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perfect ending to a story that started way back in Dragonlance Chronicles, I couldn't imagine a more poignant way to say goodbye to so many beloved characters, Just wonderful. I finally made it through the trilogy, Whew. The secondbooks were better than the first, but this series needed an editor in a bad way, It should have beenbook, not, I stuck it out, but I'll be giving Dragonlance a pass in the future, The writing is not the worst, but it wasn't great either and the characters were one dimensional, There were some interesting tidbits, but overall nothing special, There are much better fantasy authors out there, pending, though I doubt it'll come because I can't get my thoughts clear on this one, largely due to the terrible atrocity that was the audiobook version I listened to, which leads me to want to restart the trilogy on paperkindle.
Short thoughts though, Definitely didn't love this trilogy on the same level as preth age Weis/Hickman books despite the fact that it's inarguably better written.
These authors are now far more accomplished at drawing one into a consistent world and zeroing in the focus in order to tell a compelling story through, what is still a fairly broad bunch of characters.
This approach would have worked much better for this trilogy if a it wasn't a trilogypagesish is just too long for the story it tells ultimately.
I haven't checked the word count but it's probably on a par with War and Peace and, personally, a flagged reading this a few times because I couldn't always see where it was going, and often it didn't.
Mina, in particular, suffered in terms of character development, but all of the characters could have used bigger arcs over this page count rather than many scenes of wheel spinning.
The oneanddone appearances of Laurana and Goldmoon were probably more successful as they were contained and helped divide up the trilogy.
b this wasn't a trilogy designed to have worldshattering consequences, to move forward the unloved status quo and usher Krynn into a new age.
. . and sadly a new age that never got a lot of backup and support in the gaming or the novel world.
There's only a couple of other trilogies to read from this era which is a shame because there's real potential to flesh things out, but Dragonlance fans are nothing of not nostalgic and never were too accepting that they couldn't have the Chronicles and Raistlin overandoverandover.
Nevertheless, the character based approach doesn't work so well with the wacky ideas Weis amp Hickman still try to throw at us and ultimately I felt I could have used more of the army of the dead, space dragons and Takhisis hiding Krynn from the other Gods narrative and less of Mina's evangelism you follow the one.
true. God. We get it.
Nevertheless, now that it's over I already feel sad it's gone and I'm constantly thinking about what did/didn't occur, and that's ultimately the mark of a good trilogy, when one feels one has been on a real journey with a bunch of characters in a world that you're still trying to figure out.
I've a lingering regret that not everything was bigger, bolder and brasher in true Dragonlance fashion but then there's only so many times the same authors can pull this kind of thing off and, y'know, we've already had The Death Gate Cycle damn I wish they'd return to that universe.
I loved the way this thing ended, though and it's a shame that Jean Rabe's slightly wonky envisioning of the Fifth Age messed with the mojo and had to be rejigged/ignored in order to make it happen, or for it to need to happen yet the rest buttons don't feel overly gratuitous and that's partly because the old Dragonlance standin of "Takhisis is coming to enter and take over the world" literally always works.
So bravo. I thought I was getting tired of my readthrough again, but now I'm keen to plough onwards to the next and last "core" trilogy in the series, which will be the point I can say that i've "done" Dragonlance if I wanted to.
That is, the main saga,
oh, and:
I rate this book four, if only to average out the series I gave book two, three.
The story, while wellwritten, just did not achieve the heights of Cronicles and Legends did for me, And this may be despite the fact that Weis and Hickman probably improved as writers since those earlier productions.
Dragonlance will always have a warm spot in my heart, and I thank the authors for their creations,/
The final book in this trilogy was a bit of a mess and probably a good place to end my Dragonlance adventures.
It kept me reading to find out how things would actually end, but with the shift of Mina's character and the One God reveal it started on terrible ground.
On the plus side, it was easy to read and kept me wondering where it would finish, . . and that's about it. The characters actually got worse, . . totally unlikable. Mina was much better as a mysterious yet shallow character rather than a whiny onedimensional religious zealot who spends some time as a fawning out of control puppy for her motherfigure, Goldmoon.
Silvan was another puppy dog and a total selfish twat, which was apparently inherited from his mother, Gerard was a complete ass especially with Tas but he did his about face at the end to "honor" Tas.
. . yay. Even some of the big battles just seemed forced and lazy with totally predictable saves, The ending tried to wrap up loose ends other than Mina but just felt empty to me,
A passage I liked:
Page:
The adage goes that while elves strive to be worthy of their gods, humans require that their gods be worthy of them.
It deserves a lot of credit! It wins on many accounts, I also have to give credit for the epilogue on the spiritual history of Krynn, A good book is adept
at tying loose ends while leaving some questions to be answered in later books.
It took meyears to complete the series set up by the original authors and while I probably will shy away from the other novelists, I would be willing to explore other novels by Wies and Hickman.
I dunno, just couldn't love this series, Didn't like the biblical parrallel, and I didn't like saying goodbye to more of the original characters, I suppose to stay "alive", the next generation must come to light, Still, I'll never love it again, Vanished Moon could almost be read standalone rather than a tumultuous end to a trilogy, New ideas blossom in to central themes with strands from the previous two entries becoming almost background story and plausibility is stretched somewhat with the timetravelling McGuffin, which removes any predictability at the cost of suspension of disbelief.
