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Summary: Good book but weak character development
Review: Right off the bat, the plot is pretty obvious. The Irda have the Greygem and the newly founded Knights of Takhisis are ready to take over the world. With some insane idea of protecting themselves with a power even the gods couldn't control, they crack the Greygem and let Chaos free. The heroes who are supposed to eventually beat back Chaos are running around fighting and ransoming each other. About midway through the book, the characters just start to reveal themselves and team up. At the end it seemed that Weis and Hickman tried to cram an entire book worth of getting to know the characters into a few chapters. I liked what they decided to do with Krynn, though. A series can only go on for so long before the history lessons of the world get boring and new scenery is needed.
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Summary: Weak @ZZ and disappointing
Review: This book completely destroys Dragonlance. I almost vomitted when I finished it. The two best writers Dragonlance has ever had threw together a piece of $hit. At the end almost everyone is dead, the Gods are banished (really ticked me off) and most importantly, magic is no more. I never though Dragonlance could produce a horrible book, but once again other people have proven me wrong. Hickman and Weis, you disgust me. I only picked one start because it would not allow me to rate any lower.
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Summary: Very very good.
Review: This was a great ending to the Chronicles and old age, however it is very sad to know that no more books will be written about the old Gods and old heros and most especiall, the magic. Altogether this was a great book, however too much time was spent on Usha, she acted like a child and seemed to delay the main characters. Also, more time should of been spent on the final battle with chaos, not just one or two chapters. A must read!
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Summary: A great ending to a series!
Review: Dragons of Summer Flame is great book, but lacked in chracter development and it lacked the compelling writing that one comes to expect of Weis and Hickman. I mean, Tanis is killed off within a few paragraphs. As Tanis is a central character he should have had a burial in the end as Sturm did when he died. Also, Chaos should have had more of a role. Let's see, I'm the most powerful being ever, but I don't get that much dialouge. I guess he was the strong but stupid type. I do not mean to knock the book, it truly was a great ending to a fantastic series, but it could have been written better
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Summary: Why....?
Review: -SPOILERS- I'm not bitter about everything being destroyed.. ok, I am, but that's not why this book is so bad. It's so bad because overall it's just extremely weak. Tanis loses his son and never gets to stay with his wife.. and then just gets stabbed in the back? The story revolves around Usha for half the book, then we find out she has NOTHING to do with anything? Then where is Raistlin's real daughter? The earlier characters we cared for because they were real people and had real personalities. The children and new characters are just cardboard cutouts. Weak, weak, weak. I never thought I'd say this about Weis & Hickman, but this book should have never been written. I regret ever reading it. A shame.
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Summary: I'm very impressed.
Review: This books is great following the Chronicles and Legends. It paves the way for the "Fifth Age". The book itself was written extremely well. It was a great book, but at the same time, saddening. Seeing the old favorites go was blow to the head for me. Though, when thinking about it, seemed necessary. I recommend this book to everyone who has read the Chronicles and the Legends trilogies. Reading "The Second Generation" would help, but is not totally necessary to enjoy Dragons of Summery Flame. If you read it, be prepared to shed a small tear at the end...
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Summary: wow
Review: Exuse me? I loved this book, and for you people who think it was so sad that some greatest characters died, the series wouldn't be able to go on. I recommend this book for people who like a true adventure because, this book and the one's in the chronicles are full of them. :)
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Summary: worth reading, but not great
Review: I enjoyed Weis & Hickman's Dragonlance Chronicles, and even _The Second Generation_ (some reprints, some vignettes). I was hoping for more from this "final" story, though.For one, I would've enjoyed it much more if the book had been written more "stand-alone"--some of the characters were barely sketched, relying instead on _The Second Generation_ for background. Not good. Similarly, I would've liked to see *much* more development concerning Steel (a fascinating and multidimensional character) and Palin (you never *feel* his brothers' deaths--no, this isn't a spoiler; it's one of the book's first events--because you never *see* them). Much *less* concerning the annoying "Irda" twerp. Chaos struck me as unconvincing--he was just there to be a big bad guy who'd beat everything up. Uh-huh. As far as apocalypses go, I've seen better. The book has its moments, though, and I didn't regret reading it.
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Summary: A swell book to read
Review: This was the most recent DL book I've read and I have to say that it is GREAT! The plot is excellent, the characters are portrayed well, and it kept me in suspense. I hadn't realized that the Knights of Takhises were such nice people up until now. And at first I was shocked to see Tanis die but I guess it had to happen someday. I can't think of anything wrong with this book. I've always liked Fizban in particular. He's just so silly and I can never tell if Paladine has a wierd sense of humor or if he's actually serious about being so silly (I hope he's got a wierd sense of humor, otherwise Krynn would be in big trouble.) The best part was when Raistlin enters the world again.
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Summary: Great book. Where can they go now though?
Review: I thought this was a great book, but I feel it should have been at least two books really. For me the magic of the first trilogy was discovering the Gods and the worrld with the charecters yet in this book the authors pretty much distroy it all. The main story was good, many people disagree with the death of some of the old characters but I think for the seris to move on they did not need to have things or people pulling them back to the last age. I do disagree with the way the death of Tanin and sturm was brushed over though. I really did enjoy the return of rastlin and his interaction with caramon. I do not see how Dalmar could fool any one into thinking she was raistlins child though becuase she had no magic at all not even the natural Irda magic. So all in all it was a good book but you have to ask where do the authors have to go now, the world is left God and magic less. The next novel will mack or break the dragon lance world.
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