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joeplummer
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 11:41:37
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I love the Forgotten Realms books, I own about half of them, but I recently bought the Netheril Trilogy off of Amazon and I have to admit I was sorely disappointed, just wondering if anybody else has had a similar experience with any other books i should avoid
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 12:58:54
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Did you read all three or just the first? I think book 2 somewhat improves quality- and plotwise. My main problem with that series is, for a trilogy that bears the name Netheril, it surely, hardly ever gives the said setting focus. But overall, I think it's a fine series.
What I didn't like (to the point of nearly throwing them away) are these: the first two books of The Watercourse trilogy by Phil Athans, Pools of Darkness, and the second book of The Empyrean Odessey, The Fractured Sky. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 15:23:36
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Let's not embark down a rabbit hole of negativity, shall we? It never ends well.
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 16:04:52
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I'm inclined to agree with Erik on this one.
So long as we all try to respect the opinions of fellow scribes, let's at least attempt to look at whatever positives we can find in books we may not have liked or enjoyed too much.
Remember, what you may have liked the least, may be another's particular scribe's personal favourite. So let's keep in mind that opinions are highly subjective in a discussion like this... and no one scribe is every truly "right" or "wrong."
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1304 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 16:52:51
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Any Realms book is a good Realms book! :)
-Once Around the Realms was...not as good a book as some of the others. I still enjoyed it though!
-Pools of Darkness had some pretty awful dialogue--but I still liked it because Shal and Tarl and Ran are awesome.
-I couldn't get through the Undead series though, I got a little too upset about the contrivance to get rid of Aznar Thrul, the set up of his death was ludicrous and for him not to have any contingency spells on him (the Zulkir of Invocation/Evocation having NO contingency which is the height of evocation magic, never mind that he was always portrayed as cunning and overly cautious eg in The Simbul's Gift where he outsmarts several assassination attempts easily)...sigh I can't give love for that series, turning Thay from someplace cool to a lich king ruled land of undead/warcraft world.
Just my opinion, I know many love that series but I couldn't get through it, it was creepy and gross and I didn't like the treatment of Aznar which was the straw that broke the camel's back. I left the book on the airplane in the seat pocket.
-Didn't care for the Return of the Archwizards, the treatment of the chosen and the Shade just bore me in general. But it was probably better than the Avatar series which...lacked a lot.
-The Veiled Dragon was...just...not great. I love Ruha though, she was excellent in the first Harper book. But her second book was a bit racist and messy.
That's all I have, any book set in the Realms is great because it gives us more lore and descriptions of locals and people.
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Drustan Dwnhaedan
Learned Scribe
USA
324 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 18:14:11
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| I have to agree with Mr. de Bie and the Sage on this. There are a few novels I don't like, but at this point everyone who's read my posts/rants know what they are, so it would be pointless to mention them here. (And I'd like to apologize to those who enjoyed said books, and for inconveniencing everyone with my ranting.) |
Edited by - Drustan Dwnhaedan on 03 Oct 2013 18:19:06 |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2013 : 04:20:23
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Of the series I completed, the Return of the Archwizards was my least favorite, followed closely by the War of the Spider Queen.
I never read the Maztica trilogy because I wasn't interested in that area, and didn't particularly care for the Moonshae trilogy (though the Druidhome trilogy was orders of magnitude better).
I read the first book of the Twilight Giants. I didn't dislike it, but I had no desire to read more of the trilogy. |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 04 Oct 2013 04:21:50 |
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FR Series that you liked the least
