorites like Magda, the Vistani heroine, and Azrael, the soulless lycanthrope, are back along with some new antagonists and protagonists, such as the Bloody Cobbler and the White Rose, two spectres who are all too familiar to His Royal Badness (no not Prince!!!). The end result is a smashing example of literary genius, guaranteed to hold the reader spellbound until the last page...well the last page of text, not the annoying ads for books that have been released for three years. Bottom line: buy it or you might just end up in the dark...or worse yet, in the Mists...
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Summary: The Best Ravenloft Book since Dance of the Dead!
Review: I really liked this book. It had many interesting characters, and was full of both action and meaningful symbolism. I definitely reccomend it!
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