The Ghost King: Transitions, Book III
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Don’t miss the gripping conclusion to Salvatore’s New York Times best-selling Transitions trilogy!
When the Spellplague ravages Faerûn, Drizzt and his companions are caught in the chaos. Seeking out the help of the priest Cadderly–the hero of the recently reissued series The Cleric Quintet–Drizzt finds himself facing his most powerful and elusive foe, the twisted Crenshinibon, the demonic crystal shard he believed had been ruined years ago.
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Although this is a well written book,I have to say the ending stinks.If you are looking for a pleased ending ,DO NOT READ this book.At least 3 major characters kick the bucket(in a manner of language).I can know if Salvatore is geting tired of writing Drizzt books,but if this is how he is choosing to end the franchise ,he should have just stopped with the Hunters Blades Trilogy.There is plenty of action and if you have already read his additional Forgotten Realms books you might as well read this one.Just be warned.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
“Once again Salvatore it a pure genius!!!” The third book of the Transitions trilogy was in my opinion, the best of the three….though all of them are fantastic!! Salvatore has certainly stepped it up “several” notches with Transitions. The title of the book says it all……”nothing will ever be the same in Faerun, the Spellplague has come.”
My emotions are running wild after the reading the conclusion; from the very beginning (Orc King) Salvatore “prepares” you for the “change”, you do not want it to come (I dreaded it…), but fortunately/sorry to say things do change. Salvatore you are a pure master and genius, and I thank you for the time you have giving, we your fans, the opportunity to get to know (and like) all the “Companions of the Hall”….again thank you!! I sat at my desk for several hours contemplating “life, determination, conviction, family tree, goals, perseverance, etc. after finishing the book……wow!!!!
To any of you who read my review, I will say this book should receive “10 stars”, and if you have followed Drizzt and his companions thus far…….be prepared for “transitions”. Sometimes we do not want change, but change nevertheless is part of the fabric of “any” reality.
I cannot wait to read where this leads Drizzt next…..so many possibilites!!!!
I will not talk about any details of the book…..please read the book.I hope each of you delight in this book as much as I did. Thank you again Salvatore!!!!!!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
First, I should admit that the fight scenes were acceptable and that any book with Jarlaxle is usually decent since Drizzt has evolved into a sort of goody two shoes over the years. I was hoping Cat’s death would open up another dimension to his personality, but alas… she is not even really dead.. just in la la land dancing and waiting for Jarlaxle to find a way to rescue her. The thing I despise most about this book is that Salvatore’s philosophizing keeps getting worse and worse with each book. And, there is WAY, WAY, WAY too much internal conflict. Also, unless you have read every book Salvatore has written, including the cleric quintet, be prepared to be beaten with an overwhelming number of new characters. With that many new characters, it was hard to become attached to any. I didn’t really care when any of them died. I just wished Cat’s death would have been more final. I have despised her character ever since she dumped Wolfgar. Language of which, Wolfgar was notably absent from this tale even though the book finished with the implication we would see him in the next book. Wasn’t this supposed to be the final in this series? Where is the conclusion? The shard isn’t really ruined. The dragon isn’t really dead. The mind-flayer is now reunited with some hive. The weave is still fallen and no one knows why. Cadderly’s god is writing metatext on the weave and you don’t know what that is about either. Who is the mysterious god giving Cadderly power anyway? The end of the book was supposed to be like the beginning of the first book, which it is not. Will there be a 4th book in transitions? Will I bother reading it? Probably. I just keep missing the Salvatore I knew in Homeland, Exile, Sojourn and the Icewind Dale Trilogy.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
As with the additional two books of the Transitions trilogy, I have to say that The Ghost King is a bit of a mixed bag. I’ve mentioned before that I am not what you would call a “Drizzt fan” by any stretch of the imagination. I was also told very specifically that I shouldn’t read this book. Sorry to say, I am a glutton for punishment some of the time.
The plot can be boiled down to thus: Hephaestus and company want revenge on everyone who hurt them and the Spellplague is going on. Jarlaxle and Cadderly beware. Jarlaxle has the sensible thought of consulting with Cadderly (who doesn’t like him) though Drizzt. Mayhem happens. Yes, there are major character deaths. If you are familiar with the current state of the Forgotten Realms, then they shouldn’t be particularly surprising either.
