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The Elven Nations Trilogy
(Dragonlance: Elven Nations #1-3)
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The classic story of Kith-Kanan and the Kinslayer Wars
The leader of the Silvanesti dies, leaving his twin sons to promote very different course for the elves they lead equally. Other nations see only weakness in the elves, and the brothers cannot lay aside their own differences to lead their people when a bitter territory war begins. It becomes a war of elf against elf, o ...more
The leader of the Silvanesti dies, leaving his twin sons to promote very different course for the elves they lead equally. Other nations see only weakness in the elves, and the brothers cannot lay aside their own differences to lead their people when a bitter territory war begins. It becomes a war of elf against elf, o ...more
Paperback, 768 pages
Published
January 6th 2009
by Wizards of the Coast
(first published August 30th 2005)
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My god, how badly does a book have to suck before you put it down? This one almost hit that point. Full of fantasy archetypes, it was utter, disgusting, boring predictability. I'm used to the exciting Martin, Erikson, or in the least Miller, and this novel, relatively, sucked. It shows why many despise the genre, and rightfully so.
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I loved this novel, though some may find it predictable, or even cliché. The novel hooked me from the start with its well-developed characters, and thoroughly-examined conflicts. I read these some seven years ago (in 2011), and I still remember the protagonists' names, and the twins' struggle in the icy, snow-covered mountains, their love triangle, and the sad ending of the life-long conflict with their father. I remember these details because in some way, I identified with the characters, and t
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I read the three books seperately, but as I saw this omnibus, I decided to buy it as well as a sort of backup. Anyway, see my respective reviews of the trilogy at the following locations:
Firstborn - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The Kinslayer Wars - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The Qualinesti - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... ...more
Firstborn - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The Kinslayer Wars - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
The Qualinesti - http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... ...more

More of a 3.5 star read. The first two books of the trilogy were just OK. I enjoyed them and the story was interesting but I found myself putting other books ahead of them. The third book however, was far more interesting to me. I got through it pretty quickly and really enjoyed it.
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