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Aaron Highcolor
Acolyte
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 Posted - 04 Aug 2007 : 17:52:17
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I have been wanting to read this trilogy, but have been hesitant (don't know why). I am currently reading Depths of Madness, and then will be devouring Paul Kemp's latest Erevis Cale novel.
Can anybody tell me if YotRD is a trilogy worth reading? I'm looking for positives and negatives of the books, not the authors. I can read just about any author's style.
Thanks!
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Edited by - Aaron Highcolor on 04 Aug 2007 20:45:16
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Snotlord
Senior Scribe
Norway
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Posted - 04 Aug 2007 : 20:05:11
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| I thought they were great fun, and I highly recommend them. To me, they are very much if the spirit of FR. |
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 05 Aug 2007 : 07:34:03
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I quite enjoyed the books, myself. I did have a couple minor quibbles, but overall, I found the books to be a good read.
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Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 05 Aug 2007 : 07:46:25
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Overall it was a disappointment for me...
First, you have to know that RLB like to use many new monsters in his novels* (maybe because WoTC ask for it). In this case, it was Draconomicon, from which I hated the new "land wyrms", that are of course present in the novels.
Second, the very weird party was a bit too much for me.
Third, I disliked many of the fights with dragons.
*I have to say that even if Unclean is full of new undead monsters, I really liked it. |
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Aaron Highcolor
Acolyte
USA
45 Posts |
Posted - 08 Aug 2007 : 01:01:13
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| Picked up book one, but not sure if I want to start it yet, or wait for the next Everis Cale novel...I devour those! Love me some Paul Kemp novels! |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 09 Aug 2007 : 01:06:18
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| I loved the YoRD series because it's full of fun dialogue...and RLB is very, very good at writing entertaining dialogue. |
"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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SirUrza
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 09 Aug 2007 : 20:04:13
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| I enjoyed it up until I realized that the events weren't as Realms shaking as they made it out to be. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 10 Aug 2007 : 00:26:26
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| Not a fan at all of RSEs, myself...but I can understand feeling disappointment when a story that is sold as a "big deal" turns out not to be. |
"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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SirUrza
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 10 Aug 2007 : 02:46:45
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Not a fan at all of RSEs, myself...but I can understand feeling disappointment when a story that is sold as a "big deal" turns out not to be.
That's an understatement...
Spoiler alert.. hightlight to read..
When the dragons across Faerun go crazy.. you expect some major stuff to go down.. a couple worthless villages in the Moonsea gets destroyed.. big deal. |
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Ayunken-vanzan
Senior Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 19 Aug 2007 : 14:43:46
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I have just started with book 1 “The Rage”, and I am enjoying it. It’s about dragons, after all, so it must be good in my opinion.  Since I have read Elaine Cunningham’s “Counsellors and Kings” and “Evermeet” just before YotRD, I’ve had to adjust to the different style of R. Byers first, but I really like it. There are indeed quite a few not so common creatures right in the beginning, but that makes me only the more excited.
My first thougth when I read about Dorn Graybrook: He would be an ideal candidate for a dragonborn. The Lord of the Northwind should really contact him.  |
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