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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
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 Posted - 24 Dec 2005 : 13:48:04
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Just finished reading Whisper of the Waves and I have to say I enjoyed it.
Things I liked and made the book interesting
The first third of the book where the book went forward in chronological order bouncing between those who will become the major characters. In doing this the author gave the characters a good indepth background showing "where their coming from" I hope some of the other authors will do something.
Like the WOSQ novels there doesnt seem to be a clear hero and most of the major characters have weird character flaws (or Psycological disorders) ie the spoilt rich girl who cuts herself when she doesnt get her way, The canal builder who has absolutely no people skills (if ever there was a character who should be stated up with a 3 for Charisma its him!), the cross dressing Red Wizard of Thay.
Another interesting thing is that the end of the trilogy has ineffect already been written both directly in the form of the first chapter of Whisper of the Waves and from Innarliths write up in the FRC |
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Talanfir Swiftfeet
Learned Scribe
Finland
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Posted - 15 Mar 2006 : 17:56:37
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There are main characters, but no heroes, I need heroes. A very good read so far and I am enjoying it. Even with the numerous plotlines I am really getting caught up in this book, funny, considering the lack of heroes so far...
True.It does seem to lack heroes.
The book does not lack heroes. Ivar is the main hero. He just doesn't seem that way because he doesn't have enough charisma (what do you think his charisma score would be? 5?). Also in the whole book there's not a single moment where the scene is told from Ivars point of view (exept the prologue, and even then you can't be sure that it's Ivar). All of the scenes just display characters' reaction to Ivar. We don't realy get to know his mind.
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I am Talanfir Swiftfeet. (In)famous across the Swoardcoast as "Tal the Swift", Brandobaris´ seraph of mischief. If ye find yer shoelaces tied together while trying to catch a thief or meet a king who is angry because somebody switched the places of his chamberpot and his crown, ye can usually (try to) find me near.
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Ebonshine
Acolyte
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Posted - 17 Mar 2006 : 20:45:36
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I liked this book for the most part and I'll more than likely get the next two. I really liked the shorter chapters.
My favorite characters are Marek and Pristoleph, although I wish there was more about the Fire Genasi.
I'm hoping Ivar is the one in the prologue but there was a mention of the person wearing silk as the rain came down or something along those lines and I don't see Ivar wearing silk so I'm thinking it is Willem not Ivar.
Speaking of Ivar... I really want that character to die and not just in any way, I want him to have a painful, torturous death. I don't like this character at all. Boring, plain and has about as much personality as the rock he works with yet no matter what pile of feces he finds himself in he ends up smelling like roses soon afterward. Which gets old and strange and annoying real quick.
Maybe I don't get it but lets see...
Not just dwarves like this guy but Nagas do too and so do masochistic super attractive senator's daughters as well, so much so that she'll fantasize about him, have her sexual way with him and allow him the same (unless that was her deluded mind) and then murder for him without him saying hardly more than two lines to her. Hey lets add attractive-barely-able-to-communicate with you Shou Lung woman, who is a powerful merchant in her land and he doesn't have to do much but just stand there like the idiot savant he is when dealing with her and oh yea defeat two demonic eel things from another plane that he manages to do despite not having any more training as a fighter than joe blow farmer down the street. And then wraps up working for the Ransar who Ivar shows no respect nor deference to and despite being agitated the ruler of the city, for an odd reason, doesn't seem to mind being treated no better than a commoner by this socially inept individual that he hired for one of the biggest jobs that could end up ruining him.
Ack... rant went on longer than I thought it would but I'm really hopin in the next books there is more Marek and Pristoleph and a lot less Ivar unless it involves him being ripped apart by ettins.
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Paec_djinn
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 07 Jan 2007 : 00:39:30
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Good point, Knight, but is this going to be the first canal ever built on Faerun? I would find that hard to believe if it were so.
Might not be the first, but I think it'll definitely be the most significant canal built on Faerun.
As far as the book can go, I can forgive this book for not moving much as it needed to because it provided really interesting (although I must say some very confusing ones) character developments and backgrounds. As far as plot progress, I guess we can wait for the next two books to bring us something. Definitely, for me an entertaining read and a very interesting book overall. |
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Marc
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Posted - 07 Jan 2007 : 15:59:48
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| In the first book barely anything happens, the second book is much more interesting, that guy Willem really irritated me |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 27 Oct 2008 : 15:24:13
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| I finished reading this and can't wait to see how the "development" of the canal went starting in Lies of Light...but overall the characters were very intriguing and I couldn't drop the book. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 12 Jan 2011 : 17:30:39
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Finished this book yesterday. While I mentioned that I don't much like the Phyrea, I have to admit that her character is interesting. Besides, I've never read about an FR character who cuts herself before (talk about a dash of the real world in a fantasy book, albeit a grim one). I cannot decide, however, if the scene where Ivar Devorast "comes to her" wwas just a fantasy or not. It just didn't seem like something in Ivar's character to do.
At any rate, this book was almost all build-up (and no real climax) and I very much enjoyed reading it. I'm even more excited now to find out what happens with Willem and Marek.
Phyrea's weird, and most weird characters are sometimes interesting. She somehow compensates for the boring qualities of Devorast. The only thing I like about him is his name. |
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Whisper of Waves: Part 4 (Chapters 50-72)
