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Summary: The Search for the Tablets of Fate Draws to a close!
Review: Amazing! It's hard to believe how good this book turned out after the rocky start with Shadowdale. This is a great story, a must read for anyone interested in the Realms novels. Can't wait to read prince of lies and the Crucible now :)*Spoilers if you havent read Shadowdale & Tantras* Bane and Torm are dead. Having destroyed each other in a battle at the end of tantras. Cyric is on a murderous rampage following Midnight, Adon, and Kelemvor with hopes of retrieving the Tablet of Fate they hold. Mykrul sends his men...err Zombies after Midnight, Adon, and Cyric. He has also dispatched Bhaal, god of assassins after them. Hoping to get the tablet they have as well. Midnight, Cyric, and Adon traverse across the realms trying to get to Waterdeep, Elminster, and hopefully find the last Tablet of Fate so they can restore the order in the realms. Gods will die, new gods will arise. The Realms will never be the same again. The Time of Troubles draws to an end!
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Summary: Great Book!!
Review: An enjoyable, casual reading book. This book easily appeals to a wide variety of readers, but seems to be targetted to younger readers. I feel this book, and the whole series for that matter, was written in a fluent literary fasion with nice wording, but lacks maturity and often gets repetitve, dwelling in factors that no one wants to hear.On a positive note, the plot is very original and deserves praise for the thought that went into it. If you are a fan of dragonlance or any of the forgotten realms books, go out and buy this series. If you have a tendency to throw books out the window in frustration, or cringe at the thought of reading something you could have written in highschool, I would stray from this style of fantasy literature.
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Summary: AMAZING TRILOGY!!!
Review: Definitely a great fantasy epic and one of my personal favorites, The Avatar Trilogy- Shadowdale, Tantras, and Waterdeep, is about the Time of Troubles when the Gods walked the Earth (in this case Toril). The books are so incredibly well written that the reader feels that they have been transported to another plane of existence and are actually present among the characters, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, sensing what they sense. The authors have truly outdone themselves and have presented us with a masterpiece of literature the likes of which we have seen only in JRR Tolkien's work, RA Salvatore's The Dark Elf and Icewind Dale trilogies, and in authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies. Love, honor, bravery, magic, and heroes are all about. In conclusion, it's what Fantasy reading SHOULD be. A GREAT trilogy indeed and a "must read" along with James Lowder's Prince of Lies and Troy Denning's Crucible: The Trial of Cyric! DON'T MISS IT!!!
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Summary: What An Awesome Book
Review: Even though i didnt read Shadow dale, i started at Tantras and it was awesome. I quickly progressed onto Water deep, and I absolutely loved the in-depth descriptions. MUST BUY.
By Bereky
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Summary: Best in the trilogy but still no masterpiece
Review: I read this trilogy ages ago when I was a kid and the fact that I remember so little shows that it was nothing special. Many others have said that the writing style is very ordinary and this is true in that it did not stand out at all. There was some interest in the plot, especially in this third book, because I remember that there was actually some organic action in terms of the resolution of the trilogy, as well as characterisation which seemed to have been better than the previous two books.
If you are a Forgotten Realms fan (which I'm not, I was given the books) then the added interest of this as a background story as well as connections to the world of the Realms will probably outweight the negative aspects of the book such that it may be worth reading. Otherwise, it's fairly pointless to read the trilogy. If this book was stand-alone, it would have been quite good but the trilogy as a whole is less than spectacular.
