Books : The Legend of Huma (Dragonlance: Heroes)

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Rating:

- Incredibly Good Book
This was the first Dragonlance book i ever read and because of it's glory,i swear it was'nt the last."The Legend of Huma"is the greatest book i ever read in my entire life and everyone i met who read it says so.The story line,the battles,the romance,all of it was perfect.
It's the story of a young knight that new his fame-for he is and will always be the only one to defeat the dark queen Takhisis.He made a couple of friends in his unsuspected road to fortune-such as Magius(my favorite character),Kaz(a minotaur),Gwineth,Buoron,Lord Guy Avondale etc...His epic adventure finishes by his tragic death against the Dragon Queen herself...Anyways i highly recommend you this book at all cost!(yes,even if your a soldier of the American army hedding for Iraq)

Rating:

- One of my all-time favorites
I read this book when I was much younger (24 now, and I read it back in grade school) and I still remember this story very fondly.

This is easily one of the best fantasy novels I've read. The deep romance, the epic fantasy, and the entire story itself is great. I can still picture some of the scenes which this book created for me.

Of course, it's not perfect. Nothing ever really is. If you're wondering if it's worth your money, however, I'd say almost definitely.

I completely agree that this book should be made into a movie.

-myskyra.net

Rating:

- The Best
I have read many books in the Dragon Lance saga and none have come close to acheiving what Knaack has done with this book. The setting and sense of forboding in this book really help the reader realize how dark and desperete things have become for the knights and Krynn itself. Whenever there is a battle, Knaak doesn't ever shy away describing it as it happens - something that most of the other authors in the Dragonlance saga often do. He does a good job describing the events leading to a battle but will not leave you hanging when it finally takes place. He also does a great job of letting you get to know Huma himself. You really get a feel for the turmoil he must go through when every thing seems to be going against him. I think it is noteworthy how well Knaak uses the perspective of other characters to describe how good Huma is in battle. I wish that their more authors in Dragonlance that had the ability and the willingness to write about the Knights of Solamnia. Not just about meaningless things they do individually but more about the wars they have fought in. If they do then it should be done with a better description of how the knights fight as a an army and cavalry. No one ever wants to write about the good dragons either. Tell readers more about the gold, brass and copper dragons. Especially the golds. The evil side of Krynn in its warfare is getting boring so write more about how the knights and good dragons fight.

Rating:

- Legendary
DRAGONLANCE is a genre that, loosely based on the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, manages to siphon ideas from just about everyone. The universe itself is borderline sci-fi as the action takes place on a different planet, known as Krynn. DL borrows heavily from JRR Tolkein, Greek mythology, motifs from the Arthurian legend, Halloween archetypes and some other stuff.

Now, all of this is not to say DL is bad. Some of the best fantasy books out there are a part of the DL saga. As Leonard Bernstein once said, every musician steals from other musicians, at least some times. What differentiates the best composers is that they steal from the best. I think the same can be said for the fantasy genre of literature.

The present book is one of the better novels in the DL series. It takes place in the "early days" of Krynn - long before the brothers Majere come along. Huma, the hero of the story, is a brave and noble knight. Like all knights who become legends, he is sent on a quest. He even does knightly things such as jousting. The catch is, he does it while riding a dragon instead of a horse - a nice twist.

The book is certainly action-packed; there is no question on that. The presentation and development of the characters is also quite well done. The lone complaint I have is of the battle scenes. It's not that they're badly written, but rather that they're too brief. Knaak only dedicates a paragraph to battles that one expects to go on for pages & pages. This makes some parts of the story a bit anti-climactic.

A friend of mine told me that since Knaak was under contract to TSR to write the book, it had to be a certain length. Hence the shortened battle scenes. If this be the case, it's a real shame. Writing a novel should NEVER be like writing a sonnet. Placing artificial constraints on authors is beyond absurd.

That criticism aside, this book is well worth the read for fans of DL. Even if one isn't into DL, or has not yet read any DL, this is a good place to start. The story is self contained, so there is no need to read the other two books in the series (unless you want to), nor is there any pre-requisite reading in other DL series that have come before. So, even if you never read any other DL books, I would still recommend this one.

Rating:

- A Good Book
I would reccomend this more to people who have no prior knowledge of Dragonlance simply because then you wont know how it ends(like history flunkies that didn't know how titanic was going to end). That however doesn't detract from the quality of the book because it is not the book's fault. The character were good and the plot was good but pretty much everything was good, not great. The love story was par and the adventure of Huma and his find was okay but I felt it lacked some depth. I would say this is still a fun read but there are better books out there.

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