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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s a new start to the series, Weis and Hickman are back baby! There’s certainly a sense of this being a love letter to their previous works whilst bringing us into a new world order with a new character who is compelling and just as interesting as the companions were! It certainly feels like the start to a new trilogy and I look forward to seeing what happens next.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Es difícil puntuar un libro en una escala numérica cuando el primer tercio del libro es una introducción con todo el trasfondo de la protagonista, la hija de un caballero de Solamnia que quiere ser caballero pero que la Medida no lo permite. ¿Te suena de algo?
Es un inicio raro, más aún cuando descubres que todo está pasando al mismo tiempo que las Crónicas de la Dragonlance.
Otra cosa mala del inicio es que es muy previsible, piensas, seguro que va pasara esto, y pasa.
El segundo libro no mejora, la protagonista tiene que intentar buscar dos artefactos mágicos, dos artefactos épicos, una premisa que cuesta digerir.
A veces en las historias los autores nos ponen en la tesitura de que tenemos que tragar con algún argumento de la trama que parece increíble, a veces es fácil tragarse la píldora, en este caso no.
En esta segunda parte empiezan a asomar algunos de los personajes clásicos de la saga, y algunos personajes nuevos, que merecen mucho la pena.
En la parte final es cuando el libro merece la pena, se mezclan las historias antiguas con las nuevas y se hace mas interesante. Eso si, la historia en general, aunque interesante, me parece que va a ser un churro, no puedes jugar con - perdon por el mini destripe - viajes en el tiempo y pensar que la historia vaya a acabar bien, en cuanto a que tenga sentido.
Lo dicho, acaba emocionante, pero como libro no puedo darle mas de tres estrellas. Pienso que quiero leer la continuación, pero estoy a un strike, una tontería más, de mandar la saga al olvido para siempre, y con el tema de los viajes del tiempo, creo que es fácil que eso suceda
Es un inicio raro, más aún cuando descubres que todo está pasando al mismo tiempo que las Crónicas de la Dragonlance.
Otra cosa mala del inicio es que es muy previsible, piensas, seguro que va pasara esto, y pasa.
El segundo libro no mejora, la protagonista tiene que intentar buscar dos artefactos mágicos, dos artefactos épicos, una premisa que cuesta digerir.
A veces en las historias los autores nos ponen en la tesitura de que tenemos que tragar con algún argumento de la trama que parece increíble, a veces es fácil tragarse la píldora, en este caso no.
En esta segunda parte empiezan a asomar algunos de los personajes clásicos de la saga, y algunos personajes nuevos, que merecen mucho la pena.
En la parte final es cuando el libro merece la pena, se mezclan las historias antiguas con las nuevas y se hace mas interesante. Eso si, la historia en general, aunque interesante, me parece que va a ser un churro, no puedes jugar con - perdon por el mini destripe - viajes en el tiempo y pensar que la historia vaya a acabar bien, en cuanto a que tenga sentido.
Lo dicho, acaba emocionante, pero como libro no puedo darle mas de tres estrellas. Pienso que quiero leer la continuación, pero estoy a un strike, una tontería más, de mandar la saga al olvido para siempre, y con el tema de los viajes del tiempo, creo que es fácil que eso suceda
Dragon Sequel Challenge 2024: Copper
DNF at about 40%.
The Dragonlance book are exactly the kind of books that are meant by that old quote "the golden age of science fiction is twelve... years old". They aren't very well written. But they do have a way of snagging the imagination and they were the entry point into fantasy for many people I know. They are also an entry point into D&D and other role playing games for a certain age group.
I always knew they weren't the greatest but I enjoyed reading them anyway. There was something in the simplicity of the writing that echoes the old sagas, where the storyteller was never too concerned with the hero's internal emotional life but wanted to talk about great deeds instead. The world was cool, dragons are very cool of course, and the action scenes were good.
This book starts with 30% dealing with the backstory of Destina Rosethorn. She grows up at about the same time that the original Dragonlance events take place and her father is a Solamnic Knight and contemporary of Sturm Brightblade. While there was a certain coziness to settling in to a long backstory, it was a lot of book for set-up. After that there was a great info-dump and the story, such as it was, ground to a halt. I wasn't attached enough to keep going because nothing had actually happened yet. There weren't the great battle scenes I love, and it felt a lot more like telling than showing.
DNF at about 40%.
The Dragonlance book are exactly the kind of books that are meant by that old quote "the golden age of science fiction is twelve... years old". They aren't very well written. But they do have a way of snagging the imagination and they were the entry point into fantasy for many people I know. They are also an entry point into D&D and other role playing games for a certain age group.
I always knew they weren't the greatest but I enjoyed reading them anyway. There was something in the simplicity of the writing that echoes the old sagas, where the storyteller was never too concerned with the hero's internal emotional life but wanted to talk about great deeds instead. The world was cool, dragons are very cool of course, and the action scenes were good.
This book starts with 30% dealing with the backstory of Destina Rosethorn. She grows up at about the same time that the original Dragonlance events take place and her father is a Solamnic Knight and contemporary of Sturm Brightblade. While there was a certain coziness to settling in to a long backstory, it was a lot of book for set-up. After that there was a great info-dump and the story, such as it was, ground to a halt. I wasn't attached enough to keep going because nothing had actually happened yet. There weren't the great battle scenes I love, and it felt a lot more like telling than showing.
I really REALLY wanted to love this book but I just couldn’t.
I didn’t connect with the characters at all.
It felt like I was reading forever and not getting anywhere.
I didn’t connect with the characters at all.
It felt like I was reading forever and not getting anywhere.
Kirsten Potter can read a dictionary and make it sound like a literary masterpiece. Which worked, because this book was about as entertaining as a dictionary.
I e waited a decade for a new dragon lance novel and it came out and I didn’t know it ! Well this was a wonderful surprise !!
