A review by poisonenvy
Chosen of the Gods by Chris Pierson
4.0
I'm pretty sure this is my first time reading Chris Pierson's Dragonlance novels, but I was pleasantly surprised. It took a while for me to sink my teeth into it, and it had some pretty bad sentences sometimes - but they were relatively rare, and the occasional kitschy scene, but that's to he expected (honestly, in other Dragonlance novels I wouldn't even mention it, but they felt almost out of place in this novel, which is fairly serious compared to the majority of the Dragonlance canon). Overall, I was very happy with this book.
There was the issue with the use of the Istarian language; there was a lot of it, and all translated immediately after. It had one decent payoff about mid-way through the novel, but that was it. I dig Conlang stuff as much as the next nerd, but it felt distracting - like Pierson was stoked that he either made up this language or had learned it from somewhere else and just wanted to use it - to the detriment of the overall story.
The characterization is strong - Cathan and Beldyn's relationship was especially good - and the plot and the storyline are solid. Most of the things I thought I didn't particularly like ended up really paying off by the end of the novel.
I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
There was the issue with the use of the Istarian language; there was a lot of it, and all translated immediately after. It had one decent payoff about mid-way through the novel, but that was it. I dig Conlang stuff as much as the next nerd, but it felt distracting - like Pierson was stoked that he either made up this language or had learned it from somewhere else and just wanted to use it - to the detriment of the overall story.
The characterization is strong - Cathan and Beldyn's relationship was especially good - and the plot and the storyline are solid. Most of the things I thought I didn't particularly like ended up really paying off by the end of the novel.
I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.