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Temple Hill
- Forgotten Realms: The Cities, Book 2
- De: Drew Karpyshyn
- Narrado por: Nicole Greevy
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Among the dark streets of the city move thieves and cutthroats. And they don't like independent operators like Lhasha Moonsliver. But when she hires the town drunk as a bodyguard, she gets more than she bargained for. Together they'll have to battle the thieves' guild, the Cult of the Dragon, and other, darker foes. And a fallen man will have to remember the proud warrior he once was.
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5 out of 5 stars
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biased when it comes to Forgotten Realms stories
- De Anonymous User en 11-06-24
- Temple Hill
- Forgotten Realms: The Cities, Book 2
- De: Drew Karpyshyn
- Narrado por: Nicole Greevy
Wonderful Standalone Adventure For Your PCs
Revisado: 01-08-24
I am late in discovering The Cities series and am thoroughly enjoying my way through them.
Just finished Temple Hill today and was compelled to write a review as I enjoyed it so much. Great story that moves fairly quickly along, with compelling characters and villains and a wonderful assortment of familiar elements from our favorite game.
I'd like to emphasize the last point, as so many D&D franchise books that I've read often take artistic liberties with the game details and mechanics to serve the story the author wants to tell, and so the book becomes a little less authentic to the game it is celebrating. One of the reasons I enjoyed this book so much is that I felt that it was true to the game source: familiar character races and classes were used, as were familiar but slightly less common monsters and even the spells were true to their game dynamics (cast lightning bolt while invisible and suddenly you aren't anymore). The familiar elements are woven into the story in an appropriate manner and are not on the nose, but a wink is usually given where a word from the spell's title might be worked into the description, making it clear what it is. That authenticity made this book feel that much more fun, as it's easy to imagine your own PCs in the same situations as the characters; it's an exciting and challenging story but not so epic in its scale that it ceases to be relatable. In fact, I often found myself thinking what a fun standalone adventure this would be to run some non-legendary PCs through, and that's a high bar I think for a D&D book these days and likely what they had in mind with this The Cities series.
I have enjoyed Drew Karpyshyn's work in other franchises, and same is true here - I highly recommend this fun story. I also appreciated the versatility of Nicole Greevy's performance.
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Chasing a Cure: A Zombie Novel
- De: R M Hamrick
- Narrado por: Shoshannah Kramer
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5
It's a miracle when Lysent Corp develops a cure for the zombie virus. A miracle that is years late and unbelievably expensive...and Audra's only chance to save her sister, Belinda, from the viral clutches of cannibalism and general decay. Unable to afford the treatment, Audra offers Belinda as collateral and signs up as a tagger, finding people's wandering zombie family members to be cured. If she delivers on the steep tagging quota, Lysent will cure Belinda.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good stuff
- De John Calligan en 06-13-19
- Chasing a Cure: A Zombie Novel
- De: R M Hamrick
- Narrado por: Shoshannah Kramer
Some interesting ideas but falls kind of flat
Revisado: 10-27-19
Some interesting ideas presented in this story such as bounty hunting zombies and the book is not bad, but overall it's not very compelling. None of the villains including the zombies ever feel like much of a true threat and the plot had a very convenient course without much doubt that any given obstacle would be overcome; the heroine and her accomplice are even able to routinely run marathon distances without much consequence. At several points I contemplated stopping, but I saw it all the way through - while there was somewhat of a twist at the end, it's not motivating me to continue on to the next book at this point. The narration did not help.
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Elminster in Hell
- Forgotten Realms: Elminster, Book 4
- De: Ed Greenwood
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 12 h y 59 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 499
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 451
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 452
On the world of his birth he's all but a god, but when an ancient evil banishes him to the depths of the Nine Hells, he's just another lost soul. Elminster, Sage of Shadowdale, Chosen of Mystra, faces his most desperate struggle - to survive, to escape, to cling to his very sanity - and all the forces of the inferno are rallied against him.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wasted Potential
- De Guy Generic en 12-18-14
- Elminster in Hell
- Forgotten Realms: Elminster, Book 4
- De: Ed Greenwood
- Narrado por: John Pruden
Lose your mind as Elminster loses his
Revisado: 08-07-19
This is by far the weakest of the 4 Elminster books I have read so far in the series. The author attempts what I hope is a one time narrative experiment, using the device of Elminster held prisoner in Hell and having his memories extracted by a devil, to treat the reader to a torrent of FR short stories, each one a memory being extracted from Elminster. It doesn't work - the short stories are jumbled fragments of bigger events with characters we don't really know (unless you've read perhaps every FR novel and gaming supplement); it is possible to follow with great determination and there are some highlights but it is not enjoyable on the whole. As others have stated, the true torture is the devil saying after each memory is shown "Stop wasting my time and show me the good stuff". After the 10th time, you wish he'd kill Elminster and maybe you as well to end this torment.
Books 1 and 2 were excellent; Book 3 is solid but starts with a big time gap which breaks continuity with the prior 2 books and introduces early signs of the narrative gaps that are rampant in Book 4. The audio performance across the books is good. I am wary of reading another in this series especially with the reviews on Book 5, and moved on to a different series to cleanse my palate for a bit. The greatest mage in the Realms deserves better!
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