One spring day Tasslehoff Burrfoot comes to Solace, accidentally pockets a copper bracelet, and (forcibly) makes the acquaintance of Tanis Half-Elven and Flint Fireforge.
A simple tale. Except that the fate of the entire race of Dargonesti sea elves hangs in the balance.
How does this piece of kender-coveted jewelry lead the companions and a sea elf princess to ally with the phaethons, creatures with wings of flame?
The answer lies with a mysterious mage, a broker of souls, who knows the bracelet's secret and has a hideous plan to rule the Black Robes.
Wanderlust is the second exsciting installment in the Dragonlance saga Meetings Sextet by Steve Winter and Mary Kirchoff, author of Kendermore and Flint, the King.
Irritante novela de fantasía épica del mundo de "Dragonlance" y el primer libro asociado a esta saga que leí en mi vida, el cual nos presenta a uno de los miembros más interesantes del grupo que componía la saga original, el kender Tasslehoff Burrfoot. Aquí, en una aventura totalmente autoconclusiva y situada en un momento anterior a las crónicas originales.
Aunque decir que Tas es el protagonista de esta novela podría darse a discusión, ya que pasando la primera mitad pasa a ser más un compañero de andanzas que el personaje principal.
Curiosamente el título original era "Wanderlust" qué traducida al español sería "Ansia viajera", pero dejando de lado el tema de la traducción, acá conocemos a Tasslehoff burrfoot que llega a Solace durante la feria de la primavera robándose, en su estupidez, un llamativo brazalete de cobre mágico en el puesto de un enano, que lo llevará a meterse en un gran lío que incluirá al mismo enano, a un medio-elfo, una elfa acuática y por supuesto a un mago malvado como el villano de turno.
Decir que "El incorregible Tas" es un buen libro la verdad sería estar muy alejado de la realidad. Ahora, que sea un libro entretenido y que valga la pena leer... bueno, se podría dar a discusión. No obstante, si hay algo en que no hay duda es que el desencadenante de todo el conflicto es a lo menos curioso, y por qué no decirlo, original. Aún así, a partir de ahí, la novela falla miserablemente en entregarnos una buena historia. Y es que todo lo que lees acá ya lo has leído antes, en otras novelas de corte similar. Está el variopinto grupo de héroes, el viaje, el objeto mágico, el malo malísimo y unas cuantas criaturas fantásticas que harán de amigos o enemigos a medida que avanza la trama. Sin embargo, lo más irritante de esta novela no es precisamente su trama cliché sino el mismo kender elegido de protagonista, sus bromas y estupideces se van haciendo cada vez más insoportables y estúpidas que pasando la primera mitad ya me plantié varias veces dejar de leer y olvidarme de la novela para siempre. Al final terminé leyendo hasta el final, pero eso no me quitó el trago amargo de tener que soportar al kender por más de 300 páginas.
Punto aparte merecen las criaturas con alas de fuego que aparecen para el final, cuya sola presencia me parece ilógica y su aparición no es por menos forzada... pero esta novela no merece tanto análisis la verdad. Solo otra de las tantas novelas que si no fuera por llevar el logo "Dragonlance" en su portada seguramente pasaría desapercibida.
Buen inicio de novela, del resto poco que destacar.
Si logras soportar las estupideces de Tass, probablemente se te haga entretenida. De lo contrario te recomendaría buscar otra cosa... ¡Hay un montón de mejores libros por descubrir allá afuera!
As expected, Tasslehoff Burrfoot takes (mostly) centre stage in this light-er Fantasy Adventure in the Dragonlance setting that features the first meeting of the notorious kender with irascible dwarf Flint Fireforge half-elven Tanis, et, Half-Elven.
Stole this meme from Reddit for the lolz
What I wasn't expecting was some proper evil wizardry, the appearance of Elven Royalty (though probably not the kind you'd expect!) and the truly out of left-field introduction of before all was said and done.
Final Verdict:
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A sufficiently talented writer probably could do a novel all from the point of view of the main story's comic relief character and have it not be irritating.
I enjoy revising the world of Krynn. In this book Tanis and Flint meet Tas for the first time and it becomes a mess for Flint who was trying to give a bracelet he made to a customer, Selena a sea elf. Tas has this knack for "borrowing" things or not realizing he has put things in his bag. I enjoyed this book and Tas does bring some comic relief to the series.
This takes place in the Dragonlance realm and is set before the original trilogy. This novel tells the story of Tas meeting Flint and Tanis for the first time. Flint is commissioned to make a bracelet for a mysterious customer and this bracelet ends up in Tas' pouches. This bracelet ends up being magical and next thing you know we are off on an adventure.