Such weaknesses are absorbed by the strengths of the narrative, it's engaging characters and the epic scale of the trilogy.
Entertaining from start to finish, the story of Mina and her One God is riveting stuff, It could have been great, however it is still good enough, the third book of this trilogy made up for the other two, it was a very strong book but I lover the way the dragons came back into the fight also the way the blue dragon supported the silver blind one and how he paired with his great rider odila!! still hate mina, maybe even more so now, she is becoming so dark and wicked!! love also the comic bits from tasselhoff, always my favourite character and the ending of the book by fizban/paladine.
This book is an amazing end to a series that started a lot of books and years before, if you have read some of the other books you will enjoy this one.
You will revive old times and histories that you wouldn't want to forget never,
If you haven't read the other books, don't expect to understand this one, the history is full of references to the previous books.
Don't doubt it, go fast and read the first trilogy you won't be disappointed,
Finally, I feel sad to have reached the end of the series, hopefully I will find another world full of magic where I can waste my free time traveling with mystical creatures and honorable heroes.
I did not like very much the first two book of this series, but the final and third book is really great.
I ve been curious about where will the story goes, what will happen next and how will it finish.
Nearly all of this book is interesting and i liked the end part,
Even you can see Huma, Magius and Raistlin in this book,
As I said before, it is always enjoyable to read Dragonlance novels, And thus, the One God is come to Krynn, wreaking havoc all around, through the hands of Mina, Meanwhile, dragons fight one another and one Silver has to find answers, . . as Tasslehoff Burrfoot has to find the past! As for the elves, can Qualinesti and Silvanesti live together as one nation after facing such tragedies of the last book
But one tragedy is not enough for Dragonlance books.
. . as we see the fate ominous at every chapter of Silvanost being torn to shreds by all kinds of enemies.
A message from this book: Do not stare too long into the darkness,
A good amount of typos, . .
"Everyone I love is dead, " Tasslehoff, the kender
"Tasslehoff Burrfoot must die, . . " Lunitari the Goddess Dark, gloomy, and largely depressing, this was tough read at times, but there's hope and heroism as well.
A bit too much literal deus ex machina to the climax, with certain magics suddenly operating differently to serve the story and big things happening too quickly/easily, but I thoroughly enjoyed how at all came together in the end.
We get to see one DL favorite make a return, but are denied seeing the fate of another.
. . which maybe I'm OK with because that keeps my all time favorite fantasy character alive in my imagination,
All in all, a welcome reboot of Krynn that brings back the magic and wonder, This was theth Dragonlance series book that I read, The first three where my favourite by far and while some of the others were ok because Tasselhoff and Fizban made everything so much better, I was really disappointed by how this book ended.
Still, I would love to check out the authors latest works some time, Not only does this book wrap up the War of Souls trilogy for Dragonlance, it essentially closes the door for Weis's and Hickman's saga that started back in.
There was a lot of course correction in this series following the illreceived Dragons of Summer Flame as noted in the History of Krynn afterword that explains in detail the creation and ages of Krynn.
This was a great trilogy, on par with the Legends trilogy with everyone's favorite twin duo, the Majere bros.
I enjoyed the journey the main characters embarked upon, Gerard and Gilthas both were worthy of hero status and there was a lot of really emotional moments in the book that I felt were the best these two authors have written for Dragonlance.
The world of Krynn has moved on into a new, more somber phase and this book captures that sadness perfectly.
Not everything is wrapped up nicely and there's a lot of unknown going forward for characters, which is fitting.
It's epic and sad and a great adventure, I will say this is a fitting conclusion to the Takhisis saga with themain books in the world of Dragonlance.
Note: There were several a lot, really of spelling and grammar mistakes I did read a first edition book, but for a NY Times bestseller, this could have been edited waaaaay better.
This was a very strong finish to the entire series for me, At first, I was upset with how Weis and Hickman explained Jean Rabe's plot, But, I got over it and actually grew to appreciate it because it made sense, and they redeemed some of the finer points for me, like the heart magic really not being from Takhisis, after all.
I enjoyed the progression of this book specifically, and I really like the endings for each of the characters.
I feel like they're all appropriate and fair, unlike Tanis' ending, which I'm still mad about, but whatever, Overall, this book has some great scenes, some great battles, and touching moments, I highly recommend it to DL fans, You can't really NOT read this and be a DL fan!
I'm so tempted to read Weis' series on Mina to continue the story because Mina gets a backdoor spinoff ending, to use a TV phrase, and I do want to know where that leads.
But I really don't like Mina, and I found almost every scene with her in it painful to read.
It was all overly sentimental and far fetched and just annoying, So, I'm not sure I want to torture myself, But I didn't care for Dhamon Grimwulf at first either, yet now I'm REALLY looking forward to reading Lake of Death Dhamon's conclusion, so maybe I'll end up reading Dark Disciple one of these days.
. . Derde deel in de serie van De oorlog der zielen, onderdeel van Dragonlance, Veel personages, veel volken, zoals minotaurussen, elfen, kabouters en reuzen en natuurlijk de Kender, met Tasslehoff Burrfoot als uitzonderlijk exemplaar.
Hoewel het af en toe moeilijk te volgen was heb ik er wel erg van genoten, Veel intriges en veldslagen. Mijn favoriete personen waren Gerard mens, Galdar minotaurus en Gilthas elf, .