Rating: Summary: Dragons of Summer Flame Review: I will refer to this story as enticing and exciting. Both to read and to criticize. When I started reading this book, I remember thinking that it was boring and that I wanted to put it down. After the first chapter or so, I just could not put it down. Dragons of Summer Flame is about how the second generation of heros save the world, and the transformation from Ansalon to Earth. For fear of revealing what happens, I will leave you with this: Dragons of Summer Flame by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman is one of the better Dragonlance books.
Rating: Summary: Great at building, bad at deconstructing Review: Weis and Hickman are two of the best world builders out there. Chronicles was amazing. Lengends was even more amazing. This book was horrible. Nothing leaves a worst taste in your mouth when you read a book by authors who don't seem to care about what they are writing. What a hokey way to show that Palin was the "greatest wizard of all time". <bleach> The reformation of Krynn, to me, sounds like at least a 3 book series. This book seemed very rushed, and had a weaker ending than even the DeathGate series, another group of books with the most amazing world-building I've read yet, and a most amazing let-down.
Rating: Summary: Frankly, the worst book ever written Review: I had loved Weis and Hickman's Dragonlance stories and had been impressed by the depth of character development and plot. This book, however is incomprehensible to me as the writing style, characters and plots are but a mere shadow of previous publications. It seemed the authors had tired of the series and wanted to wash their hands of it in a sloppy way. If they had not been who they were, this would never have gotten past the high-school student interning at the publisher's office.Keep the beauty of their other publications pristine. Don't ever read this book.
Rating: Summary: Summer Flame Review Review: Exelent book, very good. A must buy for dragon lance fans. First read the Soulforge, Dragons of Autem Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning to better understand the book.
Rating: Summary: Impressive. I would like to give this 'six' stars... Review: but there are way to many editor mistakes and it is real annoying to someone who knows what he's/she's readin'. I'm 12 years old and started reading the DL Saga when I was still 11. (I'm not kidden'.) Anyway the book makes mistakes with the characters stunning the reader 'cause in a scene with a Jenna and a Dalamar suddenly a comment supposed to be said by a Jenna is said by an Usha making the reader wonder, 'where the hell did that come from?' Otherwise the story was great. The Raist in this story was a bit different from the Raists in the Chronicles and the Legends but he's still got his coughin' fit. Raistlin in this book is to nice... You could say. He's not like the mysterious cloaked figure hiding secrets and seeing death with his hourglass eyes which he does a bit in this novel as well. Overall an enthralling adventure, a excellent plot, a wonderful intro. to the War of Souls! (Review comin' soon on the 2nd novel and the 3rd novel when it comes out.)(This review is written upon the paper-back version.)
Rating: Summary: Not that great Review: I am a hugh DL fan, and have read almost all the books in the series and loved them. This book starts out great, but ends very poorly. The characters and plot are just too childish. Also, I dont understand the knights of takhesis, it seems that their philosophy is: "its ok to murder and enslave millions of innocent people as long as you do it with honor". Does this make sense to you? Make sure that you read "the second generation" first, or you will have no idea what is going on!
Rating: Summary: Summer Flame Review: In my opinion this is another book that allows us to enter Krynn and become part of the story. I can't wait to read more of this book and others to come.
Rating: Summary: My favorite of the Dragonlance books Review: This was a wonderful ending to an incredible epic tale of Krynn. Until now, my favorite book had been volume 3 of Legends, but this one has overtaken it. I absolutely couldn't put it down. Anyone who has read the Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends way back when needs to get this book and finish the story. It is absolutely worth it your time and money!!
Rating: Summary: Wow... so MW and TH are fallible after all... Review: I read this book over 2 years ago and had been a big fan of the Chronicles and Legends trilogies which I read back in the late 80s. But what can I say? This book is full of annoying, stupid characters, unnecessary and aggravating cameo appearances and deaths of characters from the war of the lance, and a lame plot with an even lamer ending to this once fine trilogy. If you still insist on wasting precious time and money on this horrible book... don't say I didn't warn you!
Rating: Summary: A "nice" ending to the 4th age Review: I would first like to start out by saying, that is book is sad. If you have followed the dragonlance saga from the meetings, to preludes, to the chronicles, and through the twins series. I highly doubt that you will find this book has a happy ending. Don't get me wrong, the book is very very good. It is full of Wies and Hickman's best. Complete with Tas, Tanis, Caramon, but it mostly centers on the second Generation (ie. Palin, Steel..etc) This book is pretty long compared to the ones before it, but the action and adventure keep you going pretty much throughout the whole book. I dont think any ending to an age will be happy, but this one definately shows you the true life of the people on Krynn, and the forces they must face to defeat an enemy unlike ever before. This book is definately a must to any dragonlance fan, and is the last Wies and Hickman book written until the new series comes out. But if you pick the new series and dont know what is going on, read this book, as well as the Jean Rabe trilogy, even though most people HATE those, and you will be on the right track.
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