Rating: 
Summary: Perhaps Salvatore's Best Work
Review: In 'The Cleric Quintet' Salvatore creates some of his most lovable characters, and delivers a stunning story wrought with intrigue, magic, and love. The magnificent conclusion to the series (The Chaos Curse) brings Cadderly's faith into focus, and his dreams into reality.
Salvatore does a great job finishing up the series and ties up most of the loose ends. All in all a great series and a great ending.
Rating:
Summary: Wow
Review: Now, I have read all of Salvatore's books and some series are better than others. While reading this series however I thought this was one of the better ones. That was before I read the Chaos Curse. After reading this book dozens of times it made me feel that the other four had only been written to set the scene for this masterpiece. Similar to the Demorwars-Ascendance line of events.
Rating:
Summary: Wow
Review: Now, I have read all of Salvatore's books and some series are better than others. While reading this series however I thought this was one of the better ones. That was before I read the Chaos Curse. After reading this book dozens of times it made me feel that the other four had only been written to set the scene for this masterpiece. Similar to the Demorwars-Ascendance line of events.
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Summary: Even at his worst, Salvatore's still pretty good,
Review: R.A. Salvatore is a brilliant story teller, and his books are reliable good reads. However, everyone has their bad days, and Salvatore's is The Chaos Curse. The Chaos Curse is not a bad book, however it lacks the cohesion and story that R.A. Salvatore fans expect.
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Summary: Good quality entertainment for fantasy enthusiasts
Review: Salvatore ends his "Cleric Quintet" with this book. The whole series is actually of very high quality, and in my mind the best work Salvatore has done since the first adventures of Driz'zt. The whole series is a nice blend of adventure and humor. I wholeheartedly recommend this book and the previous four to everybody.
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Summary: Only one reason to read this series
Review: The Bouldershoulder Brothers. They are the funniest characters in the forgotten realms. Everything else in the series is blah.
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Summary: Final book in a great saga
Review: The Chaos curse is the final book in a 5 book series, all of which are great. Cadderly and friends must face an evil in which they never thought they would have to face. They must fight together, facing new enemies, as well as old. This is a great series, and some of these characters make an appearence in Salvatore's other books containing Drizzt. I recommend these books to anyone into fantasy, or if you are just a fan of Salvatore, this book, as well as the others in the series, are a must! The ending of this book is a little sad, so be forewarned, but if you read the later books containing Drizzt, everything comes out to be alright.
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Summary: I have to concur with the disappointing ending
Review: The Chaos Curse, Book Five in the Cleric Quintet - R. A. Salvatore
A Review The entire series is pretty good, but this particular book I enjoyed the least. When finished the Fallen Fortress, one says to him/herself: "Well, it was pretty good. Happy ending, and all. Why is there another book in the series, though?" I do not know why. The Chaos Curse is wholly unnecessary. From the very beginning, I felt that the series had been stretched beyond it's limit, to an extent of mediocrity that Salvatore should be ashamed of. Perhaps not, though. In my opinion, this is the least enjoyable book in the series. Especially the ending, although I won't say anything of it.
Unlike the previous four books, which are about the fight against Castle Trinity and it's dastardly villians, this one is about a battle against Kierkan Rufo, Cadderly's unrealistic arch enemy, and his minions. There are many things to say on this book, but I shall start my complaints with this: 1. The back cover of the book is somewhat misleading. It is as simply as that. When reading the book, I felt that it was nothing like what I expected it to be, from what I had read on the back cover. 2. Character Development. In this, I am particularly angry: Robert was presented with an oppurtunity for character development within this book. He had the chance to elaborate on Dean Thobicus's, the dean of the Edificant Library, fall from grace. No elaboration is written of, though. I was expecting Cadderly to return and begin dealing with Thobicus, but it was not so. By the time Cadderly returned home to his library, the only remaining residents in the libary were vampires and zombies. And this occured all in a few days!! Without a doubt, I feel that the Dean Thobicus's behavior in this and the previous book is very unrational and completely unrealistic. 3. An acceleration of events. Yes, this is true. In only a couple days, the number of living occupants in the Edificant Library is reduced to pretty much no people whatsoever. All have either been killed or turned into vampires or zombies. When (name removed so that no spoilers are given) begins taking over the libary, the other priests in the library, I am confident, are completely blind!!! Do they not realize that their numbers are being drastically reduced? That the holiness that once was upon Castle Trinity is now gone? Of course they do not realize it. Or maybe they do. The reader does not know, though, because no action is taken until Cadderly and his ilk arrive to save the day.
