Customer Reviews

The Day of the Tempest (Dragonlance: Dragons of a New Age, Book 2)

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

The dragons are portrayed better than the heroes. I can get behind Malystryx, destroy things. not much else about it. Khellendros is a little more complex, not much though, and I think the heroesare pitiful. They have no real backround, and the backround they give is always contridicting the ones revealed. This book shows no comparrison, what so ever to other dragonlance novels, like The Legend Of Huma (5 Stars). The best part of the novel was the dragons but I cant even say they were too well thought up or portrayed.

Jean Rabe did a masterful job with these books. Not only are they fun any interesting to read, but they don't have many chapters were nothing is happening. The action and adventure is pretty much non-stop. Rabe had a difficult job diving into this new world, after many Dragonlance readers (including myself) were still distraught over the emotional Dragons of Summer Flame. Jean did a great job with this book, as well as the rest of the series.

The Day of the Tempest keeps following the heros of the heart as they search for something to help rid Krynn of the evil overlords. The Dragon Overlords are building their armies and the knowledge of spawn is being passed between them. The heros must band together in search of magical artifacts that will help them gain the upperhand. This book really doesn't resolve much. It is basically centered on the companions searching for these magical artifacts.

All in all, this book is a great read. Jean Rabe has done an amazing job creating a world after the destruction that was caused in Dragons of Summer Flame. Of course there are a few problems and inconsistencies in this book, but it is still worth the read. This trilogy is a definate must read. Not only does it keep you pretty much hooked the entire way through, but it is a great backdrop of knowledge before reading the War of Souls trilogy by Wies and Hickman.

This book was a little better than the first in the series. However, it was awful. Its too far fetched even for a fantasy, and especially for trying to be a Dragonlance fantasy. I dont see how Palin can teleport himself or others so easily when his uncle Rastlin was the greatist sorcerer of all time and it nearly killed him when he did it.... that is so lame. Palin seems to be this super powerful mage even though he lost his magic. Also, they keep reffering to the lance Rig carries as "Sturm's Lance" and we all know Sturm never used a lance, he used his fathers sword and NEVER learned to use a lance (read chronicles vol. 2, Jean Rabe). These errors and other make this book hard to read.

I would not reccomend this book to those who just want a fantasy adventure to read, but us die-hard dragonlancers have to read it because it is part of the overall series of books in the Dragonlance timeline, which is sad.

Very, very disappointing. Admittedly, I hadn't expected much after the first book. But in this volume the characters are poor, the story weak and the style lacking. Jean Rabe abuses Margaret Weis' and Tracy Hickman's once near-perfect characters to the point where Palin, Goldmoon and Gilthanas are changed beyond recognition. There is no flow to events, everything is told matter-of-factedly without and time spent on those little details that are so crucial. Emotion is lacking and all the characters' personalities are somehow the same. Factor in an unrealistic and unconvincing plot and this ends up a very disappointing Dragonlance novel. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman COME BACK!

I admit that this is my second Dragonlance book, but I think it was fairly good.I especially enjoyed the attack to claim the prisoners from the Knights.Also people complain about Palin's family's names being similar, I should relate you to J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit. A.k.a, Balin, Dwalin (Brothers) Fili, Kili (Brothers) Oin, Gloin (Brothers) Nori, Ori, and Dori (Brothers... I admit there was some flaws but it still was a fairly good book.

i thought after the first book that this would be a very bad book to read, but i urged myself on, i picked it up and withing 2 sentances i was hooked, i didnt put it down for about 23 hours, got an hour of sleep and started up again, i think Jean Rabe rights Palin the best, and then with the addition of Dhamon, i think this to be the best book in the Fifth Age. ThE series itself is awesome, but this books ties it all together.

Rabe is writing books. Dragonlance books. I just reread the Chronicles, compared the two, and could not believe that this book was DL. My god. Don't read this! Everything is bland and boring. It is heartbreaking to fans of Krynn and its heroes.

Well, the world of Krynn has been changed in more ways than one. There's Jean Rabe writing Dragonlance books now. As with any other of Jean Rabe's works, the characters act like robots, there's no plot, the writing style is that of a 10 year old, but sometimes the way the characters act are funny. (Funny because it's just ludicrous and there's absolutely no basis for the character to act that way.)

The characters are still two-dimensional, the plot is still go-to-sleep material, and the Great Dragons still seem as dumb as ever. One would wonder how they ever got beyond hatchlings with intelligence levels like that. Rabe just doesn't hit it at all. There's no sense of tragedy or loss, and the heroes don't really seem to have a place in the world. Rabe seems to concentrate on the 'Great Cosmic Struggle' rather than what motivates the characters who're making the story. There's also too much focus on the Evil characters (the dragons). Entire sections of the plot, which could have been artfully hidden and hinted at until finally being revealed, are thrown at the reader from the outset, and all that's left to see is how the heroes are going to thwart their foes. Yawn.

Jean Rabe just does not hit it off. Margaret Weis is superior to Jean Rabe. Her characters have no personality what so ever. I dont recommend the Fifth Age to anybody. Dragons of summer Flame was a good start to a new group of books. I just hope that Weis is the one writing the next ones again along with Tracy Hickman.