Reviews for Tears of the Night Sky

The average rating for Tears of the Night Sky based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-01-26 00:00:00 Michael Aunkst This novel was just like the two-star rating says: OK. Ultimately a rather forgettable novel, but with its moments. I suppose one of the reasons I don't rate it higher is that I might have had too high expectations. After all, it features one of my all-time Dragonlance favourites, Dalamar the Dark, as well as the high priestess Crysania and--ta-daaaa--a white tiger! The basic ingredients are fine, and the writers, Baker and Berberick, have written other Dragonlance stories that I enjoyed. Unfortunately, it takes too many pages for the story to actually get to the storyline that the blurb tells us about (about 200 pages in when we're talking about a 300 pages book--that's a lot of time before delivering what you promise), and when it does get around to that it all felt rushed and chopped to me. Like "Oh, we also have to do this and that, because the publisher wants us to, but, oh, it mustn't take up many pages, since we have a limited page count to work with." And an editor cutting even more here and there. I may be wrong, but I have a suspicion that is not too far from the truth. I am not critizising the writers but the editor & marketing policy as I know it has been for some years at TSR/Wizard of the Coast. It is not the first time a blurb says one thing but the contents is quite different. It was nice to be back on Krynn, though, and I did enjoy meeting Dalamar and Crysania again, even if I wasn't grasped by the storyline and the presentation of the characters.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-07-16 00:00:00 Patricio Alvarez Yet another surprising book in the Chaos War series :-) I avoided this book for years, as I've never liked Crysania. In fact, I've always hated her. But this book redeemed her in so many ways! I won't say I loved the book, it does have a few issues. But all in all, very glad I finally read it. For anyone who doesn't like Crysania, I highly recommend this book. It will change your mind.