Dragonlance, General Impressions
Uri is making me read Dragonlance. Have so far finished Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning, Time of the Twins, and War of the Twins. Am now in the middle of Test of the Twins. Now, although my fabulous husband has almost all (!) the novels in this gigantic series, Test of the Twins will probably be the last I read, at least for now.
I have several problems with Dragonlance, basically values or core truths I disagree with:
1. That there is a distinct divide between "good" and "evil" in the universe.
2. That it is not okay to become a god, or aspire towards it.
3. That it is not okay to challenge the gods.
4. That going to war is noble.
5. That death in battle is honorable.
6. That sexual women are evil.
7. That women who control their sexuality and/or their passions are "chosen" by the gods.
8. That romantic love is cheap. People fall in love within days of knowing each other, and fall out of love just as quickly.
In addition:
1. Swiss-cheese plot.
2. Bad, uneven writing.
3. Very, very poor translations to Hebrew
(We have the translations at home, and at some point I got so desperate, that I went to the local libray to compare with the original, only to discover that the English is just as embarassing.)
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