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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 8294847" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#127 The Wizardwar by Elaine Cunningham (Counselors & Kings 3) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 31/5/21 to 5/6/21</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]137861[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, that's the last of that. I really struggled to keep on going, and again that's no reflection on the author, it's just a brand of D&D that I am neither familiar with, nor comfortable with. It's not my bag- and apologies for the fact I keep repeating this.</p><p></p><p>It also doesn't help that I like the grim and gritty style of D&D, and I realise it can't all be about a happy band of everyday folk that somehow relying on their talents manage to win through against all odds. Preferably with a bit of a dungeon crawl, or a dark city/environ in which all is deadly and strange. I like that kind of thing, or else something with a bit on nasty followed by a heap of action.</p><p></p><p>This isn't that.</p><p></p><p>There's a bit of me that is really (really) disappointed with this one- I got who Beatrix was maybe twenty pages into the first one. I figured out who Tzigone's mum and dad were by the end of the first one, and suspected who Matteo's dad was too.</p><p></p><p>I didn't get the Vishna/Andris pairing but that's mainly because Vishna didn't make his appearance until late in the day.</p><p></p><p>And... Wizardwar, that's hardly a fitting title for a book that's mostly about (the mostly successful) prevention of... a Wizardwar.</p><p></p><p>And the five pages or so that encompasses the 'Wizardwar', such as it is... well, where's the balance- give me a little action, a moment or two for me to make believe that the threat is credible. Otherwise, well... when in the book is there any threat? Even when the big bad main players turn up to slightly menace our heroes- it's so restrained, polite, underwhelming.</p><p></p><p>The enemies are epic, and yet- even the mad Necromancer doesn't know what he's doing, and we know this too- because we've already figured out how the three new powers can (or else will) find a way to cripple the threat.</p><p></p><p>So, if political machinations are your thing- head here. </p><p></p><p>I just...</p><p></p><p>Read!</p><p></p><p>I hate Halruaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!</p><p></p><p>That's my new t-shirt.</p><p></p><p>Stay safe and well.</p><p></p><p>Cheers goonalan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 8294847, member: 16069"] [B]#127 The Wizardwar by Elaine Cunningham (Counselors & Kings 3) Read 31/5/21 to 5/6/21[/B] [ATTACH type="full" width="179px"]137861[/ATTACH] Well, that's the last of that. I really struggled to keep on going, and again that's no reflection on the author, it's just a brand of D&D that I am neither familiar with, nor comfortable with. It's not my bag- and apologies for the fact I keep repeating this. It also doesn't help that I like the grim and gritty style of D&D, and I realise it can't all be about a happy band of everyday folk that somehow relying on their talents manage to win through against all odds. Preferably with a bit of a dungeon crawl, or a dark city/environ in which all is deadly and strange. I like that kind of thing, or else something with a bit on nasty followed by a heap of action. This isn't that. There's a bit of me that is really (really) disappointed with this one- I got who Beatrix was maybe twenty pages into the first one. I figured out who Tzigone's mum and dad were by the end of the first one, and suspected who Matteo's dad was too. I didn't get the Vishna/Andris pairing but that's mainly because Vishna didn't make his appearance until late in the day. And... Wizardwar, that's hardly a fitting title for a book that's mostly about (the mostly successful) prevention of... a Wizardwar. And the five pages or so that encompasses the 'Wizardwar', such as it is... well, where's the balance- give me a little action, a moment or two for me to make believe that the threat is credible. Otherwise, well... when in the book is there any threat? Even when the big bad main players turn up to slightly menace our heroes- it's so restrained, polite, underwhelming. The enemies are epic, and yet- even the mad Necromancer doesn't know what he's doing, and we know this too- because we've already figured out how the three new powers can (or else will) find a way to cripple the threat. So, if political machinations are your thing- head here. I just... Read! I hate Halruaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! That's my new t-shirt. Stay safe and well. Cheers goonalan [/QUOTE]
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