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Title: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Forgotten Realms (Paperback)) by Philip Athans ISBN: 0-7869-1569-2 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.48 (31 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Embarrassing
Comment: The game i considered a trivial masterpiece. However, i later picked up this novel just to use as bathroom reading, it seemed short enough.
The author sure left a lot of stuff out of the game, which would have probably made it a better book too. The romance with Abdel and Jaheira was still really lame (but atleast it didnt make me laugh like Baldur's gate one did though,) and Imoen, seems more like a plot herself then an actual character. If you want to read some good fantasy/adventure, try novels by RA Salvatore or Cunningham. For a truly submersive BGII experience, play the game and dont read the book, it gives FR a bad name.
Rating: 4
Summary: A great follow up to the original
Comment: The follow up to the game of Baldur's Gate was great, and so is this book. As the first game was, this is game was a bit hard to follow story wise. But this book brings it all together. Phillip Athens, the writer of the fist novel in the trilogy does a great job telling the story in detail of Abdel and his companions. We even get to follow them into a drow city deep under the world that we dont know much about. This story is essential to the outcome of the trillogy.
It is here that we get plunged deeper into the city of Baulder's Gate, and deeper into the lives of Abdel and his companions. The battles are well written out and hold on to the reader tightly. This is the story that brings everything you have been wondering about together. The feeling is much deeper than that of the first, which is great. You will find plenty of turns and twists in this second novel of the Baldur's Gate series. I recommend this book to any fan of the games or fans of the first book.
Writing a fantasy novel is difficult in itself, but writting a book that is based on a best selling video game trilogy is even more difficult. Why? Because you have to be able to keep the fans reading and give them the same sense of adventure that they experienced in the game. Leaving it at that, I feel that Athens hit a perfect mark with this second book.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not appropriate (IMHO) for preteens/kids
Comment: I was quite disappointed and somewhat shocked. In addition to the poor writing style/etc. pointed out by the other reviewers I was disturbed to find a sexual encounter with a vampire and then a lesbian sexual encounter later in the book. I am by no means a prude and recognize the rather explicit nature of our society today, however it still surprised me to find them present.
I have long been a fan of the D&D based/themed books (Dragonlance, FR series, etc.) but this really is trash. I hope it does not reflect the nature of the other D&D books which are out there since my son enjoys reading them - and I certainly hadn't expected this type of content. I'm going to need to catch up on my reading (yes, we do censor what our child reads/watches/etc.) before allowing my son to read any more in these settings.
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Title: Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (Forgotten Realms) by Drew Karpyshyn ISBN: 078691985X Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Baldur's Gate: A Novelization by Philip Athans ISBN: 0786915250 Publisher: TSR Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Baldur's Gate Official Strategy Guide (Bradygames Strategy Guides) by Bill Keith, Nina Keith ISBN: 1566867886 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 23 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title:Baldur's Gate 2: The Ultimate Collection ASIN: B00009ECGG Publisher: Interplay Pub. Date: 12 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.99 |
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Title: Pool of Radiance: The Ruins of Myth Drannor (Forgotten Realms) by Carrie Bebris ISBN: 0786913878 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 20 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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