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The Crystal Mountain by Thomas M. Reid

agenn's review

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3.0

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It was enjoyable and interesting at times but it also had a lot that was mediocre . I was disappointed in the ending and with how many loose ends seemed to be left unanswered (the magic storms most of all) how the final battle was resolved came right out of left field almost as if the author didn't have a good idea as to how it should end and simply said "Well this works" and went with it.
The inclusion of a certain character from the War of the spider queen was quite nice but they really weren't around enough to make a difference.
The entire plot with Eirwyn was difficult to follow and in the end didn't seem to contribute much to the story
I may have just written several paragraphs about what I didn't like but the book wasn't all bad. The inclusion of the balor, the descriptions of the landscape. I did still mostly enjoy the book

All in all, this was a typical Forgotten realms book. A fun read with not a lot of depth.
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