So, my first huge problem was the villainous triumvirate of Hephaestus the red dragon, Yharaskrik the mostly dead illithid and Crenshibon, the Crystal Shard. When these characters were last seen, two had been ruined and the additional had been blinded. Dragonfire does burn just about everything after all. I was not tickled with the character recycling and remained rather “meh” about it throughout the book. I’m sorry, but when antagonists are killed off, I like them to stay that way. Doing otherwise seems like a cheap plot contrivance and the spellplague filled that role pretty well. Besides, none of these antagonists were especially appealing the first time around (or the second or the third time). The revenge motive was also not especially intriguing either. I would have liked the illithid to win more in the internal power struggles, just to change things up a bit. It just seems like I had to choose between having permanently inscrutable motives or simplistic ones. Sorry to say, neither of them work especially well with me.
Drizzt hasn’t really got any better for me since the last book. He’s still as blind as a bat to the motives of the people around him and I still skip every additional sentence of his fight scenes as “beside the point action candy.” Catti-Brie has been demoted to a “damsel in distress” non-character, which suited me just fine. I’ve never been overly fond of Cadderly Bonaduce the super priest and wasn’t agreed any particular reason to like him in this book either. Maybe it’s just me, but I prefer religious characters not to have the proverbial ear of their privileged deity. I reflect it’s more appealing that way.
Like the additional two Transitions books, the last few chapters felt really rushed to me. I’m beginning to marvel if this is deliberate. In any case, the montage of scenes is disjointed to the point that I was confused as to who exactly had gone where until they popped out of the woodwork. An extra thirty pages at the end to deal with the aftermath would not be incorrect with this reader.
By far the best characters of the book are Jarlaxle and any of the dwarves. Jarlaxle seemed like one of the most tolerant and reasonable fellows through the whole of the book, even when people were trying to kill him. Also, he was made much more vulnerable and less of a walking deus ex machina with a questionable fashion sense than in previous books and tales. His methods were made a small more transparent. I hope that his motives are eventually revealed a bit more too. It is apt more and more apparent to this reader that Jarlaxle acts like a concerned uncle when around Drizzt and the additional Companions of the Hall and less like a ruthless drow mercenary. It’s an appealing development and I really wish that it was expanded more.
All the dwarven characters were varying levels of awesomeness. Athrogate has been to some extent annoying to me in the past, but putting him in the same room as Thibbledorf Pwent is comedic fun for all. Bruenor is such a fantastic grounding personality to all the weird stuff that might go on around him. It was rather appealing to see him act as a father figure to Drizzt for the last few chapters of the book.
Strangely enough, the aspect of the tale that was least connected to the main line of narrative events was one of my favorites. Temerle, Rorick and Hanaleisa Bonaduce’s attempt to rescue some of the residents of Carradoon was rather fun to read. It was as if a name wanted to add an homage to Dawn of the Dead in the middle of a high fantasy book and nearly nothing these characters did had any impact on the main tale at all. But, it was decently written, pretty entertaining to read and the characters were not horrible, although they could have used a small more depth, particularly since this was the first time they were used as adult characters rather than small children. Pikel Bouldershoulder is reasonably frequently entertaining, if inarticulate. I liked how they kept themselves going despite their uncertainty and liked all of them by the end of the book.
When I first ongoing this trek through the Transitions books, I was looking for some sort of rekindling of my interest in the Forgotten Realms. I’ve been rather uninterested in the fourth edition Realms to date and chose on a last ditch effort to dip my toes in the water as it were. Regarding the setting, I can only give a loud “perhaps later” with due regrets for the Realms that were. For further books by Mr. Salvatore in the Realms, my answer is a firm “maybe.” It is extremely clear that Drizzt is unlikely to renovate into a character I want to read about further. I can only hope that a few of the minor characters that I like so much more, will become more vital to future narrative lines and become more appealing as they progress.
And what about this book, you question, gentle reader? Was it worth it? Everything you hoped it would be? Considering that I ongoing the book expecting to laugh like an evil overlord then yes, I suppose it was worth it despite its flaws.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I bought this for my son (41 years ancient) he loved it. One of Salvatore’s best.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5