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Aaron Highcolor
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 09 Dec 2007 : 02:27:55
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Hey all,
Just finished a trilogy (Star Wars, Swarm Wars if you must know!), and I'm thinking about reading Swords of the Eveningstar. I started it before, but it just didn't grab me. My question is (and without any spoilers please!), does the book pick up?
I can't remember, but I think I had the same problem with Spellfire, but I did finish it.
Thanks!
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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 09 Dec 2007 : 03:44:22
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Originally posted by Aaron Highcolor
Hey all,
Just finished a trilogy (Star Wars, Swarm Wars if you must know!), and I'm thinking about reading Swords of the Eveningstar. I started it before, but it just didn't grab me. My question is (and without any spoilers please!), does the book pick up?
I can't remember, but I think I had the same problem with Spellfire, but I did finish it.
Thanks!
I had the very same problem with Spellfire. It was very disjointed. Ed Greenwood has a very distinct style that you either like a lot or just can't get thru. I'm in the latter group myself. I simply could not finish the Band of Four stuff for example. I must say though the Swords of Eveningstar was one of his better books |
When hinges creak in doorless chambers and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls, whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still, that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 09 Dec 2007 : 04:24:46
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Originally posted by Aaron Highcolor
Hey all,
Just finished a trilogy (Star Wars, Swarm Wars if you must know!), and I'm thinking about reading Swords of the Eveningstar. I started it before, but it just didn't grab me. My question is (and without any spoilers please!), does the book pick up?
I thought it did. But there's no way I can tell if a novel that didn't grab you before will grab you again. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 09 Dec 2007 : 08:13:48
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| Pick up? Well that is a bit difficult to answer as I don't know what is keeping you from enjoying it. For me, who liked the book (and most of Ed's other books) it was a constant joy. But as MerrikCale said, it seems that this is a book that many readers that are not particular Greenwood fans are able to enjoy. |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 09 Dec 2007 : 14:53:58
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I enjoyed it...
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