Customer Reviews

Tears of the Night Sky: The Chaos War Series

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

Serious and religious, this story tells about the Cleric of Paladin Crysania. Crysania is very devoted to her god, so when she find out that he may be in trouble, at the suggestion of Dalamar the Dark Elf, she goes on a quest to find the five dragon stones - magical stones that allow one to communicate with a god (among other things). Two of these stones appeared to Dalamar, and the last three are in a place to terrible it is not in her liking to go there. But this blind Cleric will do almost anything to save her god and bring him back to her.

This book is so,well there are no words to describe it but i could say stupid,crappy,dumb....I didn't read the whole thing (and i'm glad because i'm going to return it.) just the ending and its really stupid. Whoever likes Crysania/Raistlin (i'm one of them) DON'T read this book its a real dissapiontment, as for people who don't they'll enjoy it i'm sure.But i think that all dragonlance fans probably do like them so i would reccommed everyone not to read it. When i was buying this book i read a few reviews and some of them said its stupid and that they wasted their money i didn't believe them but now i wholeheartedly agree with them...... I wish i never read the ending and i deeply regret buying it.

I have not read the "Legends" or "Chronicles" series, so I was kinda concerned when I picked this one up.
I was not let down. I have read other works by Nancy Berberick, .... So this one had me worried. But I loved it. It really brought out how crysania was blessed by Paladine, and what she was able to see, despite her being blind.

I really liked "Tandar", and the relationship she was able to have with him, though I think the ending was a bit rushed, still, I found this book a page turner, I looked forward to reading it everyday.
I also really got into how much Valin loved Crysania, despite her past, despite her dealings with Dalamar, who before this book I had never heard of, but, now I will be reading Both Legends,and Chronicles. This book took the #2 alltime favorite book spot of mine, In short, Read this book!

While this book is mainly about Crysania, Dalamar steals the spotlight. Their light sparring is intriguing & fun. There other characters are interesting too. I just feel there was that missing something that could've made it better.

I wasn't too sure about this book when I first started it. I wasnt going to read it cause it got some bad reviews on here and on other pages. I even thought this book would be sort of a "chick flick", if you will excuse the cliche. But as I read this book, I actually found myself liking it, and not being able to put it down.

The book starts out a little slow. It takes place during the War against Chaos, during the same time as "Dragons of Summer Flame" was set. Crysania decides to embark on a quest to find out why the gods are so distant lately. She must find some powerful artifacts in order to do this. She is accompanied by a group of adventurers that pledge to keep her safe on her journey. Also, Dalamar plays a part in this story. He is the one that shows Crysania what must be done in order for her to reach her goals. He also has his hands in other things in this story, but I won't spoil it. Read and find out.

While some of the chapters in this book might not have been neccessary. This books maintains a smooth and easy read all the way though. The thing that I found most entertaining was the way the authors brought together actual dialogue from "Dragons of Summer Flame" and fit them into this book just so you would know where it takes place in respect to that book. I also like the way the authors brought in Crysania's white tiger, Tandar. We learn about how she came to know the tiger, and how the tiger affects her day to day life.

The story itself is a little cheesy. But the authors do a good job explaining Crysania's fears with the coming of the War of Chaos. They also do a good job explaining what a sightless person feels and the way they interact with day to day life. The characters aren't very well rounded, and the story seems a little rushed, but all in all this book is pretty good. It is definately worth the read if you want to learn a little more about Crysania after her appearence in the "Legends Trilogy". While this book doesn't have as much action as some other Dragonlance books, I still feel that it is worth the read.

For those who read the Chronicles & Legends, this book comes not as a total disappointment, but a ridiculous joke! The author seriously needs to do some "homework" before attempting to add onto the Dragonlance timeline; namely, reading the books. Dragonlance's popularity came about due to the fact that the series boasts of interesting & well-thought plotlines, together with an array of complex & memorable characters. Sadly, these were all destroyed by the author in this book. The plot is weak & senseless, the characters flat & the story poses no credibility. For example, how can Crysania's love for Raistlin change just like that? It's as if what they went through together in the Legends never happened at all. Furthermore, she was a strong character in the Legends, & what makes her so attractive to the readers is her inner turmoil and conflict between her faith & love for Raistlin. Emotions this deep cannot be destroyed so simply. I would have given this 0 stars if I could, but since I cannot, just save your time & money & skip this book as if it never existed in the Dragonlance timeline.