Before I started reading this I had a feeling I would give this a high rating because of Tas. He has been a favorite of mine since I read the original trilogy way back when. The only thing that could ruin this book if the authors portrayed the characters incorrectly. This was not the case as they did a great job with all three characters. Readers will laugh out loud because of Tas and feel nostalgic with Tas and Flint arguing. As of the adventure it wasn't epic like the original trilogy but it was sufficient. The adventure wasn't the true story line in this book as the true story line is the beginning of a friendship between these three companions and this is done perfectly.
You don't have to be a fan of Dragonlance or have read the original trilogy to enjoy this book. Readers of the original trilogy will especially enjoy this novel as it brings back the camaraderie that was throughout those novels.
Dragonlance books will never be as great as Lord of The Rings, but they are nice to read, ideal after tougher books. Light entertainment I'd say but real fun. These books read like a D&D campaign.
The book where Flint,Tanis and Tasslehoff meet? This was bound to be a great book.
From the very minute Flint and Tas meet their crazy affection for each other starts. I laughed every time Flint called him a doorknob. That's a great insult.
I love that these stories need to have a pretty good adventure that has no bearing on the rest of the established storyline. The story of a sea-elf making a magical bracelet for her brother will be a hard one to top.
Tas is by far my favorite Dragonlance character and he is just rediculous and charming in this. I love that his curiosity is stronger than his fear in every situation. I love when Tas becomes another creature through magic because he is already always up to nonsense.
Introducing Tasslehoff Burrfoot. In my opinion Tas, the Kender, is probably the best addition to the companions. If not tge best, then certainly the most interesting. The curious Kender. Responsible for not only getting them into trouble, also for getting them out of it. Enough about Kender. I enjoyed this book for its further character development and for the exploration of lore, Elven lore, including Sea Elf lore, Dwarven lore, and of course, Kender lore. It interests me how each society developed, their history, culture etc. Another thing that I enjoyed, was a couple of plot twists. Plot twists that changed the story from a normal rescue mission, to a far more challenging one.
I got bored initially. Later I became hooked up that I couldn't drop the book for a second or for any reason. I was even reading it literary at the barber's shop while he cut my hair. An epitome of suspense and mystery and myth. Debridge. Blacomble. Blue. Taslehoff and the rest.
Esta es una aventura. Literalmente una aventura en Krynn. El libro prometía tener como protagonista al legendario Tasslehoff Burrfoot, que, para quien no lo sepa, es un kender; y para quien no sepa qué es un kender le diremos que es una criatura encantadora, siendo el terror de propios y extraños por sus manitas “pegajosas” que representan su espírito curioso y lleno de admiración por las cosas más ínfimas, además de su maravillosa actitud despreocupada y mostrándose siempre maravillados ante las situaciones más peligrosas u horripilantes.
Así que hay que decir que el papel de Tas no es realmente el de protagonista a pesar de que es el desencadenador de todo el conflicto, o como me ha dado por llamarlo: “el efecto kender”, por parecerme más adecuado en el mundo de Krynn que “el efecto mariposa”.
Hay también otros puntos bastante específicos que vale la pena mencionar:
1- He leído varios libros de la saga, y aquí, de nuevo, aparecen ciertas criaturas que nunca habían sido mencionadas, incluído el hecho de que insinúan que en este mundo existe el cuento de Pinocho, todo lo cual me pareció bastante curioso; supongo que podrían “reciclar” las criaturas ya existentes en su cosmología pero continúan incluyendo nuevas, aumentando cada vez más el número de especies fantásticas en este universo.
2- Es una historia más sangrienta que otras.
3- En general sigue la tradición, siendo la historia bastante predecible, aunque es en cierto grado emocionante al hacer que el lector se pregunte continuamente y luche por entender ¿por qué hacen eso? ¿por qué hacen aquello? ¿por qué no hacen eso otro? ¿como es que olvidaron la otra cosa?
Considerándolo todo, es un libro entretenido, que nos enseña más sobre Krynn, pero no es muy sobresaliente.
Dragonlance proving that you can't always tell a satisfying story in just 300 pages. It's got that breezy charm of a minor Dragonlance short story, companions meet, hijinks occur and a magical bracelet that predicts the future is stolen and goes on an adventure of its own, changing hands again. Tanis meet up with the woman looking for said bracelet, encounter an evil wizard in league with a God (no-one seems surprised to see a God on Krynn here, an odd anachronism) and he's dispatched. There's all sorts of good little bits and pieces here, but the story was at its best when the main characters Tas, Flint and Tanis weren't featured and it doesn't get around to any interesting worldbuilding. Even at his weakest, Tas is fun though and if you don't mind the overly disposable nature then this is still a good time. I was kinda hoping that, being a sextet of books, these Meetings volumes would build on one another a little better, though.
A copy I had on my shelf for decades was missing about 2 chapters. When I hit chapter 9 I checked to see how many pages it has, I kept turning pages and finally hit the next chapter..... which was chapter 12, then I looked at the page numbers...... 154, next page was 187. Something had happened in the making of the book... so I had to take the time to purchase another copy. Of coarse I read another book while waiting for the book to arrive. It's another well written wonderful adventure featuring Taz, Flint & Tanis, it's always a pleasure to read a story featuring the original adventurer's (spelling?).
