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Summary: Author needed to read up before writing this!
Review: First thing that hit me with this book was the downright stupidity required to say that Solinari is golden AND to also call it "Neutral." I don't think there is any excuse for this. That much was clearly laid out in all three of the original books, not to mention every single other piece of dragonlance literature I have ever seen. They even manage to get Tika's hair color wrong. I mean, they talk about her red hair several times in the other books. There really is no excuse.
Though I don't have the campaign setting, I am pretty sure that there aren't supposed to be any orcs on Krynn. Pretty much the only real villain in this book is supposed to be a half orc. There are also some orc based insults and the villain is identified by another character as being an orc.
The last thing about this book that irritates me is the fact that at the end you only find out what happens to a few of the characters. You don't ever find out what happens to the half orc villain, the gnomes, or the talking mammoth. Speaking of the mammoth and the gnomes, I found that part very childish and stupid. The gnomes acted like idiots far too many times, and the ease of everyones escape made me wonder how they managed to catch some of the more intelligent/dangerous creatures it says they have.
All in all, this book disappointed me.
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Summary: Tas deserves better
Review: "Kendermore" has the dubious distinction of being the best novel in the Dragonlance Preludes trilogy.... I say dubious because that's more of a slam to the other two novels than a complement to this one. It's still not all that great a book, but is marginally saved by the overall quality of the character Tasslehoff Burrfoot. As has already been pointed out, the author clearly contradicts facts and character qualities already established in Chronicles, but nitpicking aside the plot just isn't all that hot.It starts off decently enough, with Tas being nabbed by a bounty hunter and dragged back home to Kendermore, but it degenerates from there into a gnome ridden goofy mess. It's an immature and almost insultingly childish story that doesn't really give new insight or development to everybody's favorite kender. Tasslehoff is one of the most recognizable and consistently entertaining characters in the Dragonlance world, and to have this be "his" tale prior to the War of the Lance is doing him a great disservice.
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Summary: Tas deserves better
Review: "Kendermore" has the dubious distinction of being the best novel in the Dragonlance Preludes trilogy.... I say dubious because that's more of a slam to the other two novels than a complement to this one. It's still not all that great a book, but is marginally saved by the overall quality of the character Tasslehoff Burrfoot. As has already been pointed out, the author clearly contradicts facts and character qualities already established in Chronicles, but nitpicking aside the plot just isn't all that hot. It starts off decently enough, with Tas being nabbed by a bounty hunter and dragged back home to Kendermore, but it degenerates from there into a gnome ridden goofy mess. It's an immature and almost insultingly childish story that doesn't really give new insight or development to everybody's favorite kender. Tasslehoff is one of the most recognizable and consistently entertaining characters in the Dragonlance world, and to have this be "his" tale prior to the War of the Lance is doing him a great disservice.
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Summary: Redeemed the Series
Review: After the abyssmal Darkness & Light of the Preludes series, I was very inclined to pass over Kendermore. I only had hope because the author was different, so I gave it a shot. Luckily this book was a hundred times better than the last one. The main plot is that the kender Tasselhoff is being taken back to Kendermore by the dwarven bounty hunter Gisella and her assistant. Of course being a kender, he ultimately gets distracted along the way. A treasure map gets involved along with a cowardly doctor and Tasselhoff's intended bride to be. Being a kender he naturally manages to get out of every tight situation without fear and normally "borrowing" something along the way. Kendermore saves itself from the problem of the last novel by not taking itself so seriously. Ridiculous situations are treated as just that and not intended to be great masterpieces. The author lends just enough credibility to the rather comical character to make him an amusing hero. It's all in all a nice light read that though it won't make you think too much, it won't sour your stomach either.
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Summary: Tasslehoff Burrfoot, is this really you ?
Review: I know we can't expect Weis and Hickman to write every Dragonlance novel, but I wish they wrote this one. Tas is an amazing character. So good in fact that they couldn't find a replacement even for the next generation "Dragons of Summer Flame" novel. The Chronicles and Legends series needed him; they would have been too serious and stagnant without the kender's comic relief. When I first heard that TSR were doing a Preludes series, I knew this was the one I wanted to read above all else. I was desperarately hoping the author would be someone who could reproduce the irrepresible, fun-loving characteristics set by Weis and Hickman. Alas my hopes were in vain. Kirchoff creates a personality which is altogether too serious and not the care-free persona we've come to know and love. Incidents such as Tas's encounter with the woolly mammoth just didn't seem at all funny. In the Chronicles, Tas was at his best (wittiest!) when feeding off Flint. I thought therefore it might have been fitting if Tas and Flint had journeyed together for a while but that didn't happen either. There is a fairly good plot (albeit a touch unrealistic) here with the occasional twist to make it a fairly exciting read, but its a crying shame that the central (legendary) figure is so poorly characterised. If like me you're a huge Tas fan, then this novel will hugely disapoint you.
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Summary: So Many Major errors
Review: I must confess that after several attempts to read this book, I finally gave up. I could not get past the MAJOR storyline errors. For example in the first chapter, they describe Tika as having short dark hair. Hair color may have been a minor point on everyone else EXCEPT Tika (What color is Flint's hair? or Tanis'?). It is stated again and again how she had RED hair. It is part of her personality and it is not a small throw away detail. Then Tanis and Flint have a conversation where they discuss how worried they are about Caramon and Raistlin and how Raistlin is too young to be going off to take The Test!! Nobody knew they were off to take The Test, and it was clearly stated that it was a secret, but even more, the friends were suprised at Raistlin when they first saw him in Autumn Twilight. Did no one involved in writing this book actually read Chronicles? If not the author, and there is no excuse for her not having read the source, but at least an editor, proofreader...someone. I tried to read past these points, but was blasted with small things like typos, or sentences being spoken by Tas referred to as "said the dwarf." I give up....maybe if I finally finish everything DL ever written, I might come back and try this one again.
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Summary: Tas comes out on top!
Review: I think it's about time somebody finally did a whole novel about my favorite character!I was delighted to read this book, as I'm sure any kender fan would be.
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Summary: Funny book
Review: I thought this book was very funny. i liked it a lot. almost every chapter has some comedy in it. whether it is with kender, or gully dwarves, it was funny. But Mary also did a good job in the way she put the book together, it was a good read, and it kept me hooked until i had finished it. I recommend this book to anyone who is a kender fan. It is highly funny, and filled with enough "action" to keep the most diehard dragonlance readers hooked.
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Summary: Okay
Review: I'm sure the writing was excellent but Tas is portrayed terribly! I couldn't stand reading any further than about 50 pages because he was so quiet and unexciting. I'm sure it was a good book but Tasslehoff needs more life!
Rating:
Summary: Okay
Review: I'm sure the writing was excellent but Tas is portrayed terribly! I couldn't stand reading any further than about 50 pages because he was so quiet and unexciting. I'm sure it was a good book but Tasslehoff needs more life!
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