Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Forgotten Realms: Computer Tie-In Novels)
by Philip Athans
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Author: Philip AthansEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-09-15
ISBN: 0786915692
Number of pages: 245
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Book Reviews of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Forgotten Realms: Computer Tie-In Novels)
Book Review: A Surpassingly Poor Adaptation
Summary: 1 Stars
Athans tries everything in his limited repertoire to save this bastardization of an epic story. Among his 'hooks' are gratuitous violence ([...]) and Lesbianism (Imoen and Phaere) but nothing can disguise the fact that Athans writes like a grade-school English dropout. His comparisons are overwrought and clumsy, his pacing is non-existent. This is Bulwer-Lytton material.
I would like to emphasize that the problems with this book are not related to the differences between the game's story and the novel. It's common (unfortunate) practice to give a novelization author (ghostwriter) just the facts, and those facts can change during development.
If you'd like to read some quality game-to-book fiction check out Mr. Gaider's maiden effort. Not perfect, but it shows promise for the main course.
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Summary of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Forgotten Realms: Computer Tie-In Novels)
Bhaal is dead!But his disciples want to bring him back. The blood of the god of murder runs through his children, and bad blood attracts bad people.
Shadow thieves, vampires, ninjas, and rockworms run rampant on the Sword Coast in the action-packed novelization of the Baldur's Gate II computer game from BioWare and Interplay.
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