Elminster's Daughter / Ed Greenwood

Elminster's Daughter

category: fantasy, author:

Ed Greenwood

book ?? of Forgotten Realms
original copyright 2004

read in February 2012 (and before, in December 2005)

Agamedes' opinion: 6 out of 10: read to pass the time

My book memory is quite good although I have difficulty remembering authors and titles. As I read this book, there was nothing familiar. So I was fairly certain that I had never before read Elminster's Daughter.

And then -- half way through the book -- I met the wizard reading a "chapbook"...

A "chapbook"?! I remember that!

In fact, I also remember the situation: The wizard should be on watch but he is reading a "chapbook". I also remember thinking, "A chapbook, haha, that's quite clever. Or funny. Or something." Which is exactly what I thought this time...

A clever word which sticks in the mind. Yes, I definitely have already read Elminster's Daughter. In 2005, in fact.

And the "chapbook" is all that I can remember from that first reading...

Which is really a good indication of the quality of Elminster's Daughter.

This book is a lot of fun. Action, adventure, magic and mystery. A single chase through the streets takes perhaps a quarter of the book -- and is never boring.

The book is also... totally forgettable.

Lightweight fun. Easy to read, easy to enjoy.

Just as easy to put down and forget.

..o0o..

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