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Summary: A handful of heroes strive against darkness and bloodshed
Review: Co-authored by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Dragons Of Spring Dawning is the third volume of DragonLance, a best-selling role-gaming fantasy trilogy about an epic war between mere mortals, mighty dragons, -- and an utterly malevolent goddess queen. A handful of heroes strive against darkness and bloodshed, yet betrayal threatens to destroy them all. As enjoyable now as when this outstanding series first introduced readers to the land of Krynn and its once-quiescent dragons, Dragons Of Spring Dawning is quite confidently recommended as an outstanding fantasy action/adventure saga.
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Summary: AMAZING TRILOGY!!!
Review: Definitely a great fantasy epic and one of my personal favorites, The Chronicles Trilogy- Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning, brings to life the ultimate battle between Good and Evil in the World of Krynn. 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 Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 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 and RA Salvatore's The Dark Elf and Icewind Dale trilogies. A GREAT trilogy indeed and a "must read" along with Margaret Weis' Legends trilogy! Duty, honor, bravery, magic, dragons and heroes are all about. One should seriously start thinking about maybe turning them into movies...
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Summary: Could Tanis cry a little more?
Review: Dragons of Spring Dawning was like the first two books in the series: A dark, hack and slash melodramatic action-adventure with a teenage writting style. The book started off great with Laurana kicking ass and Raistlin's background story finally coming out, but once this was over the middle of the book was awful (Laurana after the festival and Tanis n'companies journey from the elf place to Neraka). Here's how the twenty-or-so chapter's went; "Tanis where do we go?" says Riverwind
"Stop asking me! Why do you think I should know?" Tanis said with a snarl. then Riverwind or Goldmoon would be shocked then tanis would realize it wasn't very nice and say his sorry. This happened all the time! I know Weis and Hickman wanted to show the turmoil going on inside of Tanis, but they just took it to far. Oh yeah, and then they would get captured, for the millionth time, and of course escape, with all there gear, of course.The ending was O.K. a few twists which were pretty cool, but at the same time predictable and not to dramatic. What other people have said and wrote about this book I was wanting something more, I guess. And what the hell, why did Tika go on the journey to Neraka? I wished her and Tasslehoff died. what the hell dude, Settle down, it's just a story. I know, it just made me mad that she went, anyway the story is dark and fun, filled with a number of different character's which are exciting, boring, malevolent, decitful, annoying, bright, and unforgetable. give this series a try, it's not bad.
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Summary: Magical...
Review: I am not going to get into the plot in this review...basically I wanted to just give this book 5 stars...Anyone who knows fantasy knows all about Tanis, Tasslehoff, Caramon, Raistlin and Flint...I am not going to bore anyone with a recital of the plot... (even thought its fantastic) The Chronicles and The Legends trilogies are the pinnacle of what any writer should strive for...Characters that we all care about... I can honestly say that i wept when 2 main characters fall... (they shall remain nameless in case someone has been hiding under a rock for 20 years and hasn't read these books)
The Great thing about this series is that there is so many prequels and tangential tales published that one could delve into the magical world of Krynn for years... but we have to remember that Krynn would not be as magical (both figuratively and literally) if it were not for the companions...
Buy this series if you haven't read it... No one can love dragons without knowing this story...
Thank You Tanis, Tas, Raist, Strum, Riverwind, Caramon, Flint, Goldmoon and the people of Solace...
Oh yes, and Thanks to Mrs. Weis and Mr. Hickman
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Summary: IT LEFT ME MISERABLE!
Review: I loved the chronicles, plain and simple. I hate books, I play sports and stuff like that and one day a book report came up and the librarian recommended Dragons of Autumn Twighlight, I was hesitant but I figured why not. At first I didnt really like it too much it was first DL book I had read and didn't know anyhting about it. But after about an I caught on and I kept on reading and reading and then before I knew it, I was on the last page of autumn twighlight. Believe me I was mad. So I got the rest of the chronnicles ( did I spell that right?). And I couldn't put it down. I read for 20 hours straight. I stayed home from school the next day because I was exhausted from staying up till 5 in the morning. And I read it all that day too. I got all 3 books dome in 4 days and Im a slow reader. It completely changed my aspect on alot of things believe it or not other than books, life maybe. I felt as if i was running from hobgoblins at the Inn, and bashing heads with Draconians. I emerged into thier world the instant I picked up the book, and any time I wasn't reading it, the need to know what happened next was tearing me apart. Although I wish the ending wasn't so suddle it was still great.I know your wondering why I told you all this, and you probably couldn't care less so Ill get to the point. There was only one thing HORRIBLY wrong with the Chroniccles, and that was that it...ended. (By the way, if you like to read, and you cant get a copy to read, ill send the darn thing in the mail to ya. Why? just for the satisfaction of konwing I blessed someone with the oppurtunity to read the super UNBELIEVEABLE GREAT book.)
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Summary: This is a great book and part of a great series.
