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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
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 Posted - 04 Dec 2008 : 06:12:22
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| Towards the end of the book, it became a bit hard to follow, and I threw the book on the floor in frustration during the last few pages because of what happens. Was excellent though |
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dwarvenranger
Senior Scribe
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - 05 Dec 2008 : 15:26:54
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| It was a good read, if rather predictable. I really enjoyed the direction Riven went though. |
If I waited till I knew what I was doing, I'd never get anything done.
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Baldwin Stonewood
Acolyte
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Posted - 07 Dec 2008 : 01:35:00
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I thought the book was excellent and the complex battle scene, towards the end, was laid out a clear crisp fashion. Of all the FR novels that I have read, this was probably my favorite.
Given all the changes that WoWC have made with 4.E, the ending made sense. |
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jcw928
Acolyte
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Posted - 07 Dec 2008 : 09:31:43
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Well, there's no forum in the book club and this one isn't the place for spoilers...so all I'll say is that as usual Paul Kemp had me reading all day and night. I was a bit disappointed with the way things turned out, but not at all completely, and I am sure much of it had to do with the changes WOTC has set up for 4E (for which they have lost a customer..things change, so be it).
Mask only became an intriguing character to me during the last two books that followed the Avatar Trilogy, then there was nothing. Then Mr. Kemp really made me love the guy even though he appeared only briefly, he was just written so well in these last books. In fact for a character that I didn't care much about in this shared world of fiction; the mysterious and imaginative portrayal of Mask in these last books made me ache for just a glimmer of the character.
I don't think I can go into any more detail about Cale, Riven, or Rivalen Tanthul without accidentally giving away any plot information or crucial details. Sufficed to say, I couldn't get enough of them.
I was surprised at the ending for all the major characters, I'm still not quite sure what to make of it. That's a good thing, I imagine.
Most of all, I want to recommend this book to anyone who has read the previous novels in the series. If you haven't, then start with the first and I guarantee you won't be able to keep yourself from buying this one. I've read too many fantasy novels to even count at this point, and I've become somewhat bored with what's come lately. Then I started in on the Erevis Cale novels...and I knew I was hooked.
Some questions were still left wide open, I felt. I'm sure that was the idea, but there was still a sense of closure which gave me that feeling I have with any really good novel. I put it down, and just laid back and thought about what I'd read, and felt truly sad that this part of the story had come to an end.
Thank you Mr. Kemp, as before your writing continues to entertain, and even be thought provoking (a rare gift). I hope the powers that be know what a talent they have on their hands.
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Baldwin Stonewood
Acolyte
34 Posts |
Posted - 08 Dec 2008 : 16:10:16
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Originally posted by jcw928
Well, there's no forum in the book club and this one isn't the place for spoilers...so all I'll say is that as usual Paul Kemp had me reading all day and night. I was a bit disappointed with the way things turned out, but not at all completely, and I am sure much of it had to do with the changes WOTC has set up for 4E (for which they have lost a customer..things change, so be it).
Mask only became an intriguing character to me during the last two books that followed the Avatar Trilogy, then there was nothing. Then Mr. Kemp really made me love the guy even though he appeared only briefly, he was just written so well in these last books. In fact for a character that I didn't care much about in this shared world of fiction; the mysterious and imaginative portrayal of Mask in these last books made me ache for just a glimmer of the character.
I don't think I can go into any more detail about Cale, Riven, or Rivalen Tanthul without accidentally giving away any plot information or crucial details. Sufficed to say, I couldn't get enough of them.
I was surprised at the ending for all the major characters, I'm still not quite sure what to make of it. That's a good thing, I imagine.
Most of all, I want to recommend this book to anyone who has read the previous novels in the series. If you haven't, then start with the first and I guarantee you won't be able to keep yourself from buying this one. I've read too many fantasy novels to even count at this point, and I've become somewhat bored with what's come lately. Then I started in on the Erevis Cale novels...and I knew I was hooked.
Some questions were still left wide open, I felt. I'm sure that was the idea, but there was still a sense of closure which gave me that feeling I have with any really good novel. I put it down, and just laid back and thought about what I'd read, and felt truly sad that this part of the story had come to an end.
Thank you Mr. Kemp, as before your writing continues to entertain, and even be thought provoking (a rare gift). I hope the powers that be know what a talent they have on their hands.
- Joel
Joel, I could not agree more. I had similar reactions that you had when I completed the book. There was closure but just enough left open to pique my interest. |
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Stout Heart
Learned Scribe
USA
118 Posts |
Posted - 09 Dec 2008 : 21:54:38
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| Let first say in no way shape or form have I ever been or will I ever be gay I love women passionately. But the only way for me to put my feelings for this book in to words is this. Shadowrealm and the twilight war short story included is such an amazing series of novels that I would marry Paul S. Kemp and spend the rest of my life building him the perfect home and house hold if he promised never to stop writing books for me. No lie lol Goddess help me it was so well worth the wait now I have to read them all over again. I'm a hundred and 140 pages into the book and his mothers words keep echoing in my head as if I was there when she spoke them. "To be the instrument of your downfall." |
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 02:42:30
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I just bought this series (it was the only complete series I could find at the store). On the 2nd page I find out it's an Erevis Cale book. I've not read any of his books.
Should I keep reading, or should I wait until I find and buy the previous books about him? |
"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 04:22:38
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quote:
Originally posted by Aulduron
I just bought this series (it was the only complete series I could find at the store). On the 2nd page I find out it's an Erevis Cale book. I've not read any of his books.
Should I keep reading, or should I wait until I find and buy the previous books about him?
-I say go for it.  I started reading the series, then read the Erevis Cale trilogy. They are good read btw. 
BRIMSTONE |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
Edited by - Brimstone on 30 Jan 2009 04:23:09 |
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 04:36:31
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So there's nothing I need to know about Cale, before I read?
I just saw you in a book, Brimstone! |
"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"
-Procopio Septus |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 06:32:49
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-Really which book. I got the name for an Infernal Pact Warlock I am wanting to play. Tiefling of course. I gotta get my group to at least try 4E. Or I will have to find a group that is playing 4E.
-Cale to me is a complex character. I know Paul started to write about him in Dragon Magazine. Then a short story in the 5 part Cormyr series. The Erevis Cale Trilogy is very good. But this last series was really good to me. 
BRIMSTONE |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
Edited by - Brimstone on 30 Jan 2009 06:33:35 |
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 08:22:48
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Brimstone is a vampiric smoke dragon in The Year of Rogue Dragons.
Is there anything too spoilery in Twilight War? |
"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"
-Procopio Septus |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 17:01:16
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Originally posted by Aulduron
I just bought this series (it was the only complete series I could find at the store).
Which series?
If you mean the Twilight War series, you might want to read the Erevis Cale series first, just to give you some more context. However, you *could* just read the Twilight War books and still enjoy them. |
"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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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 18:27:36
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| Yes I'm talking about Twilight Wars. I just don't want to read it, and ruin the future enjoyment of reading the earlier books. |
"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"
-Procopio Septus |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 22:17:05
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-Then you should probably Read the Erevis Cale Series then. Some very important stuff goes on in the Erevis Cale Series.
BRIMSTONE |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Shadowrealm (no spoilers)
