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Summary: Author needed to read up before writing this!
Review: First thing that hit me with this book was the downright stupidity required to say that Solinari is golden AND to also call it "Neutral." I don't think there is any excuse for this. That much was clearly laid out in all three of the original books, not to mention every single other piece of dragonlance literature I have ever seen. They even manage to get Tika's hair color wrong. I mean, they talk about her red hair several times in the other books. There really is no excuse.
Though I don't have the campaign setting, I am pretty sure that there aren't supposed to be any orcs on Krynn. Pretty much the only real villain in this book is supposed to be a half orc. There are also some orc based insults and the villain is identified by another character as being an orc.
The last thing about this book that irritates me is the fact that at the end you only find out what happens to a few of the characters. You don't ever find out what happens to the half orc villain, the gnomes, or the talking mammoth. Speaking of the mammoth and the gnomes, I found that part very childish and stupid. The gnomes acted like idiots far too many times, and the ease of everyones escape made me wonder how they managed to catch some of the more intelligent/dangerous creatures it says they have.
All in all, this book disappointed me.
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Summary: Tas deserves better
Review: "Kendermore" has the dubious distinction of being the best novel in the Dragonlance Preludes trilogy.... I say dubious because that's more of a slam to the other two novels than a complement to this one. It's still not all that great a book, but is marginally saved by the overall quality of the character Tasslehoff Burrfoot. As has already been pointed out, the author clearly contradicts facts and character qualities already established in Chronicles, but nitpicking aside the plot just isn't all that hot.It starts off decently enough, with Tas being nabbed by a bounty hunter and dragged back home to Kendermore, but it degenerates from there into a gnome ridden goofy mess. It's an immature and almost insultingly childish story that doesn't really give new insight or development to everybody's favorite kender. Tasslehoff is one of the most recognizable and consistently entertaining characters in the Dragonlance world, and to have this be "his" tale prior to the War of the Lance is doing him a great disservice.
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Summary: Tas deserves better
Review: "Kendermore" has the dubious distinction of being the best novel in the Dragonlance Preludes trilogy.... I say dubious because that's more of a slam to the other two novels than a complement to this one. It's still not all that great a book, but is marginally saved by the overall quality of the character Tasslehoff Burrfoot. As has already been pointed out, the author clearly contradicts facts and character qualities already established in Chronicles, but nitpicking aside the plot just isn't all that hot. It starts off decently enough, with Tas being nabbed by a bounty hunter and dragged back home to Kendermore, but it degenerates from there into a gnome ridden goofy mess. It's an immature and almost insultingly childish story that doesn't really give new insight or development to everybody's favorite kender. Tasslehoff is one of the most recognizable and consistently entertaining characters in the Dragonlance world, and to have this be "his" tale prior to the War of the Lance is doing him a great disservice.
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Summary: So Many Major errors
Review: After the abyssmal Darkness & Light of the Preludes series, I was very inclined to pass over Kendermore. I only had hope because the author was different, so I gave it a shot. Luckily this book was a hundred times better than the last one. The main plot is that the kender Tasselhoff is being taken back to Kendermore by the dwarven bounty hunter Gisella and her assistant. Of course being a kender, he ultimately gets distracted along the way. A treasure map gets involved along with a cowardly doctor and Tasselhoff's intended bride to be. Being a kender he naturally manages to get out of every tight situation without fear and normally "borrowing" something along the way. Kendermore saves itself from the problem of the last novel by not taking itself so seriously. Ridiculous situations are treated as just that and not intended to be great masterpieces. The author lends just enough credibility to the rather comical character to make him an amusing hero. It's all in all a nice light read that though it won't make you think too much, it won't sour your stomach either.
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Summary: Funny book
Review: I thought this book was very funny. i liked it a lot. almost every chapter has some comedy in it. whether it is with kender, or gully dwarves, it was funny. But Mary also did a good job in the way she put the book together, it was a good read, and it kept me hooked until i had finished it. I recommend this book to anyone who is a kender fan. It is highly funny, and filled with enough "action" to keep the most diehard dragonlance readers hooked.
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Summary: Okay
Review: I'm sure the writing was excellent but Tas is portrayed terribly! I couldn't stand reading any further than about 50 pages because he was so quiet and unexciting. I'm sure it was a good book but Tasslehoff needs more life!
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Summary: Very Entertaining and Cute
Review: Imagine ... the home of Kenders' brought to life! This book doesn't downrate any of the characters as others have said (in fact that's the main reason, besides it being DL) that I picked it up), but the portrayal of Tas is still the same... with a little more depth. The idea of Gisella (a dwarf who actually prefers to have a little "romp" instead of paying with money)was actually interesting. The story is not farfetched, its the story of Tasslehoff's journey back to Kendermore. It certainly deserves 5 stars, but there was only one MINOR problem with it... the synopsis is incorrect with one thing. In the synopsis it states that Tas has to face a wizard out to pickle one of every kind, when in fact it's two gnomes trying to fulfill thier life-quest. A really enjoyable read, and the ending almost brought tears to my eyes...
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Summary: Kendermore is a great book by a great author
Review: Kendermore is one of the better book's i've read. I really like Mary Kirchoff's writing and this story is quite amusing (that can be expected with kender) and it also gives info about Tasslehoff Burrfoot's origin's and Kendermore itself, which have been pretty much neglected in previous titles.
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Summary: kendermore was the worst dragonlance book I ever read
Review: Kendermore was the most boring and pointless book I ever read it had no story whatsoever and one of my friend who had read tons of draonlance books before and loved the now stopped reading the because of Kendermore I love dragonlance but Kendermore had no point
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Summary: The kender have been transformed!
Review: Kirchoff destroyed the whole concept of kender with this book. In Kendermore (the place, not the book), everything belongs to everybody. In the book, kender are complaining about other kender taking things that belong to them. This confuses me. Another thing I didn't like was when Gisella died. Why was Tas so sad? She was the one who was dragging him back to Kendermore to get married to a girl who hated his guts! She had never shown him any friendliness. Although Tas wouldn't have hated her, he wouldn't have been too sad when she died. The use of the Kender Mourning Song in that chapter ticked me off. It was a beautiful, tear-jerking poem when it was used in Dragons of Spring Dawning to lament Flint's death, but in the case of Gisella's death, it meant nothing. Why am I gracing the book with three stars? The reason drives me nuts. Although the characters and such were awful, the storyline was captivating. I couldn't stand putting down the book for good--especially since I had payed six bucks for it (a lot for someone of my status). I had a good chuckle at Damaris's "What first wiiiii--" at the very end as she and Uncle Trapspringer are transported away for their honeymoon.
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