Customer Reviews

The Dragon King Book 3 of the Crimson Shadow

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I have found among many great writers a sense of stability and lustered quality that seems to make them stand out among the rest of the literary world. Those like Stephen King, Peter Straub, John Grisham, and others all title this list. In the Crimson Shadow series, Salvatore has isolated simple characteristics in the most complex characters of Katerin, Luthien, and the universily loved Oliver De'Burrows. Even Brind 'Amour and Greensparrow posses that certain air of genuiune quality. Though some characteristics of the story (especially in The Dragon King) are exceptionally predictable, they add to the completion of yet another chapter in a world that exists only in the mind's eye of the reader. I would recommend this series to any and all who have the time and patience to read it. Trust me, you will be rewarded.

The Dark Elf series are great, fun and interesting and filled with human (elf) dilema as well as dark enemies, darker magic and good allies.

The Dragon King is not on par. It is not a really bad book but nothing in it really shines out. The plot is mediocre, the heroes are not all that interesting and the enemies are not that evil. Perhaps it might have been better if the grand battles at the end were done better but it seemed the author had a deadline to meet and he did not really put that much effort into the last part. Pity.

With this book Bob Salvatore concludes his "Crimson Shadow" trilogy - and he does it very good, however not perfect.
The battle descriptions are excellent, but frustrating, because in the whole book you want only one - with the evil Dragon King. But you must wait - it's great finish.

Without giving away any information, It would seem that if you have read other books by this same author and subbed in the new character names, they all would be the same book. As I read thru this book, I couldn't believe that the "evil" empire is so weak and ineffective yet when the author mentions them, he uses powerful descriptive phrases.."the mighty greensparrow", the "the Great armies of Avon" etc.., yet time after time, they are decimated time after time. The "Good" side has its share of hereos, but they are all very typical...unbeatable in combat, yet each has their own unique personalities..blah blah blah. ....

I feel dumb! I read this book before all of the others in the trilogy! Now I will miss out on so much. This is, by far, the best book that I have ever read. I am in seventh grade right now, and my (poor) school system's curriculum up until now only gives us "age appropriate" books. This mass conflict thing was completely new to me. Also, this is the first book that I've read with anything being destroyed. Thank you, Mr. Salvatore, for renewing my interest in reading.

This series is very enjoyable for the first two books. As other reviews have pointed out, the third novel felt rushed and lacked any significant conflict. The worst part for me though was Salvatore killing off a main character at the end for no good reason and in a profoundly stupid manner. This death feels like a betrayal of the reader's trust. It changes the tone of the series from a breezy fantasy tale that was leading to a happy ending where no main characters were killed (even during the fight with the main villian), but what is worse is the sloppy writing that makes the whole scene feel forced and robs the reader of an enjoyable ending. [ Note to writers, if you are going to kill off a hero or heroine, do not have them suddenly begin acting out of character or making stupid decisions before hand- your reader is just going to feel insulted.] This series did start out very promising, but the poorly executed ending brings the whole series down. Its still a good read, but i would suggest skipping atleast the last 20 pages or so and jut using your own imagination- you'll be less disappointed.

This book is the 3rd of the Crimson Shadow Trilogy. The whole series is amazing. This is the first set of fantasy books that I've read and I love every one of them.

What makes " The Crimson Shadow" trilogy second rate compared to
"The Reluctant King" trilogy of L. Sprague de Camp? The heroes never lose, when they are finished ,they want more "adventure". The bad are are really bad and never learn, the good guys are paragons of virtue.
I call it Black and White Fantasy for that reason.
The plot is kind of a miss match of fantasy elements or historical periods:
nothing in the novel fits anything that was ever very likely to happen, ever? Pretty much you have to ignore all human history and normal behavior to like this kind of writing.
So I have to say that when you start one of these novels, you pretty
much know who is going to win,
and who is going to get cut into little pieces.

The Dragon King was an awesome display of drive and struggle against the oppresive dragon king greensparrow. This book was filled to the brim of a wonderfully descriptive novel with humor, victory, and a real tone of sadness. Ah my beautiful buttercup how i will forever miss you.

A decent conclusion to a lackluster series missing in originality - but the action scenes make it a worthy read, coupled beside the wonderful character that is Oliver De'Burrows. The final confrontation with Greensparrow does not disappoint, and I left the series, having read this book, feeling like I had put my time to fair use, in spite of my opinon of the first 2 books. Overall, not bad, but Salvatore could do much better. He's proven that!