Reviews for Outbound: An Explorer's Guide

The average rating for Outbound: An Explorer's Guide based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-11-28 00:00:00 Corey Mead First, as I usually do, let me talk about the narrator. Honestly, for me he was a little lackluster. Not bad, per se, but nothing great either. Now, the story. Jeff Crook has done it again! Okay, let me preface this with the fact that I tried to read this book when it first came out and I just couldn't do it. I couldn't get into it. I didn't like where it seemed to be going. Now, coming back to it after all these years, I almost skipped this book. But I loved the last Jeff Crook novel I read, so I decided to give it another chance. And let me tell you, I'm so glad I did! This was a fantastic addition to the Dragonlance Saga! Gunthar and Crysania were well (and accurately) presented, the other characters were well developed, and the writing is true to the source material. That said, the story started off a little slow but once it picked up the pace gives any thriller a run for its money with equally high stakes and disasters around every corner. Obviously, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to any Dragonlance fan.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-03-08 00:00:00 Baulin Xavier The Knights of Taklisis (and their dragons) are trying to join up with Lord Gunther's Knights of Solamnia. "Papa" Gunther uth Wistham died at the hand of the draconians, the only witness being the stupid gully dwarf, Uh-oh, and a faithful dog, Millicent. Three gully dwarves, including Uhoh, [they were SO dumb I often couldn't even read about their antics] are headed to their Town, hiding from the patently ugly draconians. They are tracked by most of the other characters, including Nalvarre, who seems to exist to be the only sane and reasonable person. The other characters are: Valian Escu, an oddball dark elf; Jessica, a wanna-be knight(?); Lady Alya, who serves her purpose and does tell some backstory in Chapter 19; Sir Liam, who tries throughout this book to transcribe Lord Gunther's Revised Measure into a book; and there are an odd assortment of colorful dragons, elves, bad guys who seem good, etc. to keep a fantasy reader happy. Some things popped up for no reason, like the silver bell, the piece of the silver orb, and the fight between Glabella and Mommamose, that I found REALLY startling. (Don't the gully dwarves THINK they MIGHT make some food for themselves?!!) On the other hand, some parts WERE humorous.