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Summary: A noble effort...
Review: A noble effort. Since the utter collapse of the Dragonlance line of novels, I've avoided RPG Novels with an overwhelming passion. However, I found the Exalted setting interesting enough, and perhaps more importantly, interpretable enough to want another perspective. I was not disappointed. Chosen suffers from very few of the traditional 'Game Novel' stigmas, no simplified dumdeddownededness here, just solid, unflowery prose. With that in mind, I give Chosen four stars in the category of 'Game Novels', with the Chronicles of Dragonlance, and just about everything Greenwood has written, topping out at five. Don't let the Clan Novels scare you away from this one.
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Summary: A noble effort...
Review: A noble effort. Since the utter collapse of the Dragonlance line of novels, I've avoided RPG Novels with an overwhelming passion. However, I found the Exalted setting interesting enough, and perhaps more importantly, interpretable enough to want another perspective. I was not disappointed. Chosen suffers from very few of the traditional 'Game Novel' stigmas, no simplified dumdeddownededness here, just solid, unflowery prose. With that in mind, I give Chosen four stars in the category of 'Game Novels', with the Chronicles of Dragonlance, and just about everything Greenwood has written, topping out at five. Don't let the Clan Novels scare you away from this one.
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Summary: Comsumptuos Fantasy
Review: Books like this dont only intrest you, the engulf you with their style, world, and character developement; consuming you and not letting go until the tragic last page of a marvelous book. When ending this book, I remember wishing there had been at least one more chapter, or that part 2(beloved of the dead) had already been released. I have now almost finished beloved of the dead and am loving it as well.Richard Dansky is a marvelous writer, with seemingly flawless diction, wich is yet still simple and flows with ease. In addition to that, gives a wonderful amount of discription, with another for concept, but still allowing our imagination to fly. Most importantly, amazing character developement; not only of the protagonist, but the antogonist as well(which seem mixed in reality's shades of grey). Each with reasonable, understandable, and humane emotions, qualities, and faults. A great read indeed for the casual reader looking for something enjoyable...
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Summary: Amazing Novel
Review: I picked up Chosen of the Sun to get a little better feel for the world of Exalted. What I found was one of the best works of fiction I've read in several years. Almost every page was full of wit and on-liners. I was amazed at how well the story flowed, especially for a game novel. It gave you a genuine intrest in the characters and what was going to happen next. I found every character captivating, such as Ratcatcher. Who despite his obvious flaws I couldn't help but like. I recomend this book to anyone who is looking for a bit of light reading. I promise you won't want to put it down.
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Summary: Worth a read
Review: The reason I got this book was not to read the best fantasy story ever. It was simply to learn a little more about the Exalted world and get a feeling for how some things work. In that respect the book was great. It has a decent storyline that was a pleasurable read. The characters were interesting and the trials and adventures they had were interesting. As I said earlier though, if you get this book it is mainly to see how things work. It was very nice to see how an exaultation would work as well as get a nice feel for a group of the Wyld Hunt. I will be getting the rest of the series as it is released. So dont think that I am bashing the story too much.
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Summary: Consumptous Fantasy
Review: This book is marvelous, simply marvelous. It is relatively simple in text, but the world, characters, and style are all engrossing to an extent that your sucked in, or consumed if you will, and don't want to let go. Possibly my faviorate thing about his style is his word choice, so simple, and yet seemingly flawless. In addition, each character, including the antagonists, are given understandable and humane qualities/faults. I don't remember the last book I read so quickly. I'm already almost through the second book and await finding the third. These books are not rare, nor common, and seem to be in few numbers. I have seen them from barnes and nobles to kmart, but never more than one at a time, so if your intrested, you might want to buy it now than risk not finding it.
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Summary: Buy something else
Review: This book was terible, I know that it is based upon a role playing game,that I've never played, but this whole series is just awful. There are very little details given about the characters, describtions, type of clothes, builds, facial expresions, etc. The characters are very wooden, little deapth into them. The fight scenes are hard to imagine and even harder to get thru. There is very little describtion on the exalted sun powers and what they are, how they are granted, etc. When the books continue on in two, and book three, there is very little background given, from book to book, if you picked up book two before book one, you may get very lost. ...
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Summary: The Chosen of the Sun
Review: This is the first book in the trilogy of the second age. It begins the adventures of Eliezer Wren and a boy named Yushuv and their struggle against evil forces. It is an easy read, compared to other books I've read, but lacks real depth. However, if you like fantasy or are a fan of White Wolf fantasy, you should definetly give it a read.
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Summary: whoa
Review: this was one of the best books i have ever read. i picked this up at the bookstore hoping that i would be able to finish it, and to my surprise, i liked it so much i got the second and im now waiting for the third. the plot was great and the characters are awesome. i so recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy novels.
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