I'm not really a fan of Crysania, but I was interested in this book anyway. I read this book hoping they would maybe mention Raistlin more, but they don't. The story wasn't that exciting, but it was well written. I recommend this book to people who are looking for Dragonlance without the action. It really isn't that bad.

oh, how i loathed this book! it's physically painful, dumb and feels like a bunch of twelve-year-olds suffering in the summer. and i don't mean it's because it was written for teenagers. i mean, that all the characters, including a fifty plus woman (Crysania), a few adult mages (including Dalamar), and generally all the characters act like they have an emotional age of twelve. Like watching tom and jerry kids, or the flintstone kids, or the looney tunes kids show: being a children's version of a classic.

it is also a mocking of everything that faith is about, like the writers never even got a glimpse on faith or religion of any kind, a pathetic excercise of infantile emotions. a sad, very sorry excuse for the waste of time, money and paper.

and oh, how pointless it is! the plot goes absolutely nowhere. it establishes two things: the weather is very, very, very, comically HOT and Paladine, help us! Besides repeating these prhases just too many times, it repeats every statement at least five more times. like they photocopied the paragraphs and then forgot to separate them from the original. all the "action" in the book leads to nowhere, it absolutely makes no difference whatsoever if our heroes make their journey. they actually and deliberately miss out on all the action of the chaos war (which, given the nature of the war, is quite a feat actually). even the two battle scenes are not enough to chase away the boredom.

and oh, there is a love buried there somewhere. a cheap high-scool type romance, mixed with a ridiculous (and i mean *really* ridiculous) faerie tale element: the lover changing voluntarily into an animal. and even as a fearsome tiger, he still remains the same, pathetic, hopeless lover, so it's a wonder, they don't recognize him in the first minute. of course, the book is politically correct: a twentysomething desert mage can fall in love with a priestess thirty years his senior, no matter the numerous cultural differences, and a dwarf can become a priest of Paladine (Reorx being the god of _all_ dwarfs, _exclusively_).

the story is dragging along so painfully, that i couldn't even care when it got to the end - nominally, there is a climax-like episode with all the wrong and illogic twists and ludicrous scenes and still, you get the feeling, they missed out on something big, again and again. looking back from the end of the book, it was a completely meaningless, fruitless trip, which influenced nothing, solved nothing, only several characters died unnecessarily and the surviving made complete fools out of themselves. the whole promise of the story would have been much more interesting if they all stayed at home and fought for their city (and lost, as mentioned in the previous books) or died defending. also included are two scenes, which appear in the Dragons of Summer flame. these shouldn't have been too hard to write (or simply copy), but no, they rewrote both, so it creates paradoxes: sentences deleted, said by the other characters, or jumping to conclusions too fast, or by still other characters. this is not cunning, it's plain stupid and shows a complete lack of talent for writing. much worse than the Last Thane and one of the worst books ever written. period.

The only thing I can remember about this book, that it was a hot summer. A VERY HOT summer. Very-very-very HOT. And if you don't get it, they tell it. Over and over and over and over again. If you scratch out the repeating phrases and sentences, all is left, is hardly ten pages. How on Krynn can it happen, that during the burning of the world, during the largest apocalyptic battle against the god of gods (d'oh) that a whole book tells nothing. It is so boring, that even the few battles are meaningless and the ending is hilarious. Basically, our heroes sweat a lot and then miss out on the whole Chaos War. Not just the action... everything. Crysania is utterly ridiculous and one-dimensional, Dalamar is pointless, the new, unknown artifacts (surprise!) are not explained at all, they just appear out of thin air (literally!) with a tag: "plot device, explanation: not necessary". There is simply no plot, no point in the whole thing. And how old is our lovebird, Valin? 12?!

All those who said WHY or ITS A TRAVESTY IT RUINS DRAGONLANCE can shut up like the thirteen year old boys they are. I would like to be a little more rude but I cant. Opinions like that irritate me you should always look for the merits in everything. This is an unusual DL novel but its better than most, it is a little trite and predictable but it is nice and easy to read, give it a go and decide for yourself.