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Dragons of a Lost Star (The War of Souls, Volume II)

Dragons of a Lost Star (The War of Souls, Volume II)

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: THE WORST IN THE TRILOGY BUT STILL A GOOD READ
Review: THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE WAR OF SOULS TRILOGY, DRAGONS OF A LOST STAR, IS THE LOW POINT IN THE TRILOGY BUT STILL A PRETTY GOOD BOOK. TAS IS STILL REALLY FUNNY BUT HIS HUMOR IS AT A ALL TIME LOW. THE ELVEN KING, SILVANSHI(FORGIVE THE SPELLING)IS JUST PLAIN STUPID(HE TRAILS MINA AROUND LIKE AN IDOIT) AND GOLDMOON IS RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO FOLLOW THE DEAD. BUT DON'T GET ME WRONG, YOU SHOULD READ,AND ENJOY,THIS BOOK. AND MAKE SURE TO PICK UP THE THIRD BOOK AS WELL. ANYWAY... THE BEST PART OF THIS BOOK IS WHEN THE ELVES TAKE ON BERYL. MARSHAL MEDAN AND LAURANA(SORRY IF I SPELLED THAT WORNG!!!!) HAVE A FOOL PROOF PLAN THAT TURNS...NOT SO FOOL PROOF. THIS TRAGIC(BUT GREAT)ENDING CONCLUDES THIS WONDERFUL BOOK. I HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT ANY FAN OF FANTASY PICK IT UP TODAY.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: An decent middle installment.
Review: Fans of the Dragonlance series might have bittersweet experience reading this book. It is excellent and true to form but looking back I can't help but feel some resentment because of how awful and disapointing the last book was. I would almost reccommend stopping here and leaving the world of Krynn just to avoid the awful ending.

Weiss and Hickman are in their usual form here but the book lacks the great characters of other trilogies. Tas's schtick is starting to get old and not and I'm sorry but Palin is a poor man's Raistlin. Mina is mysterious at first but starts to get a little tedious. What works is the political intrigue among the elves, the final battle, the dragon hieracrchy and two Solamnic Knights. This makes for a page turner that is hard to put down.

Curious fantasy readers who haven't read the fist one or the Chronicles and Legends series should stay away.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Mostly Good, Some Boring Parts...
Review: To Start with.. We open this book with Beryl moving in on the citadel of light. Goodmoon was transformed into a beautiful maiden on the night of the Magic Storm, which, has yet to be explained. I know that this is some kind of metaphore to herald Mina's coming, but it doesn't work. It took me all three books to figure that one out.

In this one, Prince Silvan of the elves has fallen in love with mina and took off on Mina's horse. The elves really anger me in this book because of their sheer stupidity. Beryl Dies in this book, but, sadly, so does Laurana, the once famous Golden General.

Mostly This book was pretty good. I became fond of the Knight Gerard, who appeared as a stuffy blockhead in the first book. This one is worth reading, though at some points, the antics of Tas grew increasingly annoying. Dalamar pops up, as Does Raistilin.

I know that this is a all in all pretty good book, but lets face it folks, W@H Just seemed stretched to their creativity. I hope that I am wrong on that one. To sum up, Some pretty damn spectacular action sequences, Tas still annoying, Goldmoon Desperate, Gerard More Likeable, Beryl Dies, Great Elven Migration, Silvan Idiot, Some boring filler material, 4 stars. Its a good book, just don't attempt this badboy unless you are a certified DL Veteran.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Terrific!!!
Review: This whole series is creepy as hell!! DOSF showed W&H's ability to insert bone-chilling curiosity into their fantasy but they take it to the extreme in this trilogy. And I love it.

While not as great as DOAFS, contrary to Amazon.com's reveiw, it had nothing to do with the elven parts of the story. I love Medan's character & everything else with that plot(although I would've liked to have seen more of The Lioness).

I didn't care much for Gerard & there was way too much of him(about 30+ pages straight at one point). There was one other thing I didn't like. Malys made only a small appearance. While I was repulsed by her in SOTW & the 5th Age trilogy(what I could stand to read of it)you'd think she'd be more involved. I expected more of 'The One God'. The last time we saw her she'd gained a little honor & respect but now she's back to her destructive ways(if you think Thordardin got hit hard in the Chaos War wait until you see what happens to Qualinesti.)

Mina was still as intriuging as ever, Dalamar has shady as ever(just not enough of him - & Palin) & Tas as entertaining as ever. The revelations that made DOAFS so great are still as unpredictable & bone-chilling in this one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great bok from a great series.
Review: This is one that I would recommend any fantasy readers. This is a great series by two great authors.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Lives up to expectations
Review: Pretty good book. A bit sad the way it turns out for a few of the characters, but such was to be expected. Definitely a must read for fans of Weis and Hickman.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The New Dragonlance- Continued
Review: The story of the newest addition to the Dragonlance Universe is fleshed out more, the plot thickens, and events begin to slowly form a pattern. By the end, the true reason for the messed up time line will be readily apparent. This is a truely grand series compared to much of the newer lance books since the orginal authors took their hiatus.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Depression
Review: I have read all of the other Dragonlance books by Weis and Hickman. The quality of this book is up to par with the rest of them, but I must say this book was filled with senseless deaths. It ranks up there with Dragons of a Summer Flame. I think that Weis and Hickman have a personal vendeta against all of their old characters.
It was a well written book and I do recommend it to die hard fans, but if you have any affection whatsoever to some of the old characters, you may want to think twice about reading this series.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Yet another hit!
Review: Weis and Hickman once again deliver a top-notch story... Some questions are answered, yet others quickly become asked. Characters and scenery are full of rich descriptions and others are left with just enough mystery to them to be dealt with later on, either in novels of their own or novels by different people.

For the DL fan... what are you waiting for?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Great Middle Book to the Soul Series
Review: Weis and Hickman keep your attention in this book that dives farer into the War of Souls Conflict. From the beginning of Goldmoon's search for the source of the dead souls to the end when you find out who this mysterious One God is. Weis and Hickman never fail to keep you interested.


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