Customer Reviews

Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon: An Illustrated Novel

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This book seems to be a summary of the book Dark Hart by Margaret Weis and David Baldwin which was a very good book. The illustrations in this book really help to put a mental picture together about what the setting and charters in Dark Hart were like and the stories about Justin Sterlings(the main charters in Dark Hart) past are really enjoyable. If you are interested in reading this book you will enjoy it much more if you read Dark Hart first.

This one was published before Dark Heart was. This book is a begining saga. It is meant to keep you wondering and of course waiting. I read Dark Heart first and was very confused when reading this book, it did not seem to flow to well with Dark Heart (time line). There is no date on the opening chapter of Dark Heart as there is on this one. To try and figure it out I went to the copyright page on both books and realized what this one was meant to do, introduce the Dragon's Disicple series. Now she just needs to finish it, I cannot find another book for the series. If you already read this but not DARK HEART then go read it and you will feel for Sir Justin as you do for her other characters.
Side note: Why does everyone compare a new series to an old? They are meant to be different hence new series. This always bothers me when a reader does this. It seems they close their minds to the new series before they even finish the first book.

I gave this 5 stars for the quality of the writing,the characters seemed to just start to be developed and then it was over. It was a miss mash of stories that started in the future and then went back in time to, two other events that did not have a decent conclusion. It keeps one hanging. The story was full of death and violence, then with one swoop of a females influence Justin changes his years of loyalty. From other reviews I guess there is a book called Dark Hart that would have helped better understand this novella, but no where on this book is there a reference to another book. I felt robbed and frustrated by this book.

It's obvious that Weis is expanding her literary horizons with this new book. People who compare it to Dragonlance are missing the point. It is not supposed to be Dragonlance. The dark mythological sequences drip ambience and mystery. A beautiful book, that's beautifully mastered by the Dark Queen herself.

The book is very good, though at times gruesome and violent. The detail was outstanding and the characters were well rounded. The book is very good, but it leaves you hanging a bit.

It isn't that this novel is so bad, but, compared to the mastery of the Dragonlance chronicles, legends, and tales, as well as the quintet of Darksword novels, it seems that this 96-page tripe was simply created for the money. Sad, so sad

This novel does not entice you into this world. For example, with the Dragonlance chronicles, you felt for Raistlin and his conflict with his twin brother, Caramon. With the Darksword trilogy, you could sympathize with Joram.

I'm not sure of the angle of this 96-page sub-par novella. There doesn't seem to be a sense of focus; rather, it is a mish-mosh of collected pieces. Also, you have no feelings for the characters, since you do not spend enough time to get to know them.

Lately, Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman have sunk to second-tier sci-fi writers. With this novella, along with the last bomb, Legacy of the DarkSword, it's sad to say, but this duet of has-beens seems to be writing now solely for the money.