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It had some good moments, but this book suffered from too many characters and factions, too thin a plot and no character development. It was quite a muddle.
I found this third book be better than the previous ones. I think Elminster's story gets better as you go, more mature. This focuses on Elminster's training with the elves and his relationship with them, as well as their relationship with the world. This book unveils a crucial piece os history from the Realms and bring lots of characters to the front that everyone today will recognize, but that Ed Greenwood was creating. in this remark this stands out for me as one of the best from this author.
It's fricking great. Read it now.
What is there to say about this book? Well, the first thing of note has most certainly been that it progressed at a much more pleasing rate than the first book did! As the second book and the continuation of Elminster's story, I believe this book did give a lot of insight to the character that the first book of the series sort of left out. In place of character development, we got to better understand Elminster and his personality in this book. This, I feel was very much needed as after reading
Excellent source for Elvish names.
A fun adventure of young Elminster, prince of Athalantar before he was the Sage of Shadowdale. Another success from Greenwood on pushing out another enjoyable FR novel.
As a young teenager, when I first read this book, I loved it. As an adult, I enjoyed the first third(ish), was fairly satisfied with the next third(ish), and by that point realised that everything had appeared to go downhill. I have never read, and will probably never read, any of the other books in the series.So, ignoring the first third/half of the book (which actually was pretty enjoyable), I feel like the main problem with Elminster is Elminster himself.He doesn't have any agency. When a pro...
Not as good as the first. Probably harder to read with all the elven names, so I slogged through parts. Good storyline though, and it was worth it.
I like Elminster, and in my opinion the first book is a really good book. The second one is a little bit poorer. In my review of the first volume I wrote: "But you know what? I devoured this book, it's not perfect but it's thrilling nice and well written. I'm not asking anything more from a book!". Same thing here, but with a little bit less hype and enthusiasm... But the same defects... So nice book, surely you must read it, but i preferred the first one. Number three I'm coming anyway!
El and the Opening of Myth Drannor to Non-Elves. Through the opening of Myth Drannor to Humans, Dwarves and others we learn more of the life of Elminster and the history of the Realms. The Politics of Elves run very deep as do their hate for non-elves, this story will give you insight to this and more.
The book started off a little slow which ive come to expect from Ed Greenwood. But once he starts rolling it is hard to put down. I would recommend the series thus far to any fan of the Realms. Ed keep up the good work and now on to your next master piece.
Smooch Rating 4/5 Hot elf stuff. Good smooching.
3.5 starsEven though it was sometimes hard to remember all those elven names, and boy oh boy, there's too many minor characters for a 300+ pages book, I think I prefer this one over the first book of the series. The story is more put together and less segmented, though there is still some kind of choppy feeling to it here and there. Just the fact that the whole book take place in the same general area, and with the whole "opening the city vs opposant to the idea" overarching plot is I think a go...
Just as good twenty years later, the story of the forging of Mystra's most beloved Choosen and the making of the Mythral of Myth Drannor should be read by all who like a book with a good bit of magic within.
Plot:Pushed on by his god and lover, Elminster finds himself in an Elven kingdom that isn't too found that a human has intruded upon their fair city. One of the greatest mages in the Forgotten Realms; Elminster has to deal with xenophobic assassins who now magic on an instinctual level. In order to survive he is going to have to learn elf magic.My main problem with this book is the time frame and the distance between this book and the first. Elminster is one of the most powerful wizards in this
Elminster in space! This could have been the best book in the series. A powerful sage.... err Gandalf/Galadriel in a mystery of magic. When the brought in the Scooby Doo tropes and cliches, I gave up and sped read the rest to see of it ever recovers. Sighs. Alas.
Greenwood continues his streak of penning elaborately woven plots that are more about the place they occur in than the title characters themselves. Indeed, several of the subplots within this book never actually end up having an effect on the main storyline, but their presence acts to flesh out the world around you and render everything in fuller color. Much like Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" I couldn't help but shake the feeling that events would have played out more or less as the...
Improvement on the first. Still hoping for some writing development as the story progresses.
This was a good book. Unfortunately, only parts of it felt like a true representation of Elves. Many elves in this book come off as too human. However, the story of the creation of Myth Drannor is important to know. I look forward to reading more about it in future books.
Another high school read.
