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Flint The King (2003)

Flint the King (2003)

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0786930217 (ISBN13: 9780786930210)
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English
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wizards of the coast

About book Flint The King (2003)

I've been struggling to read these Dragonlance Preludes, which seem to consist of really poor, child-like adventures involving the characters from the original Chronicles trilogy. The token dwarf Flint is the hero of this one, taking part in a war between hill dwarves (good) and mountain dwarves (evil), but unfortunately the calibre of this book is just as bad as previous entries like RIVERWIND THE PLAINSMAN.Flint seems to have lost his character from the original trilogy to become a stock hero who fights evil and even gets the girl. You won't really recognise him as the same character. The villains of the piece are okay, including a memorable hunchback villain, but unfortunately - and AGAIN - too much of the story is laboured humour involving a 'comedy' species, in this case the stupid gully dwarves. They're once more trundled out for more endless child-like humour and it makes for a long and boring read.Things pick up at the climax with some average warfare scenes to enjoy, along with a little blood and thunder sitting at odds with the earlier kiddie humour. Throughout, you wonder just who the market was for this book, but in any case, FLINT THE KING is a waste of time and just written to fill a space on the shelf.

Continuing the Summer of Not Reading Anything Very Serious, we have a novel set in the world of Dragonlance. The Dragonlance books first came out when I was in high school, and my friends and I all devoured them. It has been many years since I've returned to this land, and it was an enjoyable trip down memory lane for me. I am planning on re-reading the original trilogy this summer so that my daughter--a voracious fantasy reader--can give them a shot and see if she likes them. This particular volume was a not so inspired prequel about one of the main characters in the trilogy, Flint Fireforge. The book was just okay: too much humor and foolishness, although the few large-scale battle scenes were well written. Overall, a pleasant if not terribly engaging distraction. It's hard to find good fantasy these days. As with the horror genre, I've pretty much read all of the good stuff (and an awful lot of the bad stuff). Hopefully something worth reading will pop up.

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As with the other books of the Preludes series (both I & II), take this book as a standalone story, rather than trying to tie in to the Chronicles. It showcases a lot about hill dwarves and mountain dwarves, and provides a decent adventure that involves action, humor, and grandiose. Of course, to nitpick, Flint is portrayed to be very formidable in this book and his stance towards gully dwarves both don't match up with what is in Chronicles. But ignoring continuity, it's a fairly interesting read.
—David

I can thank Flint Fireforge for a lifetime of appreciation of dwarves. Yes I know Gimli predates him. But I read Dragonlance long before Lord of the Rings. Knowing that he survives this tale as it was a prequel to the main Dragonlance series of novels didn't take away from the suspense or enjoyment of the book. I did enjoy it. And who doesn't love impossibly lucky and bungling gully dwarves? However, I thought the book ended quite abruptly. Perhaps there was no more tale to tell. But I would have liked a bit more of a denouement given the build up of Flint's relationship with the gully dwarves and Perian, as well as closing out more elaborately the time spent with his family.
—Bernard

copy-pasted from my Librarything account: the book itself wasn't always good enough to allow fast reading. When there was no action, reading was slow. Overall, good book, yet Flint is shown differently than in Chronicles. Stronger, fiercer and that's a bit strange.FTK is op zich geen slecht boek, maar verwacht geen Flint zoals in de core-boeken à la Chronicles. Hier wordt hij sterker afgebeeld, stoerder, als een leider. Maar da's een "foutje" dat bij de meeste verhalen in de Preludes voorkomt, wellicht omdat het telkens een andere auteur is en die zijn/haar impressie van het desbetreffende personage wil doordrukken.Het wordt soms lastig om lezen als er niet veel gebeurt, maar eens de actie er is, wordt het bladdraaien makkelijker. Vooral de laatste paar hoofdstukken vallen daaronder. FTK toont eens een ander beeld van Flint en in het kader van variatie is het leuk om lezen, maar echt belangrijk voor de main storyline van Dragonlance is het niet.
—Tim

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