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Summary: Could be better but a pretty good book!
Review: This is a entertaining book which thouraly explains the video game. Of course like most cases the video game is better than the book but this is a very well written, but at times slow,very exciting book. I strongly recomend it! If you really want a fabulas series try the Resident Evil books!
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Summary: Excellent work
Review: This is a fantastic book to anyone who is into the Diablo PC game series. Richard Knaak does a fantastic job of writing out an original and entertaining story, while making various references to the classes, cities and spells from the game series, in particular Diablo II. The characters are well-developed from beginning to end, done by Knaak extremely well, by giving details of the characters lives, but not so much that we end up knowing more about the characters than we do the story. He does an outstanding job of going from the different character's viewpoints, for instance the swtich from Norrec to General Malevolyn to Kara Nightshadow is almost seamless, which does well to avoid confusion. But I found the story very gripping and didn't find the book boring at any point when I was reading it. So I do think that big fans of the game series will be very pleased with this novel.
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Summary: This book IS worth a read
Review: This is a good book; not great, but good. It took a little while for the story to come around, but it was indeed a decent read.There are those readers who over-analyze plots and who can't seem to stand it when books don't conform to their core set of beliefs, but their reviews are certainly much harsher than the book deserves. Knaak balances the book fairly well, without over complicating characters or trying to copy the game. I was actually glad that the book was not identical to the game. This is the first Richard Knaak book that I've read, but I was not let down in the least. I intend to read his new Minitaur series.
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Summary: Great book that stays true to the game.
Review: This was a great book for people who have played the game. Many people, in previous reviews complained that he just "mentionned" certain places such as Lut Gholein, but did not describe it, I sometimes wonder if these people actually read the book word for word, or simply skimmed through the pages. Anyhow, the book was detailed just right, not too much, not too little. It allowed you to visualize where the characters were, and helped get into the story. As for people complaining that he only mentionned certain things from the game, if Knaak would of made up his own story, with hardly any mentions of the game, then it wouldn't be Diablo, now would it?
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Summary: Great book that stays true to the game.
Review: This was a great book for people who have played the game. Many people, in previous reviews complained that he just "mentionned" certain places such as Lut Gholein, but did not describe it, I sometimes wonder if these people actually read the book word for word, or simply skimmed through the pages. Anyhow, the book was detailed just right, not too much, not too little. It allowed you to visualize where the characters were, and helped get into the story. As for people complaining that he only mentionned certain things from the game, if Knaak would of made up his own story, with hardly any mentions of the game, then it wouldn't be Diablo, now would it?
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Summary: Diablo, Legacy of Blood
Review: When I saw this book i thought that it might not be that good because it was based off of a game. After reading it there isn't much that is the same beyond the names of some characters and the towns. It also doesn't fallow the main story line behind Diablo the game. It goes in a completly diffrent diraction. For this variation I give this book 5 stars. Norrec Vizharan has become a living nightmare. When he was looking for treasure, the soldier discovers an artifact beyond his wildest dearms. I was the armor that belonged to Bartuc, the legendary Warlord of Blood. Although he thought it was a good thing he soon found out that the armor was cursed. Now, pursued by demons who covet the dark armor for their own use, Norrec must overcome a bloodlust he can harly control. He must also learn the truth behind the curse before he looses his soul to the darkness forever
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Summary: true to the game
Review: when i walked into the bookstore and saw this on the shelf i read a couple of the pages i knew i had to have it. every one that is familiar with the diablo universe will enjoy the this and other books from the series. it is very exact with the names of places, persons, and events that happen in tristram and lut gholein. it also broadens the territory some what and gives a further explanation of the engmatic necromancers (my favorite in diablo 2 with out expansion, assassin with). any way i wont spoil anything for you by going into great detail, all i'll mention is that the time for the story is right before diablo reaches the sparkling jewel city of lu gholein. enjoy
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Summary: Buy as Shelf Decoration Next to the Game Box
Review: While many other Diablo fans appear to love Richard Knaak's contribution to the game's lore, I found 'Diablo: Legacy of Blood' a terrible disappointment. Not only is much of it poorly written (any editor worth his salary would've taken a razor to this one), but many of the elements from the game appear to be little more than name-dropping and inserted contrivances. I had the distinct feeling while reading this book that Knaak had already written a fantasy tale of his own and suddenly stumbled upon the opportunity to make some money off of it via the Diablo label and thus went back and started inserted game references into the story to serve that end. As an avid reader and a fan of the Diablo games, what I really want to see is a novel that really brings the characters of the game to life and gives them integral roles in the storyline. Instead, Knaak merely throws place names around as flavoring and inserts characters into little more than cameo roles. Take, for instance, the appearance of Meshif at the Lut Gholein docks, recommending that Norrec visit Atma's. This novel's use of the Diablo name reminds me of the Japanese-made 'Godzilla,' which boasted Raymond Burr as a star in the American version merely to boost appeal for the film in the US. Knaak uses the same kind of contrivances here to manufacture interest for what is a rather weak story punctuated by cliched, uninteresting characters about whom the reader can do nothing but feel utter apathy. An ultimately forgettable read.
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Summary: Best PC Game Novelisation EVER!!!!
Review: WOW!! From the first page the whole atmosphere of Diablo is created and maintained throughout the whole book. You'll find all references, placenames and people to help maintain this as 'sense of Diablo' as well. A positive thing about the book is that it doesn't retell the story of the games, as most PC based novels tend to do, and goes off on a story on its own, but does hint about the wanderer and the ever brewing evil from D2. This book can be enjoyed by those not into the fantasy genre as well as it's pure, no holds barred, Diablo with all its hacking and slashing along for the ride. Knaak certainly has the knack for writing these books
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