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Title: The White Dragon (In Fire Forged, Part 1) by Laura Resnick ISBN: 0-8125-5548-1 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 07 December, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: just opinions
Comment: With all the great fantasy to read, how coul anyone give this book more than 3 stars.
You can't relate to any characters in this tale. The story, even for fantasy, is silly, overdone, and plain boring.
Resnick is quite a writer, she would do well if she could develop charachters and events as Hobb, Flewilling, J.V. Jones.
Trying to sound like Martin(no one can touch him)and somewhat like Jordan, who has ruined his career with his eleven book fantasy that has no ending(read the first six, after that, he is an idiot).
This series will do well, however, as most readers are less circumspect than me when it comes to good fantasy.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good novel, but a bit too sluggish
Comment: I have been telling people for years to read In Legend Born, a book I quite enjoyed. I had given up on any sequels so I was pleased when this book came out. The White Dragon is a good diversion and an interesting story but not among the best or very good fantasy literature out there.
It does a good job introducing some new characters and telling us more about characters we met in the first novel but didn't get to know. There is one major new character, a boy that becomes central to Tansen's life and perhaps all of Sileria. We also get to know more about Elelar's husband. The problem the book runs into is just rehashing old stuff about the main characters Tansen and Mirabar. There is a tedious and entirely too long drawn out recounting of Tansen's decision to kill Armian. There are a few pages on this at the beginning of many chapters and it is a drain on the enjoyment of the book. Given how many years passed since In Legend Born, I was expecting a much cripser book.
Resnick is a good writer and has created a very interesting world but she pulls back on exploring it and the people in it with the depth of a Hobb or even a Haydon. I would still recommend this book. It is a decent effort but not a page-turner like In Legend Born.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great worldbuilding and well-rounded characters. Superior.
Comment: After centuries of occupation, Sileria stands at the brink of liberation. Yet internal feuding among Sileria's population can destroy far more than her occupiers ever did. With the undisputed leader, Josarian, killed by treachery, his heirs must battle both the occupiers and the waterlords who, togther with their assassins, wish to create a new nation that only they control. But if the waterlords are successful, they will destroy the Guardians who worship and use fire, and their nation will be one of slaves and masters.
Josarian's blood-brother, Tansen, is one key to the island's survival. Constantly accompanied by a sea-born youth, Tansen alone has the charisma and respect to unite the people of Sileria against the water wizards, encouraging them to rise up against their oppressors of a thousand years. Yet Tansen is sickened by the acts of his allies, tired of the treachery that is a constant in Sileria, and uncertain how to seek his fate. His young associate's constant prodding to go to the sea and become consort to the sea goddess is hardly a help.
Nor are the enigmatic prophecies of Mirabar, the fire priestess obsessed with Josarian's death. Mirabar sees a new ruler--one who unites both water and fire. In a thousand years, Sileria has never known anything but war between followers of the two elements, but this is not the worst aspect of Mirabar's prophesy. Because she doesn't know who this future ruler is. The nation needs a ruler now, not in some distant future time. And the waterlords are moving swiftly to fill the gap.
Author Laura Resnick creates a rich and complex world of magic and conflicted individuals. Tansen, and the waterlord Kiloran are especially interesting--with past dark betrayals driving them forward. But other characters too, especially Ronall--the half Sileria, half Valdani lord show intriguing development and potential. Resnick's strong writing propells the story forward and makes the reader care about the outcome.
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Title: The Destroyer Goddess (In Fire Forged, Part 2) by Laura Resnick ISBN: 0765308754 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: In Legend Born by Laura Resnick ISBN: 0812555473 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 15 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Book 2) by Kristen Britain ISBN: 0756402093 Publisher: DAW Books Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Path of Fate by Diana Pharaoh Francis ISBN: 0451459504 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Devlin's Luck (Sword of Change, Book 1) by Patricia Bray ISBN: 0553584758 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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