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This paperback edition of the New York Times best-selling title expands the civil
upheaval among the drow, one of the most popular races in the Forgotten
Realms setting. Best-selling author R.A. Salvatore wrote the prologue to
Annihilation and continues to consult on the series, lending his expertise as
the author who brought drow society to the forefront of the Forgotten Realms
setting.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
What happened?!?!,
By Tristan Scott (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Annihilation: War of the Spider Queen, Book V (Mass Market Paperback)
I started the "War of the Spider Queen" series because the Drow have always been one of my favorite fantasy races, and the premise appealed to me. Books one to four were enjoyable, if predictable, entertainment [though I wish the Matriarchal Drow had stronger female characters in the published fiction] and I looked forward to book five.Boy, was I disappointed. Did the author even read the previous novels? The characterizations are inconsistent, the plot is plodding and hackneyed, and there are narrative holes you could drive a pack lizard through [including a supposedly dead enemy who is resurrected without even a single mention of his previous demise to explain a "miraculous escape"]. I especially hated the cliched direction one particular romantic subplot took; Couldn't the writer have done the unexpected? The whole thing frustrated the heck out of me from start to end. If this had been the first book in the series, I would never have wasted my money on the rest of them. You do need it to complete the series, but I recommend skimming it over for the [very] few pertinent plot points and waiting for book six to end the tale.<BR(...)
4.0 out of 5 stars
good book,
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This review is from: Annihilation: War of the Spide Queen, Book V (Hardcover)
I thought that this was a good book, but it had the definite feel of a transitionary book, not the final chapter of a five part series.A lot of the characters seem to take a back seat to what is going on. Pharun is muted throughout the book, he has a role definitely, but he has a distand feel. Danifrae, the battle captive has a much wider role, they finally fleashed out her character more like they'd been hinting at. Gromph begins his his assault on Dyrr, with a lengthy battle, a really lengthy battle. Quenthell is unfortunately absent throughout a lot of the book. This is curious considering they hint throughout the book that there is a lot more to her than you can see. This could be foreshadowing something more, I hope. The siege on the drow city was also only sparsely mentioned in this novel. but they do something that answers a bunch of questions about what has been going on with the Spider Queen. In practically the same breathe they raise dozens more. All in all this was a good book, but definitely not a standalone book. It focuses heavily on the trip to the abyss aboard the chaos ship as well as the duel between archmage and lichdrow. It answers questions and raises even more with the answer. But it fulfills the main requirements, making you interested in the next book. Hopefully there will be another book, I don't think that this would end it properly. Though all in all this is an enjoyable book that keeps you reading wishing there was more at the end.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining and Enjoyable Read!,
By Korn (Edmond, OK United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Annihilation: War of the Spide Queen, Book V (Hardcover)
Having read all of the War of the Spider Queen Series, I would say that I am impressed by all the authors who had the difficulty of working on such a project as this. But I must say that I was surprised at Phillip Athans. After having read his book,Baldur's Gate, I hated his work. But after reading Annihilation I was very surprised. I enjoyed the violence, bloodshed, and overall dark fantasy type writing that he envoked in this book. I actually enjoyed the way that Athans spaced out the fight between Gromph and Dyrr, and I loved the way it ended as well. I cannot wait until the next book, which is supposedly to be written by Paul S. Kemp, a master of dark fantasy. If anything I would complain that all the Forgotten Realms novels are too short, as if Wizards of the Coast does not allow the authors to expand what they are writing about because of budget. Overall awesome book!
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