Customer Reviews

Fistandantilus Reborn (Dragonlance Lost Legends, Vol. 2)

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

 

 

I've read just about every single Dragon Lance book ever released, but I must say Fistandantilus Reborn outdoes them all. This book is spectacular, it's even better than 'Kagonesti : A Story of the Wild Elves' and 'Tales of Uncle Trapspringer', it might not be quite as good as 'The Gully Dwarves' but hey!....what is? The thickness of the plot and the symbolism in this book is simply phenomenal. This masterpiece is in short, without spoiling anything, the story of a young mages journey from insecure boy to one of the most evil and powerful beings in the history of Kryn. An absolute must-read!

This book was rather slow at first, then midway through it got pretty interesting. It has little to do with Raistlin, I guess Niles was trying to explain how Fistandantilus made his way to the future as a spirit, the spirit that eventually turns Raistlin into what he is in the Chronicles Trilogy. Though the book was at times hard to follow, it explained well how Fistandantilus crossed the barriers of time, but it fell short of explaining how Fistandantilus wound up in the Tower of High Sorcery at Wayreth as some sort of spirit.

I recommend this book if you're a DL fan and want to know more about Fistandantilus.

When I first found this book in the bookstore, I had high hopes that it would be good, and bought it immediately. Rarely, have I been so terribly wrong about a book. It was terrible, the characters were barely developed, the Kender was a Kender in name only and didn't seem or act like one at all, Fistandantilus was portrayed as kind of a wimpy crybaby, Raistlin was barely mentioned, and the entire book seemed to be bereft of interesting dialog. In fact, what little dialog there was, was mostly B movie quality dialog, along the lines of, "Hey, we need to go over there."
"OK, lets go over there."
"Gee, I like this place, lets stay for a while."
"OK, lets stay for a while."
In other words, it was boring, tedious, drawn out, and had absolutely no point. In fact, it was even more boring to read than my review of it.

This book was made just to get some more money out of the dragonlance series, according to what everyone knows from the chronicles and legends is that when Fistandantilus was killed in the skullcap explosion his essense was givin to Raistlin, but according to this book it went into his bloodstone pendent and his skull. Plus his esessence is in a kender too, if this sounds confusing it is that is why I say to avoid this book.

This book has good elements contained within. Ever wonder what becomes of Fistandantilus after the Legends trilogy? but unfortunatly i was still left not understanding much about this book. A lot of the main characters were underdeveloped and it just kind of left me feeling unfulfilled after it was over. I wouldnt suggest this book unless your a BIG dragonlance fan

Fistandantilus. One of the most powerful Black Robes in the history of Krynn. The true Master of the Past and the Present. I thought when I bought this book it would have alot of action, centering around him. Well I was wrong. This story is centering around his attempts to be reborn, and chronciles others' lives in the process. If you are looking for a story featuring a powerful wizard, look elsewhere, or maybe the last chapter or so. *shrug*

FR is my favorite DL book of all time. Why? Well, several reasons really. For starters, the book's setup is intriguing, with jaunts back and forth in time as Foryth Teel, who, up until the end, was the omnipotent narrator uncovers more information about the mysterious Fistandantilus and his dual-lives.

Secopd, the book explained a great many things about Fist, whose whereabout up until this book were a complete mystery. As well, it reveals the origins of Foryth Teel (whom Niles has used in past short stories about little-known historical events) and how a kender got to Forgotten Realms... heh.

My only gripe: it didn't give us the part about the Heroes of the Lance's jaunt through Skullcap, an event noever novelized. In all, the book is enganging and very well-executed. It makes me think that perhaps Niles gave it his all here and that was why The Last Thane was awful.

After reading some of his sad attempts in the Forgotten Realms setting, I'm usually hesitant when it comes to buying novels by Doug Niles, but this was refreshingly different. It was well written, giving a great description of Krynn's landscape; had, for the most part, interesting characters; and, best of all, an excellent plot! There are spots where one might find himself confused time-wise, seeing as how you're told what year each chapter takes place, and how sometimes the years seem to go backwards, but after a lot of study and re-reading, I have come to the conclusion that no mistakes were made (time-wise). The only real mistake that I can remember (it's been a while since I read this) was in the chapter in which Fistandantilus's apprentice is running from the Tower and hears what sounds like a magical battle taking place. Problem? The battle between Fistandantilus and Raistlin didn't take place in the Tower of High Sorcery, but in Fistandantilus's castle (the location of which I am not entirely sure, but which can be seen in "War of the Twins," in the chapter in which Raistlin is forced to remember the battle). Anyway, all that to say it's a great book, don't let the retarded, has-nothing-to-do-with-the-book cover scare you away, and kudos to Doug for finaly writing a half-decent book!

IN SHORT: The book has a winding confusing storyline, that goes nowhere, the actual story really doesn't start until page 200. It has pages of pointless stuff that goes nowhere really such as that mage Kite. The only good thing is that the last hundred pages were pretty good.

the story of Fistandantilus after the explosion at Skullcap. The book has a brilliant plot and is the best reason to reading it. But however, Fistandantilus isn't in it that much and this is mostly a story about a (surprisingly gloomy) kender, desperat boy, a human lad, and a very naive historian. It is a good story however, and If you are a fan of Fistandantilus i sugest you read it to clear up things.