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Summary: Disappointing and boring
Review: I am a big fan of all of Salvatores books and due to that I also bought the cleric quintett.
Unfortunately that was a waste of time and money!
Reasons: 1) The main characters are ANNOYING! Both of them are so damn perfect, they don't seem to have any flaws at all!
2)The villains aren't much better, you always never have the feeling that they could mean real trouble or even beat Cadderly
3)The fights (formerly a strength of Salvatore) are really boring, Danica, although fighting without weapons or armor, is never even scratched by an enemy!
The only positive part of this series are the 2 dwarves, although in my opinion Pikel starts to annoy pretty quickly, too
PLEASE Mr. Salvatore! Dont include those suckers again in any book like u did in "Servant of the Shard" or at least let them get killed!
Rating: 
Summary: Average read for most fantasy literature fans
Review: I am following Salvatore's books as they were published and this 3 series is nowhere close to the Icewind Dale or Dark Elf Trilogy. First of the characters are poor to average and the main protagonist, Cadderly is quite annoying in his personality. Danica, the female monk, shouldve been the hero of this book but unfortuately her character was only supporting Cadderly's corny antics and goofiness. The dward characters were nowhere close to being as proud or interesting as Bruenor Battlehammer of the previous Salvatore's series. In fact the dwarf's were portrayed as comical jesters. The only cool part of the book was the evil villans. In one word this book is unbalanced. I found it hard to pick up and read due to its mediocre character developments but continued reading it in hopes something would get my interest.
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Summary: A really mixed bag
Review: I came to this collection rather eagerly after having read Salvatore's Icewind Dale Trilogy, Dark Elf Trilogy and Legacy of the Drow quartet. I did not find it met the heights of the latter two collections and was on par with the earlier Icewind Dale trilogy. The Cleric Quintet is not a bad collection, it is just firmly average. The fact that we have the 5 books collected together is a plus for me at least in a monetary sense. Cadderly is a likeable enough character and is given a decent amount of depth in his religious doubts and the fact he does some possibly objectionable things to further his deity's agenda. The supporting cast both good and evil are alright, and Ghost in particular I liked. On the downside the portrayal of the supporting cast is not so great, and the plots don't have the vibrancy I expected. Salvatore's introduction states he wanted to write a book about monks and was told he couldn't as monks were not part of AD&D 2nd edition rules. He did put in Danica as a supporting cast member monk though and seemed to possibly care more for her than for Cadderly. The plots aren't too bad, some neat things but they seem to move slightly woodenly from point to point. Not poorly, but in the fashion of a car that needs servicing. You are taken to the destination but arrive with the feeling that the ride should have been superior to what it was. I personally feel that a major opportunity was overlooked with the portrayal of the bouldershoulder brothers as straight comic relief. The dwarf wanting to be a druid was a marvelous opportunity for character development. Here we have someone who is forbidden from taking up the druidic calling because of race but believes so strongly in it that he restricts himself to druidic weapons. This is really something that could have been presented as total faith and sacrifice and when he does get some druidic powers more should have been made of it. I think Pikel Bouldershoulder was the true icon of faith in the novels, not Cadderly and it is a shame he was presented as somewhat dim-witted. I don't feel many people familiar with Salvatore's work will be disappointed with this, and it does give a nice look at the clerical part of the Forgotten Realms which is not shown anywhere else to my limited knowledge. However those purchasing this won't find it to be as great as some of Salvatore's other works.
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Summary: Interesting but I was expecting more
Review: I give this quintet three stars because although it was an interesting read it lacked the maturity of thought and style that I am used to. The ending really ticked me off and but only partly because it was so sad. The end It didn't seem to fit with the rest of the story. Up to that point the whole thing was light and though the author did try to introduce some conflict it didn't ever feel dark enough to justify such an ending. If any of you have ever read Robin Hobb's assassin trilogy you'll know what I mean. The ending to that series was bittersweet and depressing but the whole thing had been like that so the ending wasn't a surprise. After seeing all the great reviews of this book I was expecting something better. Perhaps I was expecting too much but as it is I am disappointed.
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Summary: Luckily new readers wont have to wait for them one by one...
