jdelvillar's review
5.0
I really enjoy this reread.I had forgotten a lot of the details of the final book in the series.
It is well done and closes up the story pretty nicely. It was good to see the characters advance and have grown, (mostly) in power but also in outlook. Killing Borys was still no easy task, but Sorcerer-Kings were varying challenge levels.
I particularly like the magic descriptions yet again, especially Rajaat, Sadira and Borys. Their abilities being so far off the norm that magic s literally malleable for them is fun to see.
It is well done and closes up the story pretty nicely. It was good to see the characters advance and have grown, (mostly) in power but also in outlook. Killing Borys was still no easy task, but Sorcerer-Kings were varying challenge levels.
I particularly like the magic descriptions yet again, especially Rajaat, Sadira and Borys. Their abilities being so far off the norm that magic s literally malleable for them is fun to see.
mw2k's review
3.0
Not quite the neat conclusion that these usually tightly plotted books have. At the novel's end, Athas' fate remains unclear, though there are signs greener (and bluer) things are on the way. As with the remainder of this series, there is minimal characterisation and the protagonists survive far too many dangerous and magical upheavals.
I'm not sure if I'll try any of the other Dark Sun books yet as I wasn't exactly grabbed by the setting this series presented. It's a compelling world from the video games and role playing source material, but I don't think the Prism Pentad really seized hold of it as well as it should've.
I'm not sure if I'll try any of the other Dark Sun books yet as I wasn't exactly grabbed by the setting this series presented. It's a compelling world from the video games and role playing source material, but I don't think the Prism Pentad really seized hold of it as well as it should've.
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