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Title: Tangled Webs (Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Book 2) by Elaine Cunningham ISBN: 0-7869-2959-6 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: March, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.32 (25 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Elaine, please stick to surface elves and humans
Comment: Well I must say I enjoyed this novel, especially with the prequel having left me in a state of "Gee, and how can so little happen on so many pages?" puzzlement. Elaine Cunningham did her best to save the plot (was she aware of this after the first book came out?) You can tell she feels much more comfortable with the setting being outside the underdark, which she has already shown in great harper novels. Her underdark just didn't work for me (much less her drow), and this book shows how great Cunningham can really write. The story unfolds with great detail and less of the confusion which "the Daughter of the Drow" previously held in store for us. The storyline on the sea is great and I really did get to like Fyodor and Liriel (especially her sense of humor) but I also must say that the Ruathyms did annoy me quite a bit and I would not have shed too many tears had they failed to defend their little island. Plus I had to grit my teeth every time Shakti Hunzrin appeared on the scene. Gimme a break Elaine! That character was sometimes just outright ridiculous! All in all a good novel with a good story (& a good logical end). You will like it if you overlook the annoying characters. I still think Elaine Cunningham is THE best author for elf stories, but I will now limit that judgement to the elves who dwell on the surface. Like Elaith Craulnobur (*hint hint hint*, Mrs. Cunnigham.)
Divination
Rating: 5
Summary: One of my favorite Forgotten Realms titles
Comment: I enjoyed this book more than any of Elaine Cunningham's other novels because I felt as though Liriel and Fyodor were much better developed than Danilo Thann and Arilyn Moonblade. Liriel in particular developed into a fascinating character. She has a wicked sense of humor, and seemed to struggle with the notion of herself as a "goodly drow". She developed through this novel into one of "those who dream".
The only thing I did not much care for was Liriel's relationship with Lloth and, to a lesser extent, Ellistrae. I realize that a goddess of chaos can act however she chooses, but I agree with some other reviewers that Lloth seemed to answer Liriel's prayers frequently, without much reason. Moreover, the way in which Liriel finaly escaped from Lloth was a bit of an anticlimax to one of the central struggles within the book: Liriel's relationship as a "good drow" with an evil goddess. Finally, mere minutes after renouncing Lloth, Ellistrae enabled Liriel to perform a resurrection. That seems like a lot of magic for a fledgling priestess who has just renounced her goddess.
All in all, though, I really enjoyed this book, including the twists at the end, even if I did find the clerical aspects to be somewhat unbelievable, the characters themselves were so rich that it made up for a lot.
Rating: 5
Summary: A brilliant read that takes you away!
Comment: Following on the footsteps of Daughter of the Drow, Cunningham brings our favourite mischeivous drow back in all her elven glory. Truly, I have never found anyone who writes elves as well as Cunningham. The dark elves, or drow, are by far the most difficult to write. Yet Cunningham pulls it off with brilliance! Liriel continues on with Fyodor to solve some mysteries and bring her adorable impish charm into our hearts and minds. Again, I rave about Cunningham's talent in bringing her characters to life. Few authors pull this off as well as she does. You simply can't stop reading!
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Title: Windwalker (Forgotten Realms: Starlight and Shadows, Book 3) by Elaine Cunningham ISBN: 0786929685 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Condemnation (Forgotten Realms: R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Book 3) by Richard Baker ISBN: 0786928247 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Dissolution (Forgotten Realms: R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Book 1) by Richard Lee Byers ISBN: 0786927143 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Insurrection (Forgotten Realms: R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Book 2) by Thomas M. Reid ISBN: 0786927860 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Thousand Orcs (Forgotten Realms: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, Book 1) by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0786928042 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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