Review: I have been an avid fan of Bob Salvator since 1989. Imagine my surprise when I enter a the Dragon's Den hobby shop in 1993 to find my favorite author sitting around a table of gamers wearing a dirty baseball uniform. The new england accent through me for a minute, but I knew it was him. He gave us a few hints about the lastest installation in Cadderly's adventures, before the book was quite done. As well as a few stories about the Drizzt books. So here is a few bits of trivia for you R.A. Salvator fans. 1. Bob wrote "Legacy" 6 weeks. The cover had a picture of a purple elf becaues the marketing people were not comfortable putting a "black" elf on the cover. 2. The Crystal Shard was supposed to be a one book story with Wulfgar as the main character. The immense popularity of the drow ranger brought about further novels and a slight change in the leading man. 3. While writing the cleric quintet (I forget which book, but I think it is 3) he finished the book and realized that he had forgot about Cadderly's fire ring, and had to rewrite most of the book. (It played an istremental part in how a combat sequence played out). 4. As of '93 he did not actually keep his characters on "character sheets" (I don't know about now, but I doubt it). 5. The mall in Leominster, MA typically carries autographed copies of most of his books in stock. (it's been 5 years, and I forgot the name of the mall).
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Summary: Over all the best fantasy writer on the market
Review: I have read most all of the books written by R.A. Salvatore. The Dark Elf Trilogy and most others. The Cleric Quintet once again displays Salvatores ability to literally rivet your attention to his work, unable to put it down. Always making the action sequences so vivid that you feel as thought your in the Forgotten Realms themselves with sword in hand. If you're a Fantasy Adventure fanatic as I am... Read any and all works by Salvatore. You won't the decision to do so.
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Summary: Vintage Salvatore!
Review: I have written before,in various reviews,that in my opinion that half of the value of a book can be guessed by how much of it you read the first time you pick it up..
Well,I had a 4 day off from work,and I finished it.I didnt get much sleep,these 4 days,and I stopped only for the most basic needs..My gf went nuclear on the 3d day,but then she read it too and understood :-)
This is the story of Cadderly,a cleric who appears also in another book,aiding Drizzt Do'Urden.It is a fabulous story of the chaos curse,a curse that twists and magnifies the hidden-subconscious passions of humans so that they are turned to beasts.The characters are amazing.(The Bouldershoulder brothers are absolutely hilarious!).Though in the beginning ,the elf prince is a bit..tight ...anyway..this quintet is a must read for fans.The story builds and builds and builds and the reader never gets this oh-hell-what-is-this-now?are-we-filling-up-pages-with-nonsense? ..nossir! I think that most fantasy fans have already read it ,but if not,go on..
Rating:
Summary: Great series
Review: I love all of R.A. Salvatore's D&D series, and this one doesnt disappoint.
Rating:
Summary: Fantasy Fiction at its best
Review: I may be the only Salvatore reader in the world with this opinion, but I think The Cleric Quintet was better than the Dark Elf trilogy. I have yet to buy this hard bound edition, but the paperbacks were incredible. This is his best attempt at truly developing a character. Cadderly is an epic character through and through. Add a few Star Wars like elements, and some incredible battle sequences, and you have pure good reading.
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Summary: A fun and exciting read
Review: I read this set of books about 3 times, that is how good they are. I also read them before i had ever heard of Drizzt, and i loved them everytime i read them. Now all of the 5 wonderful books are in a convenient collectors edition. There is a wonderful set of hero's in these books, all of them with their strengths or weaknesses. Cadderly, the main hero, must face his weaknesses just like all the others. Salvatore does a good job portraying the characters, proving that they are not "godlike characters". They must face powers in these books that they can never hope to defeat? or can they? These books are filled with fun and excitement all the way through. Two dwarven brothers, a beautiful monk woman, and a chattering squirrel make up the cast of good heros through most of the books. All of the books are uniquely different, throwing different bad guys against the heros until the final books when they must face an ultimate evil. These books are definately some of Salvatore's best. I highly recommend them if you are a fan of Drizzt, or Salvatore. You might recognize some of the characters in these books if you have read the later books in the Drizzt series.
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