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Summary: One of the best
Review: I have to admit, I was skeptical when I first picked this book up, but as soon as I started reading, I realized that it was good. Extremely good. Niles does a good job of Porthios especially, and it explains a lot about what was happening in the elven Kingdoms during the summer of chaos. Read it and i'm sure that you'll be pleasently surprised.
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Summary: This book is captivating, it brings the reader deep into it.
Review: I really liked this book by Douglas Niles. He does an excellent job of keeping all the characters roles the same as they are from the other DL books before this one. All in all, he weaves an intricate web of a story taking you with it into the intrigue of the proud elves.
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Summary: Non-stop action....
Review: I've never once had the desire to comment on a book until I read this one. Not only is there battle after battle it also gives you a new insite on the character Porthios, who up until now was just kind of uptight. Even though I never had any real desire to read this book, I found out that it was well worth the time. I recommend this one to all Dragonlance fans. It is a must-read.
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Summary: A very good, well written book
Review: Niles brings you right into action at the start of the book. I was immediately interested. Niles also made the bad guys so bad and annoying you wish you could just enter the book and slap them around. It is very well written. Lots of detail. The only semi-bad thing I notcied was how Porthios seemed to always defeat impossible odds. Douglas Niles wrote about Porthios and made him into a good charecter, when before he always seemed kind of mean and grouchy. I would have liked to hear more at the ending about what the elven nation was like after they won the war. The way that Niles wrote the battles make them intense and they seem to flow. He wrote the battles especially well.
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Summary: Simply the best Dragonlance book since Summer Flames
Review: Niles once again tell a fast-paced, historic tale about the fates the elven lands, with many well-known caracters such as Gilthas, Porthios, Alhana Starbreeze, and others. An excellent follow up on the novella The Sacrifice and the novel Dragons of Summer Flames.
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Summary: Good, but a little disappointing...
Review: The Background:"The Sacrifice" is an excellent short story in the "Second Generation" book, one of which I have read over and over again. Weis and Hickman have provided an excellent setting for the story to be continued and developed further. Unfortunately, even though Douglas Niles is a good writer, the story lacks in certain areas to make "The Puppet King" a great book. The Plot: Firstly, the book should be titled "The Exiled King" rather than the puppet king, since most of the story centres around Porthios and his band of elves. There are too many battle scenes, and not enough political intrigue that one would expect from "The Puppet King". I was expecting something more of David Edding's "The Diamond Throne" political intrigues. Development of Characters: This is my major complaint about this book. I would like to see Gilthas developed from the young puppet to a conspirator and a manipulator of the master of puppet. I would like to see him gaining the trust of the young elves in the senate council (as Tanis suggested in "The Sacrifice") and slowly work their way for the better good. But that didn't happen. Gilthas character developed too little, and too late. Even Porthios's character didn't develop much throughout the book. The Setting: The book is mostly a stand-alone, it didn't tell much about Porthios and Alhana's story during the childbirth at Caramon's Inn. Throughout the book, Tanis only appears in about one paragraph, and Laurana a little bit more than that towards the end. I would love to see Caramon, Dalamar etc and the overlapping of events from other books (but from a different point of view) as well. The Good Points: There are many good points, most have been covered by other reviewers here so I won't repeat it. This book has good supporting characters like Samar, and Douglas Nile's way of story telling is always a plus. Most importantly, despite my comments above, this book still has the "magnet" effect - once you start reading, you just can't stop. Conclusions: I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed by the book, but that may be caused by my high expectations. Nonetheless, this book is still worth reading.
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Summary: Best book from the Fifth Age
Review: The Puppet King is the best book of the new Fifth Age series. This book has a lot of qualities that I admired in the KinSlayer series, such as a lot of battles and a fight for control of the future of the elves.The endingof the book leaves you wanting to have more. The last page leaves you thinking. Raistlin G.
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Summary: Great!
Review: This book is great. Niles did an amazing job. I really like how deep he goes into the characters. I especially liked how Porthios is no longer viewed as a mean, grouchy elf. This book left me wanting to know more so i look forward to another book by him to hopefully pick up where he left off.
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Summary: A good book... but an unbelieveable ending
Review: This book started out well, and I loved most of it. The worst part about it was the ending itself. Let's just say the ending turned out to be too happy... I could have done without the last chapter. But all in all, the plot was good, and I could not put it down.
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Summary: Surprisingly Good...
Review: This is easily the best written dragonlance book I've read in a long time, and even more easily the best book of the Chaos War Series. I mean it was just greatly done, excellent job by Douglas Niles. The action scenes were well put together, good word flow, description, everything was great! Very surprising for a Chaos War book, but I'm not complaining about that. My only complaint is that things died too easy, but hey I can live with that. Three of my favorite things were: the way it was set up, most DL books are chaotic but this one was well ordered with a beginning, a middle, and an end. Great Information on the elves, tons of things on how the Senate is held, how Qualinost is set up, good job there. And last, Niles was able to keep the characters (Gilthas, Alhana, Porthios, etc.) true to the way Weis and Hickman wrote them. He didn't advance the characters much, but he did keep them true, and that's more than I can say for most DL authors. Final Thought: If you only buy one of the Chaos War Series Books then buy this one. Just make sure that you read "The Second Generation" by Weis and Hickman first, there's a short story in there that goes hand in hand with this one.
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