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Title: The Cleric Quintet Collector's Edition by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0-7869-2690-2 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.24 (37 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Over all the best fantasy writer on the market
Comment: I have read most all of the books written by R.A. Salvatore. The Dark Elf Trilogy and most others. The Cleric Quintet once again displays Salvatores ability to literally rivet your attention to his work, unable to put it down. Always making the action sequences so vivid that you feel as thought your in the Forgotten Realms themselves with sword in hand. If you're a Fantasy Adventure fanatic as I am... Read any and all works by Salvatore. You won't the decision to do so.
Rating: 5
Summary: Why I like books
Comment: Im one of those people who would probably not read a book, and just see the movie. But this book truly opened my eyes to reading. First of all, you probably would not pick this book up, just because there are so many other good looking books next to it. But it is like, awesome.
The characters are unique. The hero is a cleric, who develops incredibly. At first he cannot really do anything, but he soon learns to cast powerful magic. Unlike other books where they just say "He put his hand out and a fireball erupted", this book truly explains how he casts magic, by giving in-depth detail. There is a monk, who is like his girlfriend, who is 10 times stronger then him, and 2 dwarfs. The dwarfs are perceived as just some guys to create humor, but they are true friends. The way Salvatore writes these books, he explains everything so easily, and it makes reading seem simple. Every battle scene was descriped so that you knew exactly what was happening. The series also ends perfectly. Everything is wraped up, and it seems some people reach perfect harmony, while others turn evil. I cried at the end of the series just because it was so sad yet joyous. Please pick this book up and you will not be dissapointed.
Rating: 2
Summary: Nice idea, bad execution
Comment: I'm a big fan of Salvatore. (I read the novelization of "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" because his name was on the cover. I'm a big fan of Salvatore.) With numerous R.A. titles under my disciple of Deneir belt, I started in on this one.
This collection had its moments, but not many. The main things that bothered me were
--the main characters were just too darn perfect. Both Cadderly and Danica had these Melrose Place-type angsty moments, but there's never a problem they can't solve.
--the dwarves were comic relief. Ivan and Pikel just don't stack up against Bruenor.
--the bad guys were a heck of a lot more interesting than the good guys. You know you're in trouble when you're rooting for the people that the author doesn't want you to like, much less agree with their goals, be their personal cheerleader squad, etc.
--multitudes of loose ends, particularly the Elbereth/Danica thing.
--unsatisfactory wrap-ups. Ghost. Vander.
--and the narrative shift. The first books in the series had a stretched-thin plot, and the last books had so much plot stuff packed into their pages that it was almost overwhelming. There seemed to be a point in the middle where Salvatore's concept of plot and characters twisted to fit a brand-new (and remarkably better) idea.
Looking back on the five books, it felt like Salvatore was floundering with his characterization of Cadderly and company, and got a nifty idea while writing Book Two that he incorporated into the end of Book Two and through until Book Five. This would have worked a LOT better if he had just written a third novel to wrap up everything in Books One and Two, then started a new trilogy using the Brilliant Idea he must have had with a new set of characters.
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Title: Legacy of the Drow Collector's Edition by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0786929081 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 03 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Dark Elf Trilogy Collector's Edition by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0786915889 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition (A Forgotten Realms(r) Omnibus) by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 078691811X Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 24 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Spine of the World (Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness, Book 2) by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0786914041 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sea of Swords by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0786927720 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 19 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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