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Summary: THE BLOOD WAR AWAITS!!!
Review: Definitely a great fantasy epic and one of my personal favorites, The Blood Wars Trilogy-Blood Hostages, Abyssal Warriors, and Planar Powers, brings to life the story of Aereas and Nina, two cousins, and their adventures in the "multiverse" that is the World of Planescape. The books are so incredibly well written that the reader feels that they have been transported to another universe and are actually present among the characters, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, sensing what they sense.
The author has done a FANTASTIC job of both acquiring vast knowledge relevant to the Planes as well as presenting this material efficiently and successfully! His solid grasp of factual detail makes him very capable of providing the necessary background needed to carry out the very difficult task of writing Planescape novels, which is something often missing from the work of many Fantasy authors.
JR King has truly outdone himself and has presented us with a masterpiece of literature the likes of which we have seen only in JRR Tolkien's work and in authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies as well as RA Salvatore's Icewind Dale and Dark Elf Trilogies. Love, fiends, bravery, magic, swordfights and battles of epic proportion are all about. A great trilogy indeed and a "must read" along with Pages of Pain, sadly, the only other novel written in the Planescape setting.
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Summary: The perfect surrealist adventure
Review: I found Blood Hostages to be an exciting novel over all. The surreal atmosphere presented in the Planescape setting created an unbelievable canvas for King to work on. The book had a strong intro, followed by a somewhat weak middle that created a slight lag in the action of the book, but finishing with a cliffhang style ending that propelled the reader into the next book in the trilogy.
-Jason Tucker
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Summary: good intro to wonderful series
Review: I sincerely hope someone comes across this book either online or in some out-of-print book shop, and discovers the incredible imagery and thought JR. King put into these books. The books are short, but very well written. Even though the author is jumping through time and space, and heaven and hell, he manages to keep us interested in the characters.Anyone who likes the idea of reading about a world that is as chaotic but strangely consistent as a dream will enjoy the ride that is the series. As for the fact the book may not be true to canon Planescape, I can only say who cares? The books are still beautiful, and I highly recommend them to younger readers as a mind opening experience.
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Summary: Good Story,Yet not True to the Planescape Line
Review: I've been a Planescape enthusiest for years, any I have to admit the novel, "Blood Hostages" didn't live up my my expectation. It was deciently written, but the author (King), seems to neglect several very important details of the Planescape Setting that truely defines it's surreal nature. King's treatment to the Lady of Pain (one of the main characters in the Planescape setting) is weak and runs contrary to practically ALL previous Planescape literature. Otherwise, the story is well crafted, and captures some of the surreal dynamics that makes Planescape so great. -K.J.J.GIBBS
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Summary: Good fun for the Clueless
Review: Just as a warning, this is the first fiction book I've read in a while. I've played D&D and have a copy of the 1st edition Manual of the Planes, but I have never read the Planescape manual. I probably would have enjoyed the story more if I knew more about the creatures. The monsters and many of the settings were not given as much description as I would have liked, though the choice of settings and plot devices kept my interest throughout the book. (*Spoiler - another review in Amazon criticizes the author's treatment of the Lady of Pain, but she is in no scenes and is not mentioned very often. I haven't read the other books yet, so perhaps the reviewer was referring to the trilogy as a whole.)
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Summary: Good fun for the Clueless
Review: Just as a warning, this is the first fiction book I've read in a while. I've played D&D and have a copy of the 1st edition Manual of the Planes, but I have never read the Planescape manual. I probably would have enjoyed the story more if I knew more about the creatures. The monsters and many of the settings were not given as much description as I would have liked, though the choice of settings and plot devices kept my interest throughout the book. (*Spoiler - another review in Amazon criticizes the author's treatment of the Lady of Pain, but she is in no scenes and is not mentioned very often. I haven't read the other books yet, so perhaps the reviewer was referring to the trilogy as a whole.)
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Summary: Good fun for the Clueless
Review: Just as a warning, this is the first fiction book I've read in a while. I've played D&D and have a copy of the 1st edition Manual of the Planes, but I have never read the Planescape manual. I probably would have enjoyed the story more if I knew more about the creatures. The monsters and many of the settings were not given as much description as I would have liked, though the choice of settings and plot devices kept my interest throughout the book. (*Spoiler - another review in Amazon criticizes the author's treatment of the Lady of Pain, but she is in no scenes and is not mentioned very often. I haven't read the other books yet, so perhaps the reviewer was referring to the trilogy as a whole.)
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Summary: Book is enjoyable, but formulaic.
Review: Somewhat formulaic ... cast includes the hero, his love, a traitor, a wise old man, and other stereotypical characters. The plot is essentially "loved one has been abducted, here are the subsequent attempts to rescue him". However, just as formulaic movies are enjoyable (Titanic, anyone?), so is this book. Highlights: the intrigue of the planes, the strength of the female character Nina. The trilogy gets better with the next book.
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Summary: Enjoyable over all
Review: This was a good book by all means but I do have a problem with the ending oft his book. The ending didn't want me to go get the next in the series and finish reading it. The characters were not gripping and didn't really care for theh at all but the over all story was pretty good.
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