Review of 'Dragons of Deceit : Dragonlance Destinies' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Started the audiobook, by mere coincidence, on the day it was released.
So far, a solid Audible purchase. (With updates and blooper fixes likely still incoming.) The reader, Kirsten Potter, is doing an excellent job, and, through her way of doing voices and directing the pacing, a pretty integral part of the experience. (Compared to other audiobooks where this is less the case.)
So far (yeah, going at it like that), a pretty great novel. For a YA book with a teen girl protagonist: I'm a man, near forty, I don't read this kind of stuff, normally, and I expected to be terribly bored and underwhelmed. I am not, and I'm surprised by that.
The authors, evidently enjoying the journey back home. So far, no deep fan service, but simply - "depth" in every piece of exposition.
The story, probably forgettable, but the kind of necessary fix that Dragonlance needed …
Started the audiobook, by mere coincidence, on the day it was released.
So far, a solid Audible purchase. (With updates and blooper fixes likely still incoming.) The reader, Kirsten Potter, is doing an excellent job, and, through her way of doing voices and directing the pacing, a pretty integral part of the experience. (Compared to other audiobooks where this is less the case.)
So far (yeah, going at it like that), a pretty great novel. For a YA book with a teen girl protagonist: I'm a man, near forty, I don't read this kind of stuff, normally, and I expected to be terribly bored and underwhelmed. I am not, and I'm surprised by that.
The authors, evidently enjoying the journey back home. So far, no deep fan service, but simply - "depth" in every piece of exposition.
The story, probably forgettable, but the kind of necessary fix that Dragonlance needed after the corporate-mandated revamps, both in the late 1990s and in the 2000s. "War of Souls", this is not, and that is the reason why I'm going to keep reading. I miss Dhamon Grimwulf, though, and the crew from the Taladas trilogy.
The perspective, a good one. "ClassicLance" is beautiful, and I think this trilogy is going to keep it so. Not expecting a big, genre-defining masterpiece - but a sweet walk on Memory Lane. If the sequel novels hold up like this, fans are in for a treat.
Am I a fan? - No. Not anymore. Too much really, extremely bad books since the glory days of Dragonlance. But books like this one could make me one, again.
