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Summary: the book that almost blinded me
Review: because of this book i now realize how much i enjoy reading. reading the next books just seem to increase the greatness of the first.
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Summary: a great fantasy novel...................well worth the time!
Review: This book by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman is fantasy literature at its best. Some "fantasy fans" say this book is generic fantasy.(a quest to save the world, unlikely heroes) But they are utterly obtuse. This book is more than just fantasy, it helped me realize the evil sides of the world and of people. In terms of the plot, it exceeds other fantasy trilogies without contest. My favorite character is the frail human mage Raistlin. Throughout the whole book, I always waited to see what Raistlin would say and do next. Also, the other characters: Tanis, Flint, Sturm, Tasslehoff, Goldmoon, Riverwind, Caramon, Laurana, and Fizban are extremely interesting throughout the whole trilogy. After reading this masterpeice by Weis and Hickman I was inspired to read all Dragonlance novels. After reading several other Dragonlance books, I always think of this one being my favorite because it is when you get introduced to all the characters of Krynn.
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Summary: You will never be able to stop reading
Review: From the fist page to the last, every single character, every single villan, every single battle and adventure is just marevelous, there are just very few books that can include fantasy, romance, adventure, personal conflicts, real character interactions in which each of their decisions and actions have an impact on the rest of them and the story as a whole. You'll just get thrilled with this great fantasy novel and you won't stop reading it until you're done, and I guarantee it will be no more than a couple of days.
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Summary: Cliched and unconvincing
Review: While I'm out of step with most reviewers, I found Dragons to be an unconvincing read. The authors do not spend the time to create a realistic historical, geographical, linguistic, or anthropological background for their world or Krynn and its inhabitants. The religions are especially underdeveloped, given the central role that they are intended to play in the good versus evil quest. Rather they take the shortcut of relying on achetypes from Tolkien and TSR to guide their readers: elves, mages, dwarves, etc. The sole new entries are Kenders and Gully Dwarves (good guys), and Draconians (bad guys), and those only serves to highlight how unimaginative the authors were. The overall impression is of unoriginality and cliche. Further there are several loose ends not tied up at the end. Raistlin and Caramon's half sister Kitiara, who ominously failed to show for the long planned meeting at the book's openning, never reappears to play a role. Why then do the authors introduce this plot twist? The "person" to whom Goldmoon is to deliver the disks of Mishakal, probably he is Berem the Green Gemstone Man, has no ultimate role despite being set up as the quest of the book. Perhaps these are to be resolved in subsequent volumes. But the effect is unconvincing. I for one won't read on to find out if there is any redemption to be had, that is too high a mountain for them to climb.
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Summary: And let there be light.......
Review: Although I've read this book many times and I started more than 10 years ago,I can't get enough.The only reason I'm writing a review is to give tribute to my all time favorite series of books and quite possibly authors(W & H).To anyone who is just starting this book or the whole fantasy genre,you've come to the right place.I must warn you however that by reading this book you will form an addiction.This addiction will cause you to lose sleep,lose weight,possible blurred vision,and the constant need to say "shirak" whenever you're in a dark room(the latter will become known to you as you read the book).If you can handle this brief list of symptoms,and possibly more,dive in and be prepared for a whole new world.
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Summary: Absolute greatness
Review: I first read this book (borrowed from a friend) about 8 years ago. From the first page, I couldn't put it down. It embodies all I ever imagined about another world, mystery, romance, just about everything!! Now I own more than 20 DragonLance series and I still am waiting for new books to publish.
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Summary: Nothing bad can be said about this book
Review: Even from the beginning-where all the companions meet again, and also meet Goldmoon and Riverwind-its a page turner. I dont want to say to much and give away anything to new readers, so I'll keep this short. I started from the wrong end of the chain. I started with Dragons of a Fallen Sun, I didn't know what Dragonlance was, so I thought it might be okay to read. Well it was great, and I just had to start from the beginning of the series. In this book, you see how strong the companions love for eachother is, and how far they would go. All the characters are described very well, and thats why this book has a perfect five stars, with about 250 reviews. As of now, I'm reading Dragons of a Spring Dawning (I read Dragons of a Winter Night) and it is also great. Dragons of a Winter Night is kind of lacking in some places, but it has the greatest ending, so bare through the tough parts, and you'll be happy you did. Jesse
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Summary: What started it all . . .
Review: This work is pure genius. I fell in love ith the characters immediately, and the series only gets better. A rare find . . . Quite a treasure.
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Summary: Perfect Twist
Review: The characters in this book put an interesting twist into the story. With the so called childern stories coming to haunt the world.It's an intriguing battle between trust and betrayal and keeped me on the edge of my seat.With the twist of horor,honor,and comedy.The creatures that form this story have different points of view and are very differnt to the eye.The little Kender puts quite a ... personality to the group of heros.
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Summary: A great book, a must read
Review: This book is probably the best book I've ever read. The authors do a wonderful job expressing the characters feelings, and thoughts. Also, with eight characters, they do an excellent job making each of them different, from the hard nosed Sturm, to the care free Tasslehof. The plot is excellent, and I believe an excellent opening to what promises to be a great series.
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