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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7757150" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I bought the fighter book, Escape the Underdark, to see if my kids would be interested enough in them to buy the full series. I have already bought complete sets of the classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, which have had a mixed reception in my house. I loved CYOA much more than my kids do. This may be due in part to the existence of so many other options these days, especially video games. I was pleasantly surprised then when both of my sons read through and enjoyed the Escape the Underdark book. One son is 8 going on 9 and the other is 11 going on 12. So I'll be buying the rest of the series. As for concerns about the content being age appropriate, I read through the entire book, all options, As and all endings. Partly because I wanted to make sure the content was age appropriate, but mostly because I enjoyed reading it.  Whether it is considered age appropriate will depend on the family. Some families will not find this appropriate for 8-year olds. Some families will find it inappropriate for any age--mostly for religious reasons I suspect. The book mirrors the plot of the Out of the Abyss storyline.  There is slavery, slave abuse, death, demons, cult rituals, etc. It isn't full of detailed and gory descriptions of death and fighting,b ut some may find the scenes and topics to be too scary or otherwise inappropriate. As for me, I was mostly concerned that the place and character names would be too difficult and turn them off. "Hey dad, how do you pronounce 'Menzoberranzan'?""Go ask your mom, that's where she's from.""Mom, how d---""Wait! Come back here...."Unless you believe that reading about fictional fiends risks summoning "real" fiends, I think the kids will be all right.</blockquote>

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