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Summary: They fixed most of the problems.
Review: OK, this trilogy wasn't Chronicles or Legends, but then how many trilogies are good enough to be compared to the before mentioned two? War of the Souls was good enough and it does correct the dragon overlord ...created by Jean Rabe. Krynn is again a compeling world to revisit, thanks to the 2 persons that gave it its original fame. Weis & Hickman "good enough" work is superior to the best work of other writers. I am looking forward to their conclusion of the Soverign Stone trilogy which in my opinion is better than War of the Souls, but a notch below their other Dragonlance work and Death Gate cycle.
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Summary: W&H deliver again!
Review: Because of some bad, very misleading reviews, I put off reading this book, a decision I regret. If you expect a happy ending in a neatly--wrapped package, you should know by now that's not W&H's style.They fixed the problems with the 5th Age(there are gods & magic again)even though they contradict the ending to DOSF a bit but they didn't take the cop out road by erasing what's happened already. Gerard was more tolerable than in DOALS & there are more bone-chilling surprises. I was surprised some old characters like Porthios, Gilthanas & Silvara didn't make appearances & that W&H let us off easy with character casualties. Would I have done things differently? Yes. I would have ended the Chaos War by giving Takhisis & her knights control(although not free reign)of Krynn or made the dragon overlords(who I despised)the villians in this trilogy & had the old gods take Krynn back from them. Did I feel robbed or cheated after I finished reading? Hell no. Once again, W&H have created a page-turner without trying to cute or original & boring us to death...
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Summary: Boring, boring, boring...
Review: While I'm not a Dragonlance groupie, I did love the first 3 books and the 'Test of the Twins' set. This book, however, was pathetic. Slogging through 500+ pages with characters I don't care about is not my idea of time well spent. I skimmed the last 150 pages just to put closure to the series. The ending seems like a complete cop out. Avoid this book, and therefore, the 2 previous books.
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Summary: Had potential, but overall disappointing
Review: After finishing the War of the Souls trilogy, I feel the same disappointment that I experienced after watching "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace." Yes, the books say Dragonlance on the cover, but these new additions just aren't the same as the originals - Chronicles and Legends. And to bring back Takhisis (yawn). How dull. To begin with, I can't stand Mina. She is a poorly-written, one-dimensional character that I couldn't wait to die some awful death. (Whether she does or not I will not reveal). The treatment of Dalamar was also a joke, as he was seriously out of character (esp. galling because he was one of my favorite characters in the original books). Galdar was a good addition, but Gerard, Odila, Silvanoshei, etc. were all stock and forgettable. And I could never get attached to Gilthas, for whatever reason. Tasslehoff, well, I like kender, but like the Aliens series, you don't need to keep bringing back Ripley to have an enjoyable story. In any event, I don't plan to read any more Dragonlance novels, but I will re-read Chronicles, Legends and Second Generation. Beyond that, it just is not the same. (Dragons of Summer Flame is particularly bad.) Anyway, that's my two cents.
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Summary: Disease spreads
Review: ...P>The first 500 pages of 600 was GREAT! I couldn't put the book down. But then, it was like Weis & Hickman got bored. They threw in a few things and ended it. I felt robbed. And most of all angry at the ending. Read the first 500 then skip to the last page, for inbetween is nothing but agony. ...
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: I have been a fan of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman since I was in the third grade. I discovered them one day in the middle of a family party-- I didn't care for large crowds, so I hid in my cousin's room... and in exploring his room, I came upon one of their legendary masterpieces: Dragons of Autumn Twilight. In the matter of an entire afternoon, I became enlightened and transformed. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman introduced me to a world of magic and wonder that I had never dreamed of until then. Dragons of a Vanished Moon is no different. Once again, it takes you on an amazing adventure in a faraway land, where the troubles afflicting the people parallel that of our own. Weis and Hickman are able to guide the reader through a journey full of moral and ethical challenges through the eyes of a wide array of characters who face internal battles of their own. In a time of darkness, a deity known as the "One God" deceives a world of people who, deserted by their own gods, are desperate for someone to save them. Driving the people of this world into despair through death and destruction, this "One God" builds a false foundation of faith through deception masked by miracles and love. In a time of darkness, without the aid of the gods they once worshipped, the people must find their own strength and trust their own hearts in order to defeat this "One God." But can mere mortals defeat this "One God" on their own? What sacrifices must be made for all of life to redeem itself?
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Summary: An unsatisfactory ending to a great beginning
Review: The first title in the series was excellent, and the second one continued the mystery and left me anxious for the grand finale. Unfortunately, the finale was much less than grand. After an average intro, the vast majority of the book was simply filler. I got the impression that Mina's conquests were meaningless and the master plan of the new god was really not much of a plan at all. It was a very anti-climactic ending and read like it was rushed to meet a deadline. This book could have been much better if it was at least 300 pages shorter and if the characters developed earlier in the series would have remained true to form.
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Summary: I almost feel betrayed
Review: I've read every single dragonlance book there is, but after reading the last book in "The war of the souls" trilogy, I was shaken. It felt as if they hadn't even bothered thinking the end of the book through, as though they randomly came up with an ending. It's a sad day when the authors of a novel have to use diagrams to explain what was obviously bad writing. My opinion is that, if you are a real Dragonlance fan, you will forego reading the whole "War of souls" series...
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Summary: The end of an era, the begening of a new age..
Review: After reading the first two books in this series, I was really anitcipating this latest addition. I was not dissapointed. In the first two, the world was all but captured by the mysterious "Mina" and the "One God". The king of the elves, (Whom is a few fries short of a happy-meal in my opinion) had fallen in love with Mina, (Like a dumbass), and in the end of the second novel had dissapeared. Qualinesti had turned into a lake, and the dragonlords had been killed, all but Malys. The Shield over Silvanesti had fallen, and Cyan Bloodbane was dead. Tas is still a irritant to the "One God", and the rest of the panthenon of gods.. are deciding on what to do about the world. Thats all Im going to tell you. Read this novel! It made me cry near the end. For 2 reasons actually. (No! Im not going to tell you why) I hope W@H follow this series! Now I'm off to Start the "Bridges of Time" series!
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Summary: A good rebirth of Dragonlance
Review: After the brutal butchery that the Dragonlance world suffered starting with the Dragons of a Summer Flame (and continuing quite viciously with Jean Rabe's garbage) this trilogy strove to make Krynn a place worth reading about again and I think it succeeded. There was so much happening to so many different parties in this book that it kept it exciting, but it never got confusing. The character development was mediocre; I never really got to care about any of the main characters like I did with the original crew. When Tanis died I was actually upset. One main person dies in this one and I coulnd't have cared less. There were numerous plot holes, most of which have been pointed out previously; my main problem is ... where in the nine hells was Chaos? This book contains the whole pantheon of gods and Chaos chased them away from Krynn in Summer Flame, yet he didn't even show up in this trilogy. Stupid. Weiss and Hickman showed us a lack of respect on that one. One last criticism is ... ENOUGH TAS! Please let him freakin' die already, and stay dead! You spent that nickel already. I loved him before, now I just want him gone. I have other complaints but overall this book was time and money well spent. It reintroduces magic to Krynn so we can look forward to wizards and clerics again (why any fantasy writers would clip wizards out of their fantasy world is beyond me). It leaves a lot of unsolved problems like the elven nations' futures, so hopefully we'll see something by some quality writers like Knaack. One last gripe is that I wanted to put my foot up Mina's colon the whole book (trilogy really) and I didn't feel satisfied at the end with her fate. Hopefully they'll jack her in a later novel.
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