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Crennen FaerieBane
Master of Realmslore
USA
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 Posted - 28 Oct 2005 : 14:35:48
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The book flows really well - I have read the first couple of chapters so far, and am loving it. And, if I am not correct, I have heard that Artemis gets some kind of love interest, though I am not sure.
The sample chapter is great and shows a lot of what this book has in store (least I hope the rest of the book is like that!)
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Still rockin' the Fey'ri style. |
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hooper101
Learned Scribe
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2005 : 16:10:38
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| 14 chapters in and and it is a fun read some of the things that occur are true laugh out loud stuff |
Die, die, die ,die, die, why won't you just die you silly dragon! |
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Ignorance Personified
Seeker
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2005 : 17:19:15
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Originally Posted by hooper101
14 chapters in and and it is a fun read some of the things that occur are true laugh out loud stuff
I concur, Entreri and Jarlaxle's relationship drives the novel and creates some very funny moments. In addition, Athrogate's rhyming (and Entreri's reaction to it) caused me to laugh out loud at least half a dozen times.
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Originally Posted by CrennenFaerieBane
I have heard that Artemis gets some kind of love interest, though I am not sure.
SPOLIER WARNING
Well, I would not call Calihye a "love" interest exactly...The relationship seems to be somewhere between lust and love--though probably nearer to the latter than the former. |
Carthago delenda est. |
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hooper101
Learned Scribe
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2005 : 18:41:32
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Spoiler alert
I wouldnt even call her that, he hates her guts. ANd she hates him worse. Its Jarlaxle that gets the love bug. |
Die, die, die ,die, die, why won't you just die you silly dragon! |
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hooper101
Learned Scribe
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - 28 Oct 2005 : 18:52:39
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Spoiler wrning
Arthrogate is hilarious!!!!!!!! but it does ring of princess bride, I like it though. I am never really turned off by things like that we all make reference like that at the table top dont we? |
Die, die, die ,die, die, why won't you just die you silly dragon! |
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The Blue Sorceress
Learned Scribe
107 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2005 : 05:37:40
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Originally posted by hooper101
Spoiler alert
I wouldnt even call her that, he hates her guts. ANd she hates him worse. Its Jarlaxle that gets the love bug.
I'd finish the book before weighing on in on that matter.
-Blue |
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.
I see your walrus and raise you a carpenter |
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hooper101
Learned Scribe
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2005 : 17:56:57
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Spoiler alert
Okay I was wrong! |
Die, die, die ,die, die, why won't you just die you silly dragon! |
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Adam_Garou
Acolyte
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2005 : 18:50:04
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Having read the Hunter's Blades Trilogy (and having purchased all three of them in hardcover), I'm going to have to wait until PotWK comes out in paperback. As a general rule, I love RAS's writing--and predictably enough, it's the individual combat scenes that I really enjoy.
Maybe it's just that Drizzt's character is starting to wear on me a little. Maybe it's that I sometimes get the feeling that Drizzt's story really HAS already been told, and RAS is just churning out more Drizzt stuff because the dark elf's a cash-drow (lame pun on "cash cow"  ).
Anyway, while I've always liked Jarlaxle and Entreri, and while I've greatly enjoyed the RAS stories featuring them in the "Realms of Shadow" and "Realms of the Dragons" anthologies, I'm going to have to wait until paperback to purchase Promise of the Witch King.
That being said, if anyone who has read the book wants to post a non-spoiling review, I suppose I might be tempted... |
"If we do happen to make contact (with the enemy), I expect nothing less than gratuitous violence from the lot of you."
--Sgt. Harry Wells, DOG SOLDIERS-- |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 01 Nov 2005 : 20:33:57
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Reading a book about Jarlaxle and Entreri is very refreshing after the now-rather-stale Drizzt. Their cameraderie is as entertaining as ever--Jarlaxle is, as expected, a complex and interesting character, and I am enjoying the way Entreri is growing now that he no longer is stuck playing the part of Drizzt's "Dark Mirror" foil. What's more--both characters have a sense of humor.
I have about 100 pages left to read, and I'm not as enthralled with the plot so far: there have been a few "filler" battles, and since the group got to the castle, the story has felt more and more like a dungeon crawl in the form of a novel. I don't much like Athrogate (how do you pronounce that name, anyway???), but hopefully Entreri will gut him later on.
Nevertheless, the book is worth a read because of it's two starring characters. |
"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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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2005 : 20:35:58
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Originally posted by The Blue Sorceress
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Originally posted by hooper101
Spoiler alert
I wouldnt even call her that, he hates her guts. ANd she hates him worse. Its Jarlaxle that gets the love bug.
I'd finish the book before weighing on in on that matter.
-Blue
*nods* I see Jarlaxle as more the type who just listens closely to his hormones rather than one who is easily "lovestruck". |
"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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Promise of the Witch king sample chapter
