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Weasel's Luck: Heroes, Volume Three

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Galen is the youngest son of a knight. His eldest brother is supposed to become a knight, but is not very knightly. The second eldest is... well... shall we say weird? He goes into a lot of trances, is very religious, and gets the dates mixed up; birthdays for Galen and his oldest brother come too often - they don't complain, considering the fact they get extra gifts.
One day, when a knight is visiting and staying with them, Galen is confronted by a man who bribes (and threatens) him into stealing the guests armor. Seeing that this knight is going to have Galen's oldest brother as his squire, and squires are supposed to protect the armor, Galen isn't really keen on doing this. Unfortunately for him, he has to - and is caught in a plot of family rivalry and curses.

The main character is the epitome of the reluctant hero. I enjoyed the first-person narrative, and was especially impressed by the unwillingness of the narrator to be heroic through most of the book. This is one I hope to read again!

Of all of the "Dragonlance" novels I've read, this one was definately one of the most boring.

There is an odd dynamic between Galen "Weasel" and his two brothers Brithlem, and Alfrec. Alfrec apparently being a sadastic moron, and Brithlem well on his way towards being a wizard.

This is a very well written book, and Galen is very honest about his own personal shortcomings. But the sad fact is, there is just too much detail from galen himself on his views of the world around him, his brothers, etc. This book suffers from the lack of real action till the last three chapters. If you are just a devoted fan of the whole fantasy genere, then this is a book for you, but, if you are a fan of fantasy with lots of action, or different races, or magic even, then you might want to skip this one...

The main character was sort of annoying but he was so well done that it is hard to get upset about it. The book is fairly funny and it has a good adventure in it. It was enjoyable because of its lightness. The main character (Weasel) is brutally honest about his less than corrageous actions while acting as a squire for Sir Bayard Brightblade. Even if you have never read a dragonlance book before this book will be just as good as if you were a long-time fan

At first I was against reading Weasel's Luck because it didn't contain any of the Companions, something I felt betrayed the Dragonlance series. However, Williams' novel was much better than I expected maybe because of the fact that it contained no Companions. A lot of the Chronicles spin-offs (preludes, meetings), are rubbish anyway, with notable exceptions such as Mary Kirchoff's Kendermore. All in all, I thought Weasel's Luck was a good story, partly because of the fact it was not as restrained by Weis and Hickman's work than other DL novels. I sympathise with pathetic, cowardly characters, but I did feel that Galen went a little too far. Even snivelling does get boring after a while.
I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a Dragonlance novel that is slightly off the beaten track.

Was very predictable, but a still a good book for the Hero series.

this book is very slow compared to the others, around page 120, or chapter 7 i am guessing someone told the author to lighten the mood a little. apparentlly it worked, and the book is lifted from the mire.

First off, "Brightblade" is the name of the knight that gets Galen into all this trouble. My question is, is this an ancestor of Sturm's, or a descendant? Then there's this lengthy story that ends up revolving around revenge from a dead ancestor of the "damsel in distress." At certain points in the book, I was left with "What???" Get the book if you like the different aspects of the DL world, but don't think this is the average DL book.

I read this(and Galen Beknighted)the first time about 5 or so years ago when I threw myself into this cool series.

I read them then & didn't like them so I decided to give them another chance when I started reading the Dragonlance books in order. I didn't make it through the 3rd chapter. I liked the idea of a cowardly sort-of hero like Galen but not the writing of the book.

I have to say I was let down by this book. I basically thought that this book stunk. I was so tired of Galen rambling on and hiding whenever danger happened. I have read 32 Dragonlance books so far and by far this was the worst one. I just finished it so I can one day complete reading all the DL books. Honestly I think it was a waste of time and just drawn out. Save your money and don't buy this book.