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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 7925706" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>This is another book I haven't read in a very long time, so I'm having to dig through some rather dusty memories of my impression of this book.</p><p></p><p>I think the biggest one was that I didn't care very much for Elaine Cunningham's writing style. While it's far more disciplined than Ed Greenwood's, and the characters somewhat rounder, I vaguely recall being somewhat frustrated with how the plot progressed. Everyone just seemed to be spinning their wheels for a large portion of the book, investigating people and advancing agendas that felt like they should have taken a fraction of the time. There was also a lot of tiptoeing around sensitive topics that were probably meant to be political intrigue, but came across as needless posturing around stakes that didn't seem nearly as high as everyone acted like they were. The villain's scheme felt overly elaborate and the method used to enact it hinged upon being ill-defined; when the answer to the mystery turns out to be "some bit of magic that you've never heard of (until it's just about to be revealed)" then it honestly feels like the rules are being made up as we go along.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't the worst Realms novel I've read, but it wouldn't make my top ten or even top twenty either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 7925706, member: 8461"] This is another book I haven't read in a very long time, so I'm having to dig through some rather dusty memories of my impression of this book. I think the biggest one was that I didn't care very much for Elaine Cunningham's writing style. While it's far more disciplined than Ed Greenwood's, and the characters somewhat rounder, I vaguely recall being somewhat frustrated with how the plot progressed. Everyone just seemed to be spinning their wheels for a large portion of the book, investigating people and advancing agendas that felt like they should have taken a fraction of the time. There was also a lot of tiptoeing around sensitive topics that were probably meant to be political intrigue, but came across as needless posturing around stakes that didn't seem nearly as high as everyone acted like they were. The villain's scheme felt overly elaborate and the method used to enact it hinged upon being ill-defined; when the answer to the mystery turns out to be "some bit of magic that you've never heard of (until it's just about to be revealed)" then it honestly feels like the rules are being made up as we go along. It wasn't the worst Realms novel I've read, but it wouldn't make my top ten or even top twenty either. [/QUOTE]
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