Unexpectedly, though, Cadderly does not save the day. The Edificant Library has sunken to a level of corrupted decay that is unrepairable. After defeating all the vampires and baddies in the library, Cadderly destroys the library and begins the creation of a new one, wielding the power of his god, Denier.
And here is pretty much where the book ends. The ending, though, is completely surprising. Cadderly sacrifices his youth and strength all to build the construction of his library. He uses to magic to erect pillars from the very ground, that form the foundation of the library. As powerful as he is, though, this taxes Cadderly greatly, as it should. It makes him age much quicker, as well. For the creation of the library to be built so quickly, he must age quickly as well. Or something like that.
So, by the end of the book, Cadderly is an old guy and Danica is still young and pretty. Very sad, actually, because the two still love each other greatly, but one has much longer to live than the other. At least Salvatore did something profound with the series. Although supposed to be deep and meaningful, I was hardly affected in the least for this sad ending of the series.
I shall finally end my review of this book with an extremely profound statement: "I enjoyed the Baldur's Gate book series MORE than The Cleric Quinet." That may be hard to believe, considering the BG book series is written by Phillip Athans, and unexperienced writer, and Drew Karpyshyn (A Bioware worker, who also worked on the games). Anyway, a lot of people (Just check the review on Amazon.com!!) think that the BG books are totally worthless, but those books, upon finished the series, had something of an epiphany effect on me. Very good. I would suggest you read them. This series, however, had no such effect. The Cleric Quintet is possibly the most dissapointing fantasy series I have ever read, and without a doubt R. A. Salvatore's worst series he has written. It does not exhibit his skills as a profession writer. It does the opposite.
Rating:
Summary: The OK conclusion to a pretty good series by a great author
Review: The Chaos Curse, Book Five in the Cleric Quintet - R. A. Salvatore
A Review The entire series is pretty good, but this particular book I enjoyed the least. When finished the Fallen Fortress, one says to him/herself: "Well, it was pretty good. Happy ending, and all. Why is there another book in the series, though?" I do not know why. The Chaos Curse is wholly unnecessary. From the very beginning, I felt that the series had been stretched beyond it's limit, to an extent of mediocrity that Salvatore should be ashamed of. Perhaps not, though. In my opinion, this is the least enjoyable book in the series. Especially the ending, although I won't say anything of it.
Unlike the previous four books, which are about the fight against Castle Trinity and it's dastardly villians, this one is about a battle against Kierkan Rufo, Cadderly's unrealistic arch enemy, and his minions. There are many things to say on this book, but I shall start my complaints with this: 1. The back cover of the book is somewhat misleading. It is as simply as that. When reading the book, I felt that it was nothing like what I expected it to be, from what I had read on the back cover. 2. Character Development. In this, I am particularly angry: Robert was presented with an oppurtunity for character development within this book. He had the chance to elaborate on Dean Thobicus's, the dean of the Edificant Library, fall from grace. No elaboration is written of, though. I was expecting Cadderly to return and begin dealing with Thobicus, but it was not so. By the time Cadderly returned home to his library, the only remaining residents in the libary were vampires and zombies. And this occured all in a few days!! Without a doubt, I feel that the Dean Thobicus's behavior in this and the previous book is very unrational and completely unrealistic. 3. An acceleration of events. Yes, this is true. In only a couple days, the number of living occupants in the Edificant Library is reduced to pretty much no people whatsoever. All have either been killed or turned into vampires or zombies. When (name removed so that no spoilers are given) begins taking over the libary, the other priests in the library, I am confident, are completely blind!!! Do they not realize that their numbers are being drastically reduced? That the holiness that once was upon Castle Trinity is now gone? Of course they do not realize it. Or maybe they do. The reader does not know, though, because no action is taken until Cadderly and his ilk arrive to save the day.
Unexpectedly, though, Cadderly does not save the day. The Edificant Library has sunken to a level of corrupted decay that is unrepairable. After defeating all the vampires and baddies in the library, Cadderly destroys the library and begins the creation of a new one, wielding the power of his god, Denier.
And here is pretty much where the book ends. The ending, though, is completely surprising. Cadderly sacrifices his youth and strength all to build the construction of his library. He uses to magic to erect pillars from the very ground, that form the foundation of the library. As powerful as he is, though, this taxes Cadderly greatly, as it should. It makes him age much quicker, as well. For the creation of the library to be built so quickly, he must age quickly as well. Or something like that.
So, by the end of the book, Cadderly is an old guy and Danica is still young and pretty. Very sad, actually, because the two still love each other greatly, but one has much longer to live than the other. At least Salvatore did something profound with the series. Although supposed to be deep and meaningful, I was hardly affected in the least for this sad ending of the series.
