Customer Reviews

Flint the King: Preludes, Volume Five

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Sure, this book has a few inconsistencies but that doesn't change the fact that this is a very enjoyable read. Get this - it has romance. Featuring Flint. 'nough said. =)

Flint the King is one of the better dragonlance books in the genre. I was a little hesitant when i first picked up this book, thinking that it would be boring the whole way through. But i was severely wrong in that thinking. Not only was the book action packed, funny, emotional, but it had a great story line that keeps you hooked the whole way through.

When Flint goes to the lair of the mountain dwarves to investigate a murder, as well as discover what is happening to his town, he ends up getting captured. He is setenced to death, but ends up getting saved by some gully dwarves, along with a rather accentric mountain dwarf.

Flint must make the smelly, dirty, dumb gully dwarves into an army that can help him save his village from a terror that could wipe the town off of the map. Along with the female mountain dwarf, Flint tries desperately to save not only his life, but the life of all his family and friends.

This book is filled with just the right amount of action, suspense, and emotion, carrying you through the book until the last page flips by. Yes Flint is romantic in this book, but it does nothing to take away from the character that was established by Wies and Hickman back in the day. This book is definately up to the wonderful duo's standard, and will prove to be a great read.

Totally awesome story. I've never liked the other books in the Dragon Lance series where someone else attempted to steal one of the companions from Weis and Hickam, but Mary and Douglas did an excellent job in portraying the dour dwarf. All of Flint's actions and feelings really fit with his character, making the page-turning plot even more exciting. Highly recommended!!!

While I don't think as highly of this book as most do, it's still a good book, giving you a glimpse into the lives of Flint's people. I just felt it was a little longer than it needed to be.

I have read approx. 60 Dragonlance books & so far there's only 4 - The Oath & The Measure,The Companions,Darkness & Light and Kendermore - that I would have to warn against buying.

The King of the Gully Dwarves... lol, I never thought I'd see that from Flint! All in all, this was a very enjoyable novel, complete with the humor of the Aghar (gully dwarves), a love interest of Flint's named Perian, magic from the derro of the Theiwar clan of Thorbardin, and the forming of an evil army. This novel definatley gives the reader a different aspects(s)of Flint, for the good, and his family is even broadened here. No other companions, though they are sorely missed during Flint's journey and adventures (by Flint himself) and one thing that was real interesting... in all the other Preludes novels (excluding "Tanis, the Shadow Years"--just getting to that one)the evil queen tries to enter this domain. In this novel she's only mentioned through her forces of evil. No plots of hers are destroyed like the other novels...

All in all, worthy of all 5 stars... maybe even more!!

I really enjoyed this book. It takes place in the years before the reunion. It was very humorous and showed a side of Flint you dont normally see. I know when i read the cronicles Flint seemed more a or less just a grumpy old dwraf, this shows that theres more to Flint that you thought before

This is a huge insight on what happened to Flint during the five year period during which the Heroes of the Lance seperated before the War of the Lance. This book has quite a bit of supense. I must admit, the authors' idea of the Highlords smuggling dwarf-made weapons through Flint's home town was a surprise. Flint is a bit different from the way he is in the Chronicle series, but I suppose that is because different authors are toying with him. It's still a definite must read for all DragonLance fans as well as for people new to the saga.

My, my... Where do I start? I can say that this is the best book I've read in quite a long time. Like a lot of Dragonlance books it had twists and turns behind every corner, but it also contained some great comedy, action, and even a little romance. If you've read the origonal series and liked it, you really should read this.

I am so glad they published this book or like i would never have converted to a Christian.

The premise seems promising enough -- Flint, a curmudgeonly old dwarf, has leadership thrust upon him by a ragtag band of barely-literate, overtrusting gully dwarves. There the novelty ends, however, and the book's enjoyability takes a big plunge. The novel is filled with cliche, cartoonish characters, and the writing is at best tolerable and at worst plain bad. There are so many errors of grammar and logic that I'm surprised an errata sheet wasn't provided. Perhaps this was just the author's first draft which TSR shamelessly rushed to press in pursuit of a quick buck.