Annihilation (La guerre de la Reine Araignée, #5)

by Philip Athans

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366 ratings, 3.86 average rating, 8 reviews (more data...)

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October 16th 2006 by Fleuve Noir (first published 2004)

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Poche, 370 pages

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2265082538 (isbn13: 9782265082533)

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"Ryld Argith, Weapons Master of Melee-Magthere, has trained for any eventuality and has found himself at least the equal of any foe he's yet enco…more

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Jan 27, 2009

Doppelganger rated it:

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This book in the series is somewhat difficult for me to review. There are many parts I enjoyed, namely the ongoing battle between the lich drow Dyrr and Gromph Baenre, but also parts that weren't good and seemed to just "fill up space". First off I feel this book makes for the largest departure in character personality and attitude. A certain degree of character difference is to be expected from different authors in such a series, but this book took some of the characters even farther ...more This book in the series is somewhat difficult for me to review. There are many parts I enjoyed, namely the ongoing battle between the lich drow Dyrr and Gromph Baenre, but also parts that weren't good and seemed to just "fill up space". First off I feel this book makes for the largest departure in character personality and attitude. A certain degree of character difference is to be expected from different authors in such a series, but this book took some of the characters even farther out of their pre-written element. The first 4 books managed to maintain a certain character consistency that didn't seem to hold in this entry. Pharaun and Danifae in particular seemed to be the largest examples of this.

As for the actual meat of the book and its place in the series, the first 3/4 of the book, while enjoyable, seemed to be sort of a filler rather than a true and necessary part of the story. This changed near the end though, when big and important events unfolded that will undoubtedly come to fruition in the final book, Resurrection.

On the brighter side of things, I felt Athans did a good job of telling the story of Hallistra Melarn and her "new way of life". In contrast to some of the other reviews here, I believe it was not to far fetched and made perfect sense for the alienated priestess of House Melarn and the ruined Ched Nasad. I also thouroughly enjoyed the battle between Gromph and the lich drow. It was handled well and allowed for many a different spell and incantation to be unleashed, showing us the true power (and weakness) of the archmage of Menzoberranzan.

All in all I think it was a pretty good book, but could have made more of an impact than it did. Having read it, I can't help but feel half of the book was unnecessary in the telling of this epic story! If I could rate this book 3.5 stars I would, but it was tough for me to give it the benefit of the doubt, when considering other books I've given 4 stars were better. I am looking forward to Resurrection though, as im sure there are big events to come!(less)

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Oct 02, 2009

David rated it:

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bookshelves: -i-own, dungeons-and-dragons, forgotten-realms, high-fantasy, novel

Read in August, 2009

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Jan 06, 2009

Jesse rated it:

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This was one of my favorite books in the series. First of all, I really enjoy this author and he is quickly becoming my most favorite realms author.
If I remeber correctly, this is the book where the seperated companions (if you can call a party of evil drow companions) rejoin.
What was interesting about this series, inparticular, was that with every author using the same characters the characters personalities would shift slightly. I feel that, with a few disipointments, the aut...more

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Mar 18, 2009

Emeyin rated it:

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Yeah, killed one of my favorite characters and he/she's death didn't even make sense. If you have to kill a badass character at least let them go out in style.

Only thing saving this from a two star from me was Gromph's fight with the Lich.

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Jul 07, 2008

Sierra rated it:

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This entire series rocked. It is the first time I had encountered real plot, real character development, and facinating scenes in a fantasy novel. A trifecta generally unatainable in mainstream fantasy. It centers on a group of Drow, dark elves in Forgotten Realms, trying to save their world and their way of life, for good or ill. It's fascinating. This was the only novel I was angry with, because of how a character dies. It wasn't right. See if you agree with me!

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Sep 01, 2007

Tony rated it:

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Read in December, 2007

Another good book. The story advanced quite a bit in this book, although the characters didn't really do or get anywhere for most of the book. I would suggest the whole series, even if this wasn't the most exciting one in the series. There was a huge magical battle in this one though that was pretty entertaining.

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Mar 12, 2008

ML rated it:

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Read in March, 2008

This is a detour in the series, a too long tale of what in rpg we call "random encounters". Yet you have to read through it to the end of the saga. Unlike book 4, this one has to be read or you won't understand the 6th. Well, if you read the first 4, why not?

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Jan 23, 2008

Andrew rated it:

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He killed my favorite character and dummied down the plot and story line. because of this book, I've vowed never to read anything by Phillip Athans again.

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