Review: If you like to read fantasy series, read the Dragonlance: Chronicles v.03 Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margret Weis and Tracy Hhickman. But if you do, be sure to read the first two books, Dragons of Atumn Twilight and Dragons of Winters night. If you don't, you will miss a lot of important details, about the characters and the setting. You always want to read any series from the first book to the last one. The plot in this book is very interesting and not the typical good vs bad story line. This one has a couple of interesting twists. For example, some of the main characters fight for good and have hearts and souls of evil. In this series, the characters are believable if you keep an open mind. There is a wide variety of charracters: A Dwarf, a Half--Elf, a Kender, a fighter, a magic user, a barmaid turned fighter, a cleric, a plainsman, and two Elves. There used to be a knight but he died in the second book. This keeps the series interesting to read. The setting is very important in this book, it influences what the characters do and keeps the book interesting. The writing is very easy to follow and has great dialog. The fighter and magic user are twins, the fighter supplies the magic user physical stregth. But in the end the magic user saves his twin and then leaves, symbolozing that even the strongest bind can be broken, and the toughest obstacles can be over come. I recommend this book only if you have read the first two. I really enjoy this book I keep rereading the entire series just to reread The Dragons of Spring Dawning.
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Summary: A Fitting End to a Great Series
Review: The battle of good versus evil with neutrality balancing the scale. This is one of the greatest triologies ever and it ends all right here. After building it up for two books, the story concludes or does it. The Companions are reunited and are in a sorry state. Tanis is a mess, Caramon distrut over Rais' betrayal, Flint is sick, Tas beginning to know what fear is and Laurana still selfishly loves Tanis. This story really deals with Tanis and him dealing with his issues that divide his love, body and soul. The book is a great read, easy but keeps you enthrawled the entire time. The descriptions of the world of Krynn and its creatures is so perfect that you feel as though you are in the world yourself. I say go read this book but make sure you read part I & II. I cannot say anymore about this book except that this triology has really changed my outlook in life even though I have read it about ten times or so.
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Summary: A bubblegum version of The Lord of the Rings
Review: The title of my review says it all. If you're in junior high and have attention deficit disorder, then this book might be for you.
If you can't ponder life in all its subtlety, if you will miss anything that is not made obvious, if you can't tell what a story character is thinking unless the narrator supplies his thoughts word-for-word, then you should probably read the Dragonlance Chronicles from start to finish.
To be fair, the book has an excellent plot. If you've read Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, you'll probably recognize it. An archfiend of some description, while trying to conquer the world and bring it under the shadow of his/her evil, searches for some sort of artifact that can either magnify him if he obtains it, or destroy him if, instead, the heroes of the story get their hands on it and dispose of it properly.
In order to carry out their purpose, the heroes have some sort of meeting and at some point there is a big war, which, ultimately, is a distraction from the true quest of finding the magic artifact and disposing of it properly.
So, yeh, Dragonlance Chronicles uses basically the same plot as The Lord of the Rings. But Tolkien did a vastly superior job with the storytelling, and LOTR is part of the finest and most definitive literature of the 20th century. DL Chronicles is a hack job. As hack jobs go, it's not too bad. But the characters have a toy-soldier quality, and the story is told in such a way that you can imagine Margaret Weis pushing the Tanis toy-soldier here and saying "Bang-bang, die you villain" while Tracy Hickman pushes the Kitiara toy-soldier there and saying "Not so fast, bring me the crown."
I've heard it said that Dragonlance Chronicles reads as it does because the authors were trying to follow Dungeons & Dragons gaming rules. If so, then it would appear that there is limited crossover value between games and novels.
Readers under age 13 will probably enjoy this series. The story has a fast pace, lots of (inane) emotion, many (cheap) action thrills, and just enough sex to flatter teenagers into thinking that they're grooving with the grown-ups. And it's because it DOES have THAT audience that I give this book three stars, rather than one. But readers over 20 will find their eyes rolling much, and they will soon become impatient with the characters' introspective shallowness, their repetitively knee-jerk hyperemotionalism, with the way the narrative revelations too obviously come from a narrator, and with the frequent shifts in viewpoint.
Older fantasy readers will want to avoid Dragonlance and choose Feist's Riftwar Saga, or Modesitt's Saga of Recluce, or George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, or David Eddings' Belgariad.
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Summary: A new spring dawning
Review: There is no time to mourn the loss of old friends for the struggling companions. Spring has arrived, and with it the final battle for Krynn. Over the grueling winter they succeeded in finding the legendary dragonlance, and the dragons of light have finally joined the fray. From the tortured forests of Silvanesti and across war-torn Ansalon, the heroes continue their crusade against both the forces of evil and their own personal demons. Tanis is torn between two tempting women, Raistlin struggles with his lust for power, and Tass... well.. he just makes me laugh, but none of the companions will ever be the same after this change of the seasons and there are many sacrifices yet to be made before Takhisis can be thwarted. In "Dragons of Spring Dawning", Weis and Hickman provide an action packed finale for their now-classic Dragonlance Chronicles, and beautifully set the scene for the equally grandiose Legends series. High adventure and memorable heroes have made Krynn one of the most beloved fantasy worlds available, worthy of repeated and frequent visits.
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Summary: This book is great!!!!
Review: This is a very good book. You find out a lot of vital information, like who Fizban is. You need to read the other books in this series though, they are Dragons of Autumn Twilight and Dragons of Winter Night. Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman are very talented authors. They created wonderful books. They are very descriptive and I thing these books are action packed.
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