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Summary: Make it stop! oh for the love of god, make it stop!
Review: I am suprised that Jean Rabe made it this far. Yes she had a lot to live up to (any one of Margaret Weis' & Tracy Hickman's books) but still..... after the first two you'd think she would go hide in a cave in tibet and ponder her wrong doings but nooooooo. The 3rd installment to her trilogy is yet another failure. Ripping of the heros and heroins we know so well from the Dargons/Twins Trilogies is clearly evident. NOt only does the plot suck, but he characters are not ones you can identfy with, nor are they well developed (even though she had 3 books to do it). I'm sure on of the other reviews will summarise the book for you so I wont *spoil* the ending for you. Anyways, the book sucks, and Rabe has ruined the world of Krynn. The challenge Raistlin faced in becoming a God pales in comparison to the challenge Weis and Hickman are presented with (fixing Krynn from Rabe's reign of terror)
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Summary: No Magic is NOT Jean Rabes Fault
Review: ... ,Although I agree that taking magic away from Krynn was not a very cool thing to do. I must step to the plate in Jean Rabe's defense that it wasn't her fault. When the gods abandoned Krynn, (Dragons of Summer Flame) the magic that they provided to the Mage's of Krynn had no choice but to follow. Also, there is a sort of magic still there. It's different, but there all the same. Anyways, off my soapbox. I liked the series. This book in particular. I do not however, like most people I talk to, like it as much as the older books. I guess it's kinda like moving to a new school. Sure the people are cool, but they aren't your old friends. Also, they seem to have given too much leeway in the writing of these stories. The strict rules that have kept Dragonlance interesting for many years seem to be all but abandoned. Next thing you know, they will be writing about Kenders who dont Steal....errrr find things. That's my 2 cents..hope it helps
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Summary: Great series, though not as good as the Chronicles
Review: This was a great series. I went into thinking it would be bad, just because it didn't have Tanis, Tas, Laurana, Raistlin, etc... but after reading all three Dragons of a New Age books in one weekend (I read a book a day, generally) I loved them. Dhamon Grimwulf is a great main character, because, like Tanis, he isn't perfect. He has a past, he has a motive, he has problems. His companions aren't as good as they could have been, but Dhamon is one of my favorite characters in any book now. I thought it was a great book, and worth reading more from Rabe.
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Summary: it's ok....
Review: There's several things I don't like about this book, and the series for that matter. She's a good writer and so on but who gave her permission to mess up everything? And the one thing that bothered me the most is that she took magic away from the whole series. That's what Dragonlance is sorta based on is magic. I bet Raistlin is not happy with that!
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Summary: Nifty Ideas, a New outlook for Krynn
Review: I picked up Dhamon-Downfall recently, a hardcover by Rabe, and was thoroughly hooked by the characters and the twists and turns in the plot. So I wanted to read more about the characters and picked up the Fifth Age Series. These, too, are good. Though I admit I liked Downfall better. I think because the book was longer and there were fewer characters to keep track of. I'm looking forward to more books about Dhamon.
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Summary: Maybe Im easily entertained...
Review: Maybe I'm just easily entertained, but I thought this book, and series in general was pretty interesting. After the first book, which I admit was only probably a 2.5* book, the others were fairly interesting. I do think that the author has somewhat limited the world to her characters by limiting events. This statement is somewhat comfusing, but I think you will understand once you read the books. However, this book kept me entertained and it was very fast paced. I actually think it could have been longer and had a bit more detail, but thats probably because lately I've been reading R. Jordan novels. Overall though, a good book.
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Summary: Loved the Dragons!
Review: She's got a nifty writing style. One that makes me think I'm right there. And I like the dragons. They're immense! They've got goals, and they're not motivated like human characters are. They're like the way I pictured dragons to be. Much fun!
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Summary: A Blight on a Good Name
Review: It is a shame that Dragonlance has allowed someone who writes this poor to launch it's new novel line, and I think someone at TSR must agree. If you read this book, as well as the others in the trilogy, and then read Dragons of the Fallen Sun, you can see many inconsistancies and a few attempts to reverse the damage this trilogy has done. My advise is skip this trilogy and read the new stuff by the talented writers.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: It was an okay book, but altogether I expect more from Dragonlance and I think that the whole trilogy was a flop, plus I could barely get through some of the more boring parts of the book. The characters were uninteresting and even some of my old favorites from previous books were very boring in these books and I could barely tell that they were meant to be the same people. There wasn't enough description at some of the crucial or potentially interesting parts of the book and to much description in the boring parts of the book. The plot had potential but was poorly handled and very confusing at times even to the most avid Dragonlance reader. I was disappointed in the whole trilogy.
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Summary: good plot thought goes wrong
Review: The plot line of the dragon overlords is very intriquing. Although, the fact is that is the only intriguing part of the series. I will say that i read the books avidly, if hust to see what impossible odds, raining lightning storms, or seeminly mortal wounds our immortal yet mortal heroes would live through next. The whold Dahmon, Rig, Feril plot is so played out it is boring. Rig the unrequited crush of Feril, always trying to find a fault with Dahmon. The whole plot has been done a hundred times before. Please let it rest. I have been a huge fan of DL for alot of years, and I hope to be in the future. The only way this wil continue to be is if the stories, and plots take on alot more depth and substance. A good, if uneducated effort by Rabe.
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