Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 2)
by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
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Read in June, 2000
Date read is a guess. Again, not really my cup of tea, but at the time, wow.
The second volume doesn't suffer from the usual problems of a middle book, though it does end with less closure that I would have liked, if I remember correctly. Things get worse for our party, as they generally do on a D&D game, and this may be the book where basing it on a real campaign may have shown. Still, there's some interesting writing here and some good scenes with gnomes if I remember correctly. If yo...more
The second volume doesn't suffer from the usual problems of a middle book, though it does end with less closure that I would have liked, if I remember correctly. Things get worse for our party, as they generally do on a D&D game, and this may be the book where basing it on a real campaign may have shown. Still, there's some interesting writing here and some good scenes with gnomes if I remember correctly. If yo...more
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Margaret's ability to tear you in two, hoping for both evil and good to win, really flourishes during this book. Kitiara becomes the envy of all male readers, while Raistlin secretes his plans from his friends. Finally, Laurana becomes hardened, losing her petty, spoiled-princess brattiness, she gains great independence, and realizes why she really loves Tanis, and why he is right to despise her.
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Absolutley fabulous, if you love books that have stories similar to Lord of the Rings, but authors who spend more time on character development than description this is an absolute must read. It is by far one of my favorite books and the beginning to a new found love that most readers will find for the world of dragonlance!!!
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Read in August, 1998
recommends it for:
People who can suspend disbelielf
This book always makes me remember of my childhood, between 1990-1997, in Queen, NY. The book was great, but it wasn't the book that made the memory. Instead, it was the hiss of the radiator, the rattle of the pipes when i was reading that defined my memory of this book, this series.
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recommends it for:
fantasy lovers of all types
Second installment is bound to please you if you liked the first book. Grab onto this one and dive right through to the last book. You can get these books in what is known as the annotated chronicles(The three books in one). Totally worth it for the fans.
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Read in January, 1987
This is the book the made me decide to start writing on my own. I know I was involved when Sturm died. I rememebr crying and not reading for the next two weeks. This will always in my mind be the book that did it to me.
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Read in December, 2006
I think this book was the most boring out of the series. I liked it, but it wasn't the best. I have a favorite character, but he didn't appear as much as in the first book, so it didn't hold my attention as long, but I finished it.
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Read in January, 1996
recommends it for:
geeks like me
If you keep in mind the heavy D&D background, and the fact that these books are geared towards 15-year-old boys, they're Great Fun! Just good stories. It's pure fluff -- nothing to change your life -- but highly enjoyable.
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Like the first book in the series, it wasn't badly written, but I just couldn't bring myself to care about the Staff of This or the Caverns of Whomever after awhile, and I stopped maybe a third of the way through.
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The 2nd installment of the series at the plot begins to take more shape and motives more clear. But old secrets of the past show up...can this group of heroes withstand the horrors of their past?
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Read in May, 2008
started reading this while i was sick, finished it today on the train. so silly. better than the first one, but by no stretch a good book. and yet, i love me some fantasy brain candy.
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Read in January, 1988
recommends it for:
Fantasy readers
One of the better Dragonlance books out there -- in fact, I tend to think of Chronicles, Legends, Heroes, and Tales as the only really worthy sets of Dragonlance books that were written.
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Read in January, 1997
This is the second book in the trilogy that officially got me into fantasy. I love the books, story, world, characters, but I am also rather nostalgic about them..
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Read in May, 2007
recommends it for:
fantasy lovers
A great read from a bygone era of childhood, when fantasy and dragons and knights made your heart wish for a magical portal to another world.
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Read in May, 2007
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LOTR fans
great second book, leaves you hanging at the end though so be prepared with the third ready to go! Loving the series, will definetly buy!
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Read in January, 1999
The 2nd book in the Chronicles series, and while not as good as the 1st book in the series, this book was still an all time favorite!
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Read in June, 2008
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Rafaelrecommends it for: Fantasy Lovers
Lots of fun to read - kept me flipping the pages and now I can't wait to find out what happens in the next volume.
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classic books but you kinda get the feeling the two authors were playing a round of DnD and copied the results
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I've read this series twice - I was really carried away into these books, and got invested in the characters.
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Read in December, 2007
From Heather. Part 2. More fluff to distract me from the avalanche of school work currently undertaking.
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