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arckrc44
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 22 Jan 2013 : 01:35:39
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I just re-read the Cleric Quintet and it was every bit as enjoyable as when I read it 15 years ago! If you haven't read it, then you are lucky!!! Because you get to experience it for the first time!
Joe
"Long live Drizzt Do'Urden"
Manager at http://elmoryn.com
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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
826 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jan 2013 : 03:27:42
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Originally posted by arckrc44
I just re-read the Cleric Quintet and it was every bit as enjoyable as when I read it 15 years ago! If you haven't read it, then you are lucky!!! Because you get to experience it for the first time!
Joe
"Long live Drizzt Do'Urden"
Manager at http://elmoryn.com
I still hate the first book in that series, but love the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jan 2013 : 14:22:12
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I was living on an Air Force base in South Korea when I started reading Realms books and they NEVER had a copy of Canticle so I ended up reading the "Cleric Quartet" until I was finally able to get a copy.  |
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arckrc44
Acolyte
USA
4 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jan 2013 : 22:35:30
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
I was living on an Air Force base in South Korea when I started reading Realms books and they NEVER had a copy of Canticle so I ended up reading the "Cleric Quartet" until I was finally able to get a copy.
lol
Joe
"Long live Drizzt Do'Urden"
Manager at http://elmoryn.com |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1301 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2013 : 03:10:41
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| Great series! I think Fallen Fortress is my favourite (book 4)...I would have ended the series after book 4 and just had Cadderly build the Spirit Soaring after his return from the fortress. Book 5 is a painful read for me, I don't like how dark it was and though the characters acted stupidly. |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2013 : 03:14:58
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| I liked it as I was reading it, including the first book, but I hated the spiritual struggle Cadderly went through. I'm just not religious, and I have a hard time enduring a detailed read-through of that sort of thing. And the old man disease he experienced as a result of all his wishes just made his god out to be insensitive and uncaring, to me. I hated that Cadderly sacrificed so much, and his god let him, instead of making it all better by the end. |
"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly."
--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
<"Comprehensive Chronology of R.A. Salvatore Forgotten Realms Works"> |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2013 : 04:16:13
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| Haha BEAST you and I are opposite in that I actually wished RAS talked about the gods more in his books, but he said himself he tries not to. You're right though in that he shouldn't have become old like that, though the spell was reversed. What I hated more than him becoming old was...well, I won't spoil it in case people aren't up to date on the Drizzt books. |
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Captain Grafalcon
Learned Scribe
Brazil
131 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2013 : 15:09:56
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| In the beginning, Salvatore prefered to write a novel with a monk as protagonist, but Wizards insisted with the Cleric story. The quintet is excellent.Indeed, the last book is not so good. |
"Surely you recognize that armies carrying banners are almost always thieves—until they win."
Jarlaxle, mercenary leader of Bregan D'aerthe. |
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arckrc44
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 24 Jan 2013 : 08:48:56
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I don't find the work too overly religious, compared to other works, but I like that Cadderly is definitely the chosen one amongst his chosen faith. Love the Dwarven brothers and Danica.
Joe
"Long live Drizzt Do'Urden"
Manager at http://elmoryn.com |
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Arcanus
Senior Scribe
485 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jan 2013 : 22:31:35
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| It remains one of my all time favorite series. Great characters and a great plot. |
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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jan 2013 : 10:39:57
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| Never did see the point of that last book.should have ended on 4. |
go back to sleep america.everything is under control.heres american gladiators.watch this.shuttup. BILL HICKS. |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jan 2013 : 20:43:52
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It was to show Cadderly finally embracing his god, and being embraced as that god's Chosen, by way of a big tragedy and a desperate plea of faith to remedy the situation. By Cadderly engaging in this big religious act of wishing (praying, whatever), he got his library-church back, better than ever. And we get treated to a tale of would-be heroic self-sacrifice, in the process.
I liked the idea of Cadderly and Danica finally sealing the deal. That part, at least, was welcome. |
"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly."
--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
<"Comprehensive Chronology of R.A. Salvatore Forgotten Realms Works"> |
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realmsrider
Acolyte
USA
48 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jan 2013 : 02:42:52
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I just reread the first book in the series. I think what sets it apart is the humor. It is really just too funny. There's the obvious with the brother dwarves but I was lol-ing when the mummy starts running amok. Too funny!
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Yoss
Learned Scribe
USA
259 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jan 2013 : 00:59:53
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Originally posted by Firestorm
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Originally posted by arckrc44
I just re-read the Cleric Quintet and it was every bit as enjoyable as when I read it 15 years ago! If you haven't read it, then you are lucky!!! Because you get to experience it for the first time!
Joe
"Long live Drizzt Do'Urden"
Manager at http://elmoryn.com
I still hate the first book in that series, but love the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
I'm the exact opposite, I really liked the first one and only that one. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jan 2013 : 10:06:50
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I liked all the book in this series expect for the first one which was ok i guess but certainly nothing great.
However this was one of the first realms series I had ever read and it retains a fond place in my heart. |
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Just re-read the Cleric Quintet