I shall finally end my review of this book with an extremely profound statement: "I enjoyed the Baldur's Gate book series MORE than The Cleric Quinet." That may be hard to believe, considering the BG book series is written by Phillip Athans, and unexperienced writer, and Drew Karpyshyn (A Bioware worker, who also worked on the games). Anyway, a lot of people (Just check the review on Amazon.com!!) think that the BG books are totally worthless, but those books, upon finished the series, had something of an epiphany effect on me. Very good. I would suggest you read them. This series, however, had no such effect. The Cleric Quintet is possibly the most dissapointing fantasy series I have ever read, and without a doubt R. A. Salvatore's worst series he has written. It does not exhibit his skills as a profession writer. It does the opposite.
Rating:
Summary: The OK conclusion to a pretty good series by a great author
Review: The Chaos Curse, Book Five in the Cleric Quintet - R. A. Salvatore
A Review The entire series is pretty good, but this particular book I enjoyed the least. When finished the Fallen Fortress, one says to him/herself: "Well, it was pretty good. Happy ending, and all. Why is there another book in the series, though?" I do not know why. The Chaos Curse is wholly unnecessary. From the very beginning, I felt that the series had been stretched beyond it's limit, to an extent of mediocrity that Salvatore should be ashamed of. Perhaps not, though. In my opinion, this is the least enjoyable book in the series. Especially the ending, although I won't say anything of it.
Unlike the previous four books, which are about the fight against Castle Trinity and it's dastardly villians, this one is about a battle against Kierkan Rufo, Cadderly's unrealistic arch enemy, and his minions. There are many things to say on this book, but I shall start my complaints with this: 1. The back cover of the book is somewhat misleading. It is as simply as that. When reading the book, I felt that it was nothing like what I expected it to be, from what I had read on the back cover. 2. Character Development. In this, I am particularly angry: Robert was presented with an oppurtunity for character development within this book. He had the chance to elaborate on Dean Thobicus's, the dean of the Edificant Library, fall from grace. No elaboration is written of, though. I was expecting Cadderly to return and begin dealing with Thobicus, but it was not so. By the time Cadderly returned home to his library, the only remaining residents in the libary were vampires and zombies. And this occured all in a few days!! Without a doubt, I feel that the Dean Thobicus's behavior in this and the previous book is very unrational and completely unrealistic. 3. An acceleration of events. Yes, this is true. In only a couple days, the number of living occupants in the Edificant Library is reduced to pretty much no people whatsoever. All have either been killed or turned into vampires or zombies. When (name removed so that no spoilers are given) begins taking over the libary, the other priests in the library, I am confident, are completely blind!!! Do they not realize that their numbers are being drastically reduced? That the holiness that once was upon Castle Trinity is now gone? Of course they do not realize it. Or maybe they do. The reader does not know, though, because no action is taken until Cadderly and his ilk arrive to save the day.
Unexpectedly, though, Cadderly does not save the day. The Edificant Library has sunken to a level of corrupted decay that is unrepairable. After defeating all the vampires and baddies in the library, Cadderly destroys the library and begins the creation of a new one, wielding the power of his god, Denier.
And here is pretty much where the book ends. The ending, though, is completely surprising. Cadderly sacrifices his youth and strength all to build the construction of his library. He uses to magic to erect pillars from the very ground, that form the foundation of the library. As powerful as he is, though, this taxes Cadderly greatly, as it should. It makes him age much quicker, as well. For the creation of the library to be built so quickly, he must age quickly as well. Or something like that.
So, by the end of the book, Cadderly is an old guy and Danica is still young and pretty. Very sad, actually, because the two still love each other greatly, but one has much longer to live than the other. At least Salvatore did something profound with the series. Although supposed to be deep and meaningful, I was hardly affected in the least for this sad ending of the series.
I shall finally end my review of this book with an extremely profound statement: "I enjoyed the Baldur's Gate book series MORE than The Cleric Quinet." That may be hard to believe, considering the BG book series is written by Phillip Athans, and unexperienced writer, and Drew Karpyshyn (A Bioware worker, who also worked on the games). Anyway, a lot of people (Just check the review on Amazon.com!!) think that the BG books are totally worthless, but those books, upon finished the series, had something of an epiphany effect on me. Very good. I would suggest you read them. This series, however, had no such effect. The Cleric Quintet is possibly the most dissapointing fantasy series I have ever read, and without a doubt R. A. Salvatore's worst series he has written. It does not exhibit his skills as a profession writer. It does the opposite.
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