Faces of Deception (Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires, Book 2))

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Summary: A well done book with good imagination.
Review: "Faces of Deception" carried with it a possible masterpiece of a tale but fell just short. "Faces" brought more of the Utter East's landscape but no more detail that what was seen in the Double Diamond Saga. The characters portrayed excellence individually but I thought that they lacked a 'togetherness' better seen in Mr. Denning's previous novels. Overall, the book held a steady ground in what was being shown, perhaps too detailed, and framed what the characters were doing and feeling with excellent wording and emotion. I gave four stars partly because I like Mr. Denning's work and partly because of the story. All in all it was a good read and I recommend it to anyone who reads fantasy.

Rating:
Summary: A well done book with good imagination.
Review: "Faces of Deception" carried with it a possible masterpiece of a tale but fell just short. "Faces" brought more of the Utter East's landscape but no more detail that what was seen in the Double Diamond Saga. The characters portrayed excellence individually but I thought that they lacked a 'togetherness' better seen in Mr. Denning's previous novels. Overall, the book held a steady ground in what was being shown, perhaps too detailed, and framed what the characters were doing and feeling with excellent wording and emotion. I gave four stars partly because I like Mr. Denning's work and partly because of the story. All in all it was a good read and I recommend it to anyone who reads fantasy.

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Summary: Swing and a miss
Review: An excellent book from the first to the second-to-last page. The characters are wonderfully fleshed out and Troy Denning writes some of the best action in the business. Unfortunately, he must have realized what an impossible situation he wrote his characters into. Instead of coming up with a remotely satisfying ending, he cops out. This is not even a tragic, sorrowful ending. He just stops writing and leaves the reader with an empty pit that Denning dug but didn't fill.

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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: Being a big fan of Forgotten Realms books, I really liked this one. I would have given it 4 stars, but I was so upset with the end (it left me with to many questions) that I gave it 3 stars. All along the story, the author writes everything in details, why has he changed this for the end of this story? I wanted to know at least a bit more about how it finished. Despite the end, I recommend this book to whoever likes to read fantasy, especially all the ones that are fans of Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms.

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Summary: Worth reading, but about the end?
Review: Being a big fan of Forgotten Realms books, I really liked this one. I would have given it 4 stars, but I was so upset with the end (it left me with to many questions) that I gave it 3 stars. All along the story, the author writes everything in details, why has he changed this for the end of this story? I wanted to know at least a bit more about how it finished. Despite the end, I recommend this book to whoever likes to read fantasy, especially all the ones that are fans of Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms.

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Summary: way beyond typical FR fluff
Review: Denning has brought the same maturity and intelligence to theForgotten Realms that he showed in Pages of Pain. This is the"smartest" FR book I've ever read -- worth a read be any fan of serious fantasy fiction. Denning is on a level far above the rest of the game tie-in pack and this book is a great example of just how far above them he is.

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Summary: Good read with a dash of the Mythos
Review: Denning's Pages of Pain and now Faces of Deception are great yarns where the quests end in colorful yet utter failure. If that is not Lovecraftian enough, this story even has an unspeakable surprise ending for HPL fans.

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Summary: Tends to run on and on...
Review: Essentially it's a short story stretched out to 300+ pages

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Summary: WHAT HAPPENED?
Review: HAVING READ OVER 100 FORGOTTEN REALMS NOVELS, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE ENDING FOR THIS BOOK WAS PROBABLY THE WORST I'VE EVER READ. IT'S TOUGH TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT WITHOUT VIOLATING THE GUIDE LINE ABOUT REVEALING CRUCIAL PLOT ELEMENTS, BUT YOU CAN'T END A BOOK LIKE THAT. I WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS DISAPPOINTED IF ONE OF THE TWO LOVERS HAD DIED, AT LEAST THEN IT WOULD HAVE TRAGIC. THERE DEFINATELY NEEDS TO BE A SEQUEL. THERE ARE WAY TO MANY QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED.

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Summary: What happened to Denning?
Review: I became a Denning fan after the Athens novels, where he did his best works. I had high hopes for this book, and the story I thought was great, but the ending? It just ended out of nowhere.