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Summary: Best Book Ever!!!!!
Review: This book is the greatest book I have ever read!!I checked it out from the library, because it was big.Once I read it, I wanted my own copy,so I got it,I have read it over and over since then.
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Summary: I would have never known....
Review: A friend of mine moved away years back and forgot a box of books, I just happened to see this interesting book, "The Legacy" sitting inside. So I read it. What a good move that was because i was instantly hooked, so, i went out and bought all the preceding books and continued to read. I now have every available book, be it hardback or paperback or both! Salvatore is pure genious in portrayal of the characters and lands of the forgotten realms. Anyone who likes fantasy and great characters will LOVE these books. Have fun and good reading!!!
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Summary: great
Review: a great and entertaining book, truly one of the best forgotten realms book i have ever read.
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Summary: An excellent series!
Review: An excellent author and a great story! Could not stop reading the books and finished all four within a week (much to my wifes pleasure when I finially said I was done <G>)!
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Summary: Every author has his bad days
Review: As far as general fantasy goes, the Cleric Quintet is pretty decent. However, in comparison to R.A. Salvatore's other work (Icewind Dale, Dark Elf Trilogy, Legacy of the Drow, Paths of Darkness) this collection of five novels is decidedly lackluster. I must say that, taken in parts, some of the books are great. Salvatore introduces a pair of fantastically sinister villains in Aballister Bonaduce and Ghost. For some reason, however, neither of these characters last more than one encounter with the hero, Cadderly. It is a major disappointment that the 'big bad final boss' ends up being Kierkan Rufo (apologies if I 'spoiled' it here, but trust me, you're not missing much). This guy is a villain straight from a B-movie script, and amounts to nothing against the likes of, say, Artemis Entreri. With the probable exception of Ivan and Pikel Bouldershoulder, the characters lack the level of depth that Salvatore is known for. Even main ones like Cadderly and Danica are appallingly devoid of significant traits. Pretty much all you get is that Cadderly has a problem picking occupations and Danica is obsessed with some dead martial artist. Oh yes- and they've got it out for each other as well, which must be an orphan thing. The overall plot of the novels lacks the intricacy of any of Salvatore's other series. While this can partly be attributed to the lack of scheming drow, it is nevertheless disturbingly predictable. Each of the books has clearly defined sides (the Talonites vs. the priests, the elves vs. the orcs, etc.) which, after a reasonable amount of probing and dallying, go at each other head-on. The outcome is, in every single case, Cadderly and Co. winning handily. Of course, this is a very common formula for a story, and one that Salvatore has used successfully time and again. This time, however, it is so shallow that your feet don't even get wet. If these counts against the Quintet seem trivial, also consider the startling lack of humor and wit that normally makes Salvatore's novels truly FUN. The Cleric Quintet looks to be the author's attempt at taking a darker, more sinister approach with a noticeably ambiguous (dare I say, unhappy?) ending. This is a perfectly reasonable thing to try, provided that the plot is engrossing. Sadly, this is just not the case. Perhaps the biggest single count against this series is that I got the impression Salvatore was sick and tired of writing it, and decided to cut it short. Don't get me wrong- the Cleric Quintet is good enough that you'll still enjoy reading it despite its flaws. However, in the light of Salvatore's other work, it just doesn't stand up to the mark.
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Summary: Not up to the standard of his others
Review: Deep character development? A true journey to faith? Perhaps for junior high school students. Perhaps I was oversold by the other reviews, but I found this collection well below par.
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Summary: read it
Review: dont read this review read the book. you'll find the the cleric quintet just as good as the drizzt books.
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Summary: You gotta feel sorry for poor Rufo
Review: Elaine Cunningham rules with elves; Ed Greenwood excels at magical combat description; but no one as of yet can beat Salvatore for developping villains! This series is excellent, and I felt something different for each character; encouragement for Cadderly and Danica, hatred than sympathy for Elbereth, pity for Kierkan Rufo (I think he ruled... yes, I'm weird, but I think he's a wonderful character ^^;;; and I liked what happened to him at the end of the quintet....), amusement for Aballister's arrogance, etc. My only gripe is Cadderly's insistance about not killing people in the beginning; the moral thing was mildly annoying. But overall, it's a must read for any fan of the genre. Long but worth it!
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Summary: By far and wide Salvatore's best!
Review: Forget what your friends tell you about the greatness of Drizzt, what you have here is the perfect combination of action, comedy, suspense and wonder that make any reader come back for more. This is Salvatore's best work to date and a book that you can not only enjoy but also keep around to read to your children. If you want to test the waters of the fantasy genre, do it with this series.
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Summary: An absorbing read.
Review: Having never before read a book categorized within this genre I came upon R.A. Salvatore's The Cleric Quintet as I became engrossed in a Computer RPG named Baldurs Gate. Baldurs Gate introduced me into the world of the Forgotten Realms and when I happened upon The Cleric Quintet at my local book store I felt a want to know more about the stories and characters that have been developed around The Forgotten Realms. What I found within the Cleric Quintet were five books that offered very deep character development, fascinating plot and story lines centering around friendship, loyalty, love and conflicts from many an angle whose resolutions for the most part were far from predictable. Though not for every one ( I don't think my 70 yr old father-in-law would enjoy it), I would have to recommend The Cleric Quintet to anyone that would like to escape the day to day nuisances of real world events and pressures and absorb themselves into a world of heroes, magic and fantasy. As I read The Cleric Quintet I found myself so absorbed in Mr. Salvatore's narrative that the world around me became one of priests, dwares, elves, fortresses and forests while I read. I could not give this book 5 stars however because at times I felt that some of battle sequences were unnecessarily elongated in some places and too redundant in others as if the author was writing to fill pages. But on the whole I felt that The Cleric Quintet was certainly worth my time. I have indeed become an R.A. Salvatore fan and have ordered The Icewind Dale and Dark Elf triolgies as I write this. My favorite of the books was Night Masks as I found the concept around which the plot was built to be brillantly conceived and and brilliantly resolved. My favorite of the charaters was amazingly enough not the main character Cadderly, but his loyal "weapons" the Bouldershoulder brothers, two dwarves that anyone would want to take home with them. I was so "enchanted" with their exploits that during my many commuter bus rides while reading I found it very difficult to not laugh out loud, and just sat in my seat with a HUGE smile on my face. Besides its humorous elements though, The Cleric Quintet does take you on many an emotional roller coaster and in the end I found myself wanting more. In the end The Cleric Quintet is far from "Tuanta Quiro Miancay". An excellent read.
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