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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 21 Nov 2005 : 07:44:04
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Elaine's books are always great books to read after, or before, reading RAS's slashing sword books. I love reading both authors, RAS does a great job of choreographing a fight, while Elaine does this for the story. Every character is set in a whirlwind of motion that comes together in the end.
Speaking of ends, the brief introducion preceeding this is setting up my comment for the final battle, of sorts, at the end of Elfshadow. We don't get a chapter of blow-by-blow fights, but instead the overall picture of what is happening while prompting the story to the conclusion. We know the bad elf is going to fall, and that Arilyn will fight the overwhelming urge to end his life. So, instead of the whole fight being presented to us as it unfolds, we are dropped into the tail end, get a glimpse of what is happening, and then move on to the outcome. This works so well for the book because it is what we already have seen throughout.
Great book, great ending, great characters. Read it if you haven't and quit listening to me preach about its merits! |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 05 Jan 2007 : 23:20:30
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Originally posted by Charles Phipps
I have to say that I wasn't surprised that Kymil Nimsen didn't get death but I was hoping that he'd be destroyed in a later book.
I think it's awesome that he's still alive. Sometimes bad guys do win, or at least survive, and I think good stories aren't usually tied up in neat little packages.
Besides, some villains are too interesting to "kill off". |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Elfshadow: Chapters 15 - 19 & Epilogue
