Series: Dragonlance Chronicles Vol. 3
So we come to the end of the Dragonclance Chronicles trilogy, I have to admit that I am reading this series with some rose-tinted glasses, as they have nostalgic value for me. I remember them being some of the first fantasy books I ever read, the first being Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber. Frankly, when you are 12 years old, Dragonlance is an easier and more exciting read. Having read both Zelazny and this recently, and not being 12 anymore, it is easy to dismiss this as "easy-reading". And so it is, but that isn't necessarily bad.
This third volume suffers slightly from the problems that plague the last book in a series, it is not as focused as the previous one, tries to tie up too many loose ends and at times feels a bit rushed. This is not helped by the fact that the heroes are kind of scattered all around the place, so there are something like 4 different story-lines going on at the same time. You would think that they would come together at the end, but not even that, although this is slightly frustrating, it does seem to be on purpose, in order to keep the series open for further stories. The finale with Raistlin is particularly intriguing and I sure want to know more about him (I know we will).
So a competent third installment but probably the worse of the series, there is not the world-building of the first volume or the adventure of the second, it just takes a turn for the dark and leaves loads of questions. Again, these questions are part and parcel of what will be a vast universe of novels, that's how they make you buy the next volume.
TL;DR: 6/10 Competent, but the worst of the series.
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