L'era dei dragoni. La quinta era. DragonLance. Vol. 1

*****2.5***** This book was difficult to get into. I love the Dragonlance world, but the story took too long to build up and contained way too much exposition. Once the main story got started, it was a lot better, but I didn’t feel connected to most of the characters. It turns out dragons, at least R Leggi tutto

This book is the reason why I don't read any Dragonlance books not witten by Weis and/or Hickman.

This book's biggest problem is that it tries to entirely bridge the gap following the Summer of Chaos. Thus we got confusing interrelations with the previous novel, following by a long span when there's no clear protagonist, as 90 pages go by. The story only really starts after that. Beyond that, the Leggi tutto

Much better than I expected. Clearly Rabe had been given the unenviable task of following the 're-set' of Dragons of Summer Flame, which I'll admit I struggled with. To Rabe's credit she packs a lot of fresh setting into the book, which unfortunately makes the first half read like a DnD sourcebook.

The war is over, the world of Ansalon is trying to rebuild and pull itself back together. Magic has disappeared, as well as the Gods, making this the New Age of Mortals. A select few of the strongest most terrifying dragons swoop in while the world is still so fragile, they proclaim their dominance

A clear ***1/2 Jean Rabe seems to have taken a lot of flak for these books over the years. I guess that Weis and Hickman had already upset their fanbase by writing another Dragonlance novel that wasn’t as good as the ones that would always be considered the best of the bunch, as if not repeatedly top Leggi tutto

All in all, I enjoyed this book a lot more the second time around. Yes, there are about four incorrect facts in the book, but I see this as an editing failure rather than a writing one. Yes, some of the dialogue is a bit on the ridiculous side. But it's still a wonderful story with great characters. Leggi tutto

Cometí un grave error teniendo expectativas por este libro. La idea de volver a Krynn (el lugar dónde pasé mi niñez tardía) me atraía, y la idea de verla dominada por dragones megalomaniacos se me antojaba tan parecida a Sol Oscuro ("Dark Sun") que no podia evitar hacer cabriolas en mi mente pensand Leggi tutto