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Ranak
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 05 Mar 2008 : 06:47:31
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I had forgotten how many characters appeared in unclean and it took me quite awhile to remember everyone's history. The book is set ten years after the first, in the Year of Blue Fire, and several characters have been changed by a decade of war.
The quality of the writing is good, but this book appears to be more "event driven" whereas the last book was more "character driven." Rather that focusing on individuals, the first 75 pages is non-stop advancement of the war in Thay. The book starts with a fight with a living boneyard that seems to be pointless and I think could have been done without.
So far, I am really enjoying it, and I suspect 75 pages into it that the story will settle down to a more character focused pace after the battle at the Keep of Sorrows.
I was hoping for a bit more background info on Xingax and how he (it?) became teamed up with Tam, but given the events in Chapters 1-2 their relationship could be changing...
I was truly not expecting the death of Mystra to play a part in this story, but I should have suspected it might when I read the book was set in 1385. The timing could not have been more perfect, or more impactful. Well done.
Mod Edit: Found this scroll floating in the ether.
Mod Edit 2: Added SPOILER tag to scroll title.
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Edited by - The Sage on 05 Mar 2008 11:02:08
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Mar 2008 : 16:17:44
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quote:
Originally posted by Ranak
I was truly not expecting the death of Mystra to play a part in this story, but I should have suspected it might when I read the book was set in 1385.
I was, given the promo blurbs about the trilogy in the back of some novels, and comments from Rich Baker about this series involving the Spellplague in some fashion. |
"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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[SPOILERS] Undead: Chapters 1-2
