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<blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 8719057" data-attributes="member: 762"><p>It was an easy, quick read and most of it was fun. I liked the depiction and portrayal of almost all the old characters. And some of the new ones, Wolfstone in particular, were really interesting. The writing is not "top notch" but it's serviceable (IMO).</p><p></p><p>BUT (and much of this has already been covered):</p><p></p><p>1. The protagonist (Destina) goes from an interesting sympathetic character to a pretty horrible person FAST. Yes, she's young (though the early chapters try to make a point of how mature she is), yes she's gone through tragedy and is hurting. But, come on - it's just a lot.</p><p></p><p>2. They Make Tasslehoff act REALLY dumb, over the top REALLY, REALLY stupid. To the point of losing any believability that it's happening for anything other than plot reasons. It's hard to get past. and considering how well they portray the other heroes of the lance and how much emphasis there is in the book about not believing in stereotypes, it's a really odd decision.</p><p></p><p>3. I'm not sure what to make of how easily items are acquired. Destina gets 2 of the premier <strong>artifacts</strong> of Dragonlance with little more effort than going to the store (ok it's a BIT more than that, but not much). It's for obvious plot reasons, but it's just off putting. I mean, the protagonist concocts what can only be described as a lunatic hairbrained scheme and within no time at all - she's acquired exactly what she needs (which involves, not 1 but 2 actual D&D artifacts). It's hard to swallow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mort, post: 8719057, member: 762"] It was an easy, quick read and most of it was fun. I liked the depiction and portrayal of almost all the old characters. And some of the new ones, Wolfstone in particular, were really interesting. The writing is not "top notch" but it's serviceable (IMO). BUT (and much of this has already been covered): 1. The protagonist (Destina) goes from an interesting sympathetic character to a pretty horrible person FAST. Yes, she's young (though the early chapters try to make a point of how mature she is), yes she's gone through tragedy and is hurting. But, come on - it's just a lot. 2. They Make Tasslehoff act REALLY dumb, over the top REALLY, REALLY stupid. To the point of losing any believability that it's happening for anything other than plot reasons. It's hard to get past. and considering how well they portray the other heroes of the lance and how much emphasis there is in the book about not believing in stereotypes, it's a really odd decision. 3. I'm not sure what to make of how easily items are acquired. Destina gets 2 of the premier [B]artifacts[/B] of Dragonlance with little more effort than going to the store (ok it's a BIT more than that, but not much). It's for obvious plot reasons, but it's just off putting. I mean, the protagonist concocts what can only be described as a lunatic hairbrained scheme and within no time at all - she's acquired exactly what she needs (which involves, not 1 but 2 actual D&D artifacts). It's hard to swallow. [/QUOTE]
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