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Title: Test of the Twins (Dragonlance Legends, Vol. 3) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman ISBN: 0-7869-1806-3 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: February, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.87 (68 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The action is back!
Comment: Now, although there is more action in this book than the first two in the series, that doesn't mean the intensive character development is gone. The action serves to emphasize this development. When forced to make choices in battle, we see what motivates the characters into the decisions they make. All three of the major players in this book (Caramon, Tanis, and Tasslehoff) all have to make life altering decisions in the midst of battle.
We also get a glimpse into the heart of Raistlin during his quest. Flashbacks to previous periods in his life give us insight into what made him into the person he is today. We begin to question what we've been led to believe in the previous two books: Is Raistlin truly evil or is there a spark of goodness within him? The ambiguity of this answer makes for a fascinating read...I could never decide whether to root for him or despise him.
Weis and Hickman have used this series to flesh out some of the most interesting characters from the DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES trilogy. They were especially effective in making Tasslehoff into a more three dimensional character. We see that he isn't the lighthearted, devil-may-care person we all thought he was in the first trilogy. I think they need to write another series like this one and give us a view of the other characters as well: Laurana, Goldmoon, Flint (in the past, of course). The reason this and CHRONICLES are so compelling is that the authors make you care for the characters, especially the tragic ones.
Rating: 5
Summary: What an experience!!!!
Comment: I was introduced the the Dragonlance books by accident about a year ago, when I was given the Chronicles Trilogy as a present by someone who, knowing I love dragons, saw the titles and took a chance. I practically got down on my knees and thanked her. I loved the Chronicles and wanted to read more. I have to confess that even then Raistlin was my favorite character(or, at least, as Tas might say, the most interesting), though I was firmly attached to the others as well, especially Sturm and Tanis and Tas.
I made the mistake, after seeing the list printed inside the book, of reading Dragons of Summer Flame next (DO NOT do this if you are thinking of taking up the series, it spoils a lot of surprises and is very confusing!), so steered in the right direction by a horrified friend, I proceeded to read the Legends series.
It takes place a few years after the end of the War of the Lance and the most prominent characters are Raistlin, Caramon (the Twins!), Tas the kender, and Lady Crysania, the cleric of Paladine, lost in her own goodness.
The Test of the Twins has some very wonderful scenes, the best in the series, with the possible exceptions of the Raistlin/Fistandantilus flashback, Raistlin and Crysania alone by that stream, and Raistlin and Caramon with the rabbit scenes in the War of the Twins. But the last, say 50-100 pages of The Test of the Twins have me jumping up and down every single time I read them! And I have read them, perhaps four or five times now. I have that habit though, rereading books I really love until I can recite them. In The Test of the Twins, we get the culmination of the trilogy (and no threat of those terrible cliffhanger endings that plagued the other two). We get Raistlin and Crysania in the Abyss. We get a fabulous Raistlin versus the Dark Queen scene. A great Lord Soth monologue. Dalamar and Kitiara get warm and cuddly... Caramon and Tas travelling through time. A wonderful resurgence of Tanis Half-Elven(how happy!!) And, what we've all been waiting for, a final showdown between the Twins! I get chillbumps, it's so good!
Anyone who is fan of fantasy and is interested in Dragonlance should get to reading them. It's really worth it. At the risk of sounding a little annoying, though, I have to say that, as far as my taste for writing style and quality goes, The Test of the Twins, The War of the Twins and The Time of the Twins are, by far, the best of the lot. And wouldn't they make the most incredible movies?(wistful sigh...)
Rating: 4
Summary: A god in the making!
Comment: Well if you enjoy dark wizardy and battles this is one for you. What makes this final book so good is the time you've invested till now in the character named Raistlin. He has got to be one of the best and most beloved characters in fantasy...kind of sick when you consider how mysteriously good and insanely wicked he really is. Perhaps we love him so much because theres a little bit of Raislin in all of us. BUY THE TRILOGY!
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Title: The Soulforge (Dragonlance: The Raistlin Chronicles, Book 1) by Margaret Weis ISBN: 0786913142 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Brothers in Arms (Dragonlance: Raistlin Chronicles, Book 2) by Margaret Weis, Don Perrin ISBN: 0786914297 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 05 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Second Generation by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman ISBN: 0786926945 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dragons of Summer Flame by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman ISBN: 0786927089 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance Chronicles, Book 3) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman ISBN: 0786915897 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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