The Wayward Knights (Dragonlance Warriors, Vol. 7)

Rating:
Summary: Really good, much better than the first three.......
Review: After reading the first thre Knights books, I was not really looking forward to reading this book. But even after reading the first hundred pages, I knew it was much better than the others. It certainly described a lot about krynn and not just Istar like the other books, and was a really good book. I would recomend it to any reader.

Rating:
Summary: Great Adventure
Review: I found this exciting and fast-paced. The descriptions were vivid. This is every bit as good as Mr. Green's Conan books. Maybe better.

Rating:
Summary: A consistent misnomer to a not so bad fantasy book
Review: The Wayward Knights ends the one of the more misnamed series of fantasy books. In the fourth book chronicling the adventures of Sir Pirvan, a Solamnic knight who started out as a thief, there are two threads of development in the tale.

One is of Sir Pirvan's adventure to discover and eliminate the threat on Suivinari island which menaced human and minotaur sailors who had a rare, mutual, if unspoken, agreement, to share the island as a replenishing station for their ships.

The other thread involves Gerik, son of Pirvan, who had to defend their home, Tirabot Manor, against minions of the kingpriest who would like to eliminate those who practiced true virtues instead of paying lip service.

The book went through many events without giving a proper account of events and background. Instead, the narration is given through eyewitness accounts of the characters but very little explanation of what the character thinks and knows and thereby how they came to the conclusions they made. This is a maddening pattern. People unfamiliar with the world of Krynn would be unable to follow the book at all. This applies to all four books.

The reason why I described the titles of the series as misnamed is because little so far had been given to provide insight to the workings of the Knights. Instead, each adventure becomes like a process in gaining experience points to promote the lead character up the ranks of the Knight, without giving a proper account of the Order, the Measure and the Oath. The writer's way of addressing the Measure and the Oath, the central tenet of the knighthood, became merely a conceptualisation of the experiences of Sir Pirvan. What is wrong with this is it cheated the readers from actually learning about the Order itself, which is what should be expected, given the titles of the book.

Even the last title, the Wayward Knights, was not truly reflected by the story contained; there is little sense that the knights mentioned had really been wayward.

There is actually little wrong with the story as a fantasy tale, but when a series of book had the Knights of the Crown, Knights of the Sword, Knight of the Rose and the Wayward Knights as their title, I expect to be shown more about a knight making his way through the Order, dealing with more people within the Order, rather than merely setting off on quests. The series reflected little of learning of loyalty associated with Knights of the Crown, little of how valour is associated with Knights of the Sword, little of how justice and wisdom is associated with Knights of the Rose, and how Habbakkuk, Kiri-Jolith and Paladine are honoured and modeled after.

Furthermore, higher level ranking Knights of the Sword and Rose have at their disposal certain spells which they should have been utilising. After all, this is pre-Cataclysmic Krynn.

Rating:
Summary: A consistent misnomer to a not so bad fantasy book
Review: The Wayward Knights ends the one of the more misnamed series of fantasy books. In the fourth book chronicling the adventures of Sir Pirvan, a Solamnic knight who started out as a thief, there are two threads of development in the tale.

One is of Sir Pirvan's adventure to discover and eliminate the threat on Suivinari island which menaced human and minotaur sailors who had a rare, mutual, if unspoken, agreement, to share the island as a replenishing station for their ships.

The other thread involves Gerik, son of Pirvan, who had to defend their home, Tirabot Manor, against minions of the kingpriest who would like to eliminate those who practiced true virtues instead of paying lip service.

The book went through many events without giving a proper account of events and background. Instead, the narration is given through eyewitness accounts of the characters but very little explanation of what the character thinks and knows and thereby how they came to the conclusions they made. This is a maddening pattern. People unfamiliar with the world of Krynn would be unable to follow the book at all. This applies to all four books.

The reason why I described the titles of the series as misnamed is because little so far had been given to provide insight to the workings of the Knights. Instead, each adventure becomes like a process in gaining experience points to promote the lead character up the ranks of the Knight, without giving a proper account of the Order, the Measure and the Oath. The writer's way of addressing the Measure and the Oath, the central tenet of the knighthood, became merely a conceptualisation of the experiences of Sir Pirvan. What is wrong with this is it cheated the readers from actually learning about the Order itself, which is what should be expected, given the titles of the book.

Even the last title, the Wayward Knights, was not truly reflected by the story contained; there is little sense that the knights mentioned had really been wayward.

There is actually little wrong with the story as a fantasy tale, but when a series of book had the Knights of the Crown, Knights of the Sword, Knight of the Rose and the Wayward Knights as their title, I expect to be shown more about a knight making his way through the Order, dealing with more people within the Order, rather than merely setting off on quests. The series reflected little of learning of loyalty associated with Knights of the Crown, little of how valour is associated with Knights of the Sword, little of how justice and wisdom is associated with Knights of the Rose, and how Habbakkuk, Kiri-Jolith and Paladine are honoured and modeled after.

Furthermore, higher level ranking Knights of the Sword and Rose have at their disposal certain spells which they should have been utilising. After all, this is pre-Cataclysmic Krynn.

Rating:
Summary: Wow!
Review: This book was amazing. It truley lived up to the Dragonlance Standard