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Summary: Frankly, the worst book ever written
Review: I had loved Weis and Hickman's Dragonlance stories and had been impressed by the depth of character development and plot. This book, however is incomprehensible to me as the writing style, characters and plots are but a mere shadow of previous publications. It seemed the authors had tired of the series and wanted to wash their hands of it in a sloppy way. If they had not been who they were, this would never have gotten past the high-school student interning at the publisher's office.Keep the beauty of their other publications pristine. Don't ever read this book.
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Summary: Summer Flame Review
Review: Exelent book, very good. A must buy for dragon lance fans. First read the Soulforge, Dragons of Autem Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning to better understand the book.
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Summary: Impressive. I would like to give this 'six' stars...
Review: but there are way to many editor mistakes and it is real annoying to someone who knows what he's/she's readin'. I'm 12 years old and started reading the DL Saga when I was still 11. (I'm not kidden'.) Anyway the book makes mistakes with the characters stunning the reader 'cause in a scene with a Jenna and a Dalamar suddenly a comment supposed to be said by a Jenna is said by an Usha making the reader wonder, 'where the hell did that come from?'
Otherwise the story was great. The Raist in this story was a bit different from the Raists in the Chronicles and the Legends but he's still got his coughin' fit. Raistlin in this book is to nice... You could say. He's not like the mysterious cloaked figure hiding secrets and seeing death with his hourglass eyes which he does a bit in this novel as well. Overall an enthralling adventure, a excellent plot, a wonderful intro. to the War of Souls! (Review comin' soon on the 2nd novel and the 3rd novel when it comes out.)(This review is written upon the paper-back version.)
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Summary: Not that great
Review: I am a hugh DL fan, and have read almost all the books in the series and loved them. This book starts out great, but ends very poorly.
The characters and plot are just too childish. Also, I dont understand the knights of takhesis, it seems that their philosophy is: "its ok to murder and enslave millions of innocent people as long as you do it with honor". Does this make sense to you? Make sure that you read "the second generation" first, or you will have no idea what is going on!
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Summary: Summer Flame
Review: In my opinion this is another book that allows us to enter Krynn and become part of the story. I can't wait to read more of this book and others to come.
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Summary: My favorite of the Dragonlance books
Review: This was a wonderful ending to an incredible epic tale of Krynn. Until now, my favorite book had been volume 3 of Legends, but this one has overtaken it. I absolutely couldn't put it down. Anyone who has read the Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends way back when needs to get this book and finish the story. It is absolutely worth it your time and money!!
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Summary: Wow... so MW and TH are fallible after all...
Review: I read this book over 2 years ago and had been a big fan of the Chronicles and Legends trilogies which I read back in the late 80s. But what can I say? This book is full of annoying, stupid characters, unnecessary and aggravating cameo appearances and deaths of characters from the war of the lance, and a lame plot with an even lamer ending to this once fine trilogy. If you still insist on wasting precious time and money on this horrible book... don't say I didn't warn you!
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Summary: A "nice" ending to the 4th age
Review: I would first like to start out by saying, that is book is sad. If you have followed the dragonlance saga from the meetings, to preludes, to the chronicles, and through the twins series. I highly doubt that you will find this book has a happy ending. Don't get me wrong, the book is very very good. It is full of Wies and Hickman's best. Complete with Tas, Tanis, Caramon, but it mostly centers on the second Generation (ie. Palin, Steel..etc) This book is pretty long compared to the ones before it, but the action and adventure keep you going pretty much throughout the whole book. I dont think any ending to an age will be happy, but this one definately shows you the true life of the people on Krynn, and the forces they must face to defeat an enemy unlike ever before. This book is definately a must to any dragonlance fan, and is the last Wies and Hickman book written until the new series comes out. But if you pick the new series and dont know what is going on, read this book, as well as the Jean Rabe trilogy, even though most people HATE those, and you will be on the right track.
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Summary: A little disappointing...
Review: Unlike everyone else, I wasn't disappointed in the ending(even though I knew that was a bad idea). It was the way the story was written that disappointed me.
This was a story that should have been told in 3 novels. After learning in the Second Generation that evil had discovered the secret to defeating good(by having respect for one's opponents), I wanted to see evil win for about 2 books. I wanted to see good struggle with an opponent that couldn't be beat by inner ambition. Dang you, Chaos! It was also a little disappointing to learn that Usha wasn't Raistlin's daughter. After I learned how awesome the bad guys had gotten, I immediately thought good was in real trouble & would need a miracle to win. Then I thought maybe the miracle would come in the form of Raistlin & his daughter but it was not to be. Anybody else think that would have made a great trilogy?
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Summary: Immensely disappointing.
Review: I've long loved the Dragonlance books. Legends in particular is one of my favorite fantasy trilogies of all time.
But I cannot understand just what compelled the authors to write this.
There are many additions to keep things interesting of course: most of the readers who stuck to the 2 trilogies will find a lot of new and strange characters in this book. (I for one, was compltely stumped by Steel Brightblade's history.)
In the beginning, the book starts off well, the creation of Krynn in particular was interesting. But by the time we get to the pre-requisite love story, things start going out of whack.
The introduction of the Knights of Takhsis, while initially seems like a good idea, conflicts greatly with the old Dragonlance adage 'Evil turns in on itself.' While explained away in the beginning, this idea of honor and (for lack of a better word) goodness in men that venerate evil seems absurd, for evil stands completely against such values. This theme was repeated earlier in their Rose of the Prophet trilogy.
Some of the new characters are fine, but others I dont care for, especially Usha.
But all that are minor niggles compared to the catastrophe that is the ending of the book.
Time and again, the authors have in other books have drawn parallels from our world to theirs. This is a very, very ambitious aim, and in one trilogy, they almost succeeded (The Darksword Series). While most people disagree with me, they nearly pulled it off in that one, despite the 'parallel' being more akin to a magic mirror.
In Summer Flame, they fail, completely and utterly.
Of course it was on the last page of the book, but that 'Krynn turns to Earth' ending was so disappointing and stupid that it has severely limited my enjoyment of the book.
Other readers lament the deaths of Tanis, Tasselhoff, et all but what the authors really killed off was the spirit of an entire world. And that is something I can never accept.
One of the factors that make this book almost worth reading is the reappearence of Raistlin. The portrayal of the dark mage without his power, his visit to his brother, and his subsequent departure is excellent. Also, Tasselhoff is as amusing as ever.
So in other words, this book is for hardcore fans only. And even to them, I'd advise ripping out the last few pages of the book.
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