Customer Reviews

Dragons of a Lost Star: The War of Souls, Volume II

5 star:		(62)
4 star:		(34)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Not since the days of the Chronicles and Legends have i enjoyed reading so much. Dragons of a Lost Star is incredible! And while I had my doubts after reading the first War of Souls novel, Dragons of a Fallen Sun, rest assured fellow readers, all is right in the world of Krynn. Finally, the one God's identity is revealed! And you will kick yourselves because the answer is so obvious with all the elven wars. Qualinost under attack by the great Beryl! Once the one god is unmasked the pieces of this great and wonderful puzzle begin to fall into place. take note of the man aboard the Gull Wing, he's got alot of making up to do! do yourself a favor and run to buy this book. I promise, you wil not regret for one moment. the return of Dalamar! the secret behind the dead walking again! it's going to be a long year awaiting dragons of a Vanished Moon...

I'm sure that a lot of the people reading this are regular readers/posters on Dragonlance message boards and mailing lists, and the reason I gave this book four stars was mostly for their consideration. The average reader won't be able to get into this so easily, even though the book is, compared to most other fantasy novels, well written. It's not the fault of the writers or their prose that people won't get into it; this book is, more than almost any other fantasy series, a small yet beautiful and important piece of the greater picture and puzzle. One by one, the possible solutions to the question of the One God's identity fall away or are destroyed as the triumphant and increasingly cruel Mina makes her way across the continent. Substantial hints are given as to the One God's true name in this book, much more so than in Dragons of a Fallen Sun. If you've paid close enough attention you should be able to figure out who the One God is before the end. Hints are given in the other Dragonlance books, but the few that lead to the correct conclusion are buried in a rockslide of useless information. The plot twists are what make this book not only important, but fun to read, as a part of the greater story. Chief protagonists and antagonists rise and fall in ways that, except in a couple of cases, could never be predicted. It brings to an unequivocal close much of what you think you know about Krynn and its people. If you're reading the series, you're already buying this. If not, I suggest you read the book-- but only after you read the original Chronicles, Legends, The Second Generation (individual book), Dragons of Summer Flame (individual book) and Fifth Age trilogies, not to mention Dragons of a Fallen Sun.

I am so impressed with this book, I just love it! It was one of the best dragonlance books I had ever read. It ranks up there with the original 3. Lost Star answered a few questions I had from Fallen Sun, like is Mina and her God good, evil, or neutral. That was the largest question I had and it was answered clearly in this book. It also brought more life into King Gilthas and his wife the Lioness. Tasselhoff is great as always and he adds enough to this book to make it a favorite. This book was great and it is a must read for all dragonlance readers. Can't wait for the next one!

What a great book! It took only 8 hours to read, because I couldn't put it down. All the separate plot lines from the Dragons of a Fallen Sun come together in a unique and interesting way. We find out a lot more about Mina and her "One God" and a whole lot more. I can't wait till Dragons of a Vanished Moon comes out.

After the dissapointment of Fallen Sun, Lost star is a fantastic book. The reader will come to enjoy Mina's character, and be mistified as to the identity of "the one god."

excelent reading - if you haven't picked it up yet, do so

Finally, the remnants of the 5th Age are beginning to crumble before the brilliant story-telling of Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman. After years of disappointing books and storylines, they've taken back the world that is so rightfully theirs and have begun to set the past mistakes of sub-par authors right.

Through the development of interesting new characters and the reglorification of old ones, a lush and rich story has begun to take shape. Thus far, only one problem still remains... We now have to WAIT for the next book to surface.

NO SPOILERS~

I like the apocalyptical feel to this book, but I think that the approach of using obliteration to solve situations which were viewed to be problematic was an error on the authors' part. Not that there isn't anything good about the book. In fact, there are quite a few spine-tingling moments and as my first sentence stated, I like the dark way in which it was written (well, at least as far as DL goes). Still, there are too many things missing and the feeling that this book was rushed is prevelant- especially towards the end, I'm afraid.

However, whining about this would only accomplish the fact that humans have a similiar DNA make-up to pigs tom selleck rules and I would have devoted my life to world peace if he had been the one god