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sirreus
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 06 Mar 2008 : 20:46:58
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the other thread dealt with the imaskari, but i just finished it. i wish i would have read this before the 'return of the archwizards'. i liked the scenes in the shadow realm, but i was a little confused how the stone was vortexing the weave without major players(elminster, simbul, blackstaff) getting involved. still it was a great read.
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Ranak
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 15 Mar 2008 : 08:13:29
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I really enjoyed that book, although at times it felt like high jinx at Hogwarts, right here in the Realms (I am aware that Shadow Stone came out ten years ago, but I read it after the Harry Potter books).
Shar could have been involved behind the scenes, it is unclear. This book takes a lot flack because Mr. Baker started writing it for the Birthright game that was later adopted to a Realms novel.
I think the Simbul and others would have become involved once the Shadowstone's influence started to expand outside of Chessenta.
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Originally posted by sirreus
the other thread dealt with the imaskari, but i just finished it. i wish i would have read this before the 'return of the archwizards'. i liked the scenes in the shadow realm, but i was a little confused how the stone was vortexing the weave without major players(elminster, simbul, blackstaff) getting involved. still it was a great read.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 16 Mar 2008 : 20:37:29
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| I enjoyed this novel, surprisingly. It wasn't perfect, but it read to me like a classic coming-of-age tale (in a good way!), and I liked how there was no forced romance in it, either (Aeron was attracted to Melissanda--I think that was her name--but she told him she didn't feel the same way, and that was that). |
"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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the shadow stone