The Meetings Sextet continues with Flint and Tanis meeting Tasselhoff Burrfoot for the first time and this book is exactly what I would expect from a kender-centric story. A bunch of nonsense strung together to form a plot.
I will say I have read Kendermore by the same author, Mary Kirchoff, and I do think she has a very good voice for kender. She manages to make the silly absurdity of kender behaviour believable enough that I don't ever stop dead while reading and get my emersion broken.
Many people find Tass to be irritating, but I find in the right hands, like Mary's here, he is fun to read. So this book was fun. Nothing world shattering, but just fun.
Simpática e intrascendente novela basada en tres de los personajes principales de la saga; Tanis, Flint y Tas. Estas sagas menores intentan, con más o menos éxito, relatar aventuras relacionadas o no con la trama principal en un intento por prolongar el universo Dragonlance. En este caso los personajes no se ven demasiado desdibujados, pero lo cierto es que la historia es intrascendente y completamente ajena al resto de la saga. Para pasar el rato sin más
This book bored me. So bad. I often told people it was bullying me because I just had a hars time finishing it. It wasn't a bad start. But the actual CONFLICT took forever to get to. I felt like I was being bounced around a lot and was irritated by the slow pacing. And then the all of a sudden final 100 page crammed ending. I just didn't like it. I really wanted to. But don't.
This isn't a great fantasy novel, with a plot that feels familiar and some clunky dialogue. What makes it work is the presence of Tasslehoff Burrfoot, one of the best fantasy characters ever, who injects energy into every scene in which he appears. He makes up for a lot of the books shortcomings.
Overall an enjoyable read, though not quite as good as the first in this series. It's interesting to both like, and be annoyed by Tasslehoff. It was a quick read, though the sections without our group of intrepid adventurers seemed to drag a bit. I enjoyed learning a bit about the Dargonesti, and always love spending some time with Flint and Tanis. Not bad overall, give it a shot if you're into lighter fantasy fare.
Loved the polymorphing :D . yes it's light hearted dragonlance, but having Tasselhoff as the hero was actually really refreshing, and there were a lot of cliff hangers.
Meh. Kind of boring till the last sixty pages. Some of the established characters are well-written, but while this book would have you believe it's about Tas, he only has slightly more page-time than a Chronicles installment. Too much time was spent droning on about side characters you never become invested in. A Meetings Sextet book called "Wanderlust" should've chronicled The kender's early adventures leading to his first meeting of the other companions. Instead, we got this mess.
Im zweiten Teil des Meetings Sextett kommt nun Tasslehoff dazu. Und die Geschichte beginnt in Solace, wo sich Flint und Tanis nach den Ereignissen des ersten Teils aufhalten.
Die Autoren konzentrieren sich auf das Verhältnis zwischen Flint und Tas. Tanis rückt etwas in den Hintergrund und nimmt mehr die Rolle des Vermittlers zwischen Flint und Tas ein.
Die Autoren schaffen es, den Humor, der mit Tas einhergeht, nicht in Klamauk abgleiten zu lassen. Es ist oft lustig, aber immer mit einer notwendigen Ernsthaftigkeit.
Die Geschichte selbst ist gut durchdacht und spannend geschrieben. Und hat immer wieder mal eine überraschende Wendung parat (vor allem für die daran beteiligten Figuren).
Het valt op hoe verschillend W&H ertegenaan kijken vergeleken met hoe Mary Kirchoff en Steve Winter Tas portretteren.
In Wanderlust toont hij enorm veel intelligentie, vooral als speurder voor vallen, verborgen gangen, en meer (zie laatste deel van het boek). Voor W&H is hij grappiger, ietsje dommer in z'n acties, ... Hier is het precies een wat volwassener Tas en dat vergt wel een gewenning. Centraal draait het om een toekomstvoorspellende armband, voor de troonopvolger van de Dargonesti elven, ofte de zee-elven. Flint moest 'm maken, 't was een geheime opdracht. Tas, in een typische Kenderbui, heeft die 'toevallig' in z'n bezit, maar geeft 'm dan door aan anderen - in de hoop goed te doen en hem zo terug bij Flint te bezorgen -, waardoor ie na verloop van tijd in de verkeerde/evil handen terechtkomt. En zo trekken de 3 (Tas, Flint en Tanis) samen met Selena (die de armband liet maken) op avontuur.
Soms komt het verhaal wat kinderachtig/simplistisch over, maar algemeen gezien is het zeker de moeite waard om te weten hoe Tas bij Tanis en Flint is verzeild geraakt en hoe de groep beetje bij beetje uitbreidt per boek.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.