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The Qualinesti (Dragonlance )

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The Qualinesti is clearly a Dragonlance great. I have loved the series and I love D&D so I was immediatly attracted to this book. It brings Kith Kanan out pf his oldself, sheds lighton new charecters, and iit even brngs back some old ones. This is a great book and you will love every mnute of it if you like Dragonlance

"The Qualinesti" is definately a great book. Not only is it full of action and adventure. But it come across with actual real emotions that people can relate too. There is jealousy, deceit, sadness and many other emotions filling this book. I had heard mixed reviews about this book before I read it. But, I was pleasently suprised by how good this book actually was. I liked it as much, of not more, than "The Firstborn" (The first book in this trilogy). This book brings about the end of a legacy. It is a little depressing, but it is nice to see the state of the Qualinesti under the leadership of Kith-Kanan and his son. A definate must for Dragonlance fans.

Before I make my comments, I'd like to point out that I greatly enjoyed the first novel in the Elven Nations trilogy by Thompson. The second book was terrible, but making my way into the third novel, I was very optimistic about a return to quality with Thompson again as the writer.

In that, I was sorely disappointed. Considering that this trilogy is supposedly about the formation of Qualinesti, the second Elven kingdom,it is surprising that we see very little about its formation. Instead, at the beginning of the third book, we are jumped ahead years to when Qualinesti is ALREADY founded, with leadership in place, people settled, and mainly just a few self-defense and succession issues to work out. In other words, some of the most conceivably interesting parts of the series (like a struggle to actually form the city and nation) are left out.

Add on to that, the unappealing characters, a Kith-Kanan who has reverted to loving Hermathya in spite of not loving her anymore in the first book, an evil wizard on a mountain top, and a deus ex machin . . oops! I meant Kith-Kanan's long lost son by Anaya, we get an unfortunately unsatisfying ending to a trilogy on what should be one of the Dragonlance's most interesting stories.

It's a shame that this series is out of print. I had to get mine off eBay for nearly $40.00! Now I know why. Though the series is written by different authors, you would never know it and the series is more about Kith-Kanan than the elves themselves. Sithas (Kith's brother) is featured in the 2nd novel for a few chapters, but it's mostly about Kith-Kanan. The Qualinesti focuses on Kith's two kids mostly but Kith gets some limelight as well. This book presents a very different view of the Elven nation than the one we know from post-cataclysm. This Qualinesti has men, dwarves and elves living together, while PC Qualinesti is inhabitted purely by elves. If you can get your hands on this series, do so!

This book started out with some promise, and I was especially excited because the authors of book three were different than the boring author who wrote book one and two. Let me begin! These authors could have collaborated with the previous books or author for specific info. I would like to know what happened to some characters from the first two books, but instead we get new characters and those stories are not told and forgotton. A crime! On top of that, this book doesn't have an ending! It is like the last fifty pages are gone and several characters and missions and stories in the middle of this book are never addressed or finished! I was completely shocked at the amateur technique of these two authors. This whole three part series was a complete waste of my time! The only redeeming value was....well....I will think of something in the future, right now I can't! Terrible! Shame on these authors!