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Blueblade
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 Posted - 30 Aug 2007 : 04:11:14
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This is the stage at which Ed's books used to fall apart into separate story-strands of characters all rushing around, chaos reigning, until everyone came crashing back together at the end (and important people started dying).
This part of this book has something of the same feel to it, but Ed seems to have finally mastered it. Nothing drags, nothing gets too confused, the story pounds along with some important scenes and confrontations to liven up the narrative jumps from subplot to subplot . . . nice. Can hardly wait to get to the end, even though I know it means I'll have to wait another year for my next "Ed wild ride."
I KNOW this is going to be a trilogy that I re-read, start to finish, several times after I finally own them all. Ed has packed so many juicy scenes and little lore-facts into the story . . . love it.
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Malcolm
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Posted - 31 Aug 2007 : 14:00:25
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I agree. There was still wild action, but I never got the "Huh? What's going ON?" feeling, when reading this book; the mysterious bits were all clearly passages that were supposed to sound mysterious.
A great book. Darn, I wish Ed had written lots more of these. |
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Warrax
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Posted - 01 Sep 2007 : 23:35:47
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Originally posted by Blueblade
This is the stage at which Ed's books used to fall apart into separate story-strands of characters all rushing around, chaos reigning, until everyone came crashing back together at the end (and important people started dying).
This part of this book has something of the same feel to it, but Ed seems to have finally mastered it. Nothing drags, nothing gets too confused, the story pounds along with some important scenes and confrontations to liven up the narrative jumps from subplot to subplot . . . nice. Can hardly wait to get to the end, even though I know it means I'll have to wait another year for my next "Ed wild ride."
I KNOW this is going to be a trilogy that I re-read, start to finish, several times after I finally own them all. Ed has packed so many juicy scenes and little lore-facts into the story . . . love it.
Blueblade
This is almost exactly what I wanted to write, lol. I've mentioned it before but I felt that in the past that Ed liked to show too many plot strands and that it got really messy in the middle of his books for a while.
But not this time... this time, I'm finding that things are flowing a lot better and the plot is bubbling to the surface a lot more readily, which is a pleasure to read. And as ever, his characterizations are fantastic. |
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Braveheart
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Posted - 03 Sep 2007 : 16:03:28
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I had a hard time memorizing all those names flashing around at this stage of the book, but it didn't get too confusing. And fancy Pennae running around nearly naked.. good old Ed-Style  |
Jarlaxle: "Do keep ever present in your thoughts, my friend, that an illusion can kill you if you believe in it."
Entreri: "And the real thing can kill you whether you believe in it or not." |
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Swords of Dragonfire: Chapters 16 - 23