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Summary: Satisfying Conclusion
Review: The Avatar trilogy is one of those series that starts out pretty bland and gets better as it goes. That said, Waterdeep- the "sort of" conclusion to this tale, is a great story. It's largely assumed you are familiar with the characters, and unlike the previous novels the author (this time 'Awlinson' is Troy Denning) does not try to summarize everything that happened before. This is fortunate, as it leaves more room for fun stuff. To sum up the gist of the tale, the quest continues to recover the second Tablet of Fate and return order to the Realms. Midnight, Kelemvor, and Adon- the heroes of the story- travel to the City of Splendors in search of the missing artifact. The title is somewhat misleading, as they actually don't spend much time in Waterdeep itself. Most of the time is spent journeying there and dealing with all manner of enemies, including the baddest mortal villain currently in the Realms- Cyric. A few things go unanswered, and the story's finale leaves a lot unwritten, but this is because the saga doesn't actually end here despite it being the third book in a trilogy. If you were disappointed in the characterization in earlier books, Waterdeep does little to improve upon it. The strength of this story is its plot, and those who aren't familiar with Forgotten Realms household names like Elminster and Khelben will be wondering who these guys are, and why everyone seems to recognize them. Little enough explanation is given for why Cyric spirals down to the bottom end of the alignment spectrum, though I suppose one could just say the guy is nuts. I won't say anything more about the story, but suffice to say it is good. I wasn't very pleased with Shadowdale, but the authors have clearly gotten things straightened out since writing that first novel. If you've started the series already, it would be a shame to not read Waterdeep as this is where much of the trilogy's value is maintained.
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Summary: Satisfying Conclusion
Review: The Avatar trilogy is one of those series that starts out pretty bland and gets better as it goes. That said, Waterdeep- the "sort of" conclusion to this tale, is a great story. It's largely assumed you are familiar with the characters, and unlike the previous novels the author (this time 'Awlinson' is Troy Denning) does not try to summarize everything that happened before. This is fortunate, as it leaves more room for fun stuff. To sum up the gist of the tale, the quest continues to recover the second Tablet of Fate and return order to the Realms. Midnight, Kelemvor, and Adon- the heroes of the story- travel to the City of Splendors in search of the missing artifact. The title is somewhat misleading, as they actually don't spend much time in Waterdeep itself. Most of the time is spent journeying there and dealing with all manner of enemies, including the baddest mortal villain currently in the Realms- Cyric. A few things go unanswered, and the story's finale leaves a lot unwritten, but this is because the saga doesn't actually end here despite it being the third book in a trilogy. If you were disappointed in the characterization in earlier books, Waterdeep does little to improve upon it. The strength of this story is its plot, and those who aren't familiar with Forgotten Realms household names like Elminster and Khelben will be wondering who these guys are, and why everyone seems to recognize them. Little enough explanation is given for why Cyric spirals down to the bottom end of the alignment spectrum, though I suppose one could just say the guy is nuts. I won't say anything more about the story, but suffice to say it is good. I wasn't very pleased with Shadowdale, but the authors have clearly gotten things straightened out since writing that first novel. If you've started the series already, it would be a shame to not read Waterdeep as this is where much of the trilogy's value is maintained.
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Summary: ahh, the end
Review: Third review for this series is the same...read it if you really like the Forgotten Realms, otherwise you can find better books in the series. This is the conclusion (I find myself think "finally") to the trilogy--a trilogy that could probably have been a single book. These are books that I'm glad I read, but I didn't really enjoy reading (meaning I like knowing what went on, but the process was too dull). I'm not sure I can handle this group of characters enough to read the other books dealing with them (Cyric the Mad and Prince of Lies). Others liked it better than I did, but for me this wasn't nearly as much fun to read as half of the other Forgotten Realms novels I've read (a bunch, trust me).
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Summary: ahh, the end
Review: Third review for this series is the same...read it if you really like the Forgotten Realms, otherwise you can find better books in the series. This is the conclusion (I find myself think "finally") to the trilogy--a trilogy that could probably have been a single book. These are books that I'm glad I read, but I didn't really enjoy reading (meaning I like knowing what went on, but the process was too dull). I'm not sure I can handle this group of characters enough to read the other books dealing with them (Cyric the Mad and Prince of Lies). Others liked it better than I did, but for me this wasn't nearly as much fun to read as half of the other Forgotten Realms novels I've read (a bunch, trust me).
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Summary: Fantasy Classic
Review: This book carried the perfect ending for the first three. And the later book Prince of Lies expands more into the ending of the avatar trilogy. This book and the other two books in the avatar trilogy are classic works of art, i was hooked by book one of the avatar trilogy and couldnt help but read the other two. A must read for all Forgotten Realms fans.
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