View Full Version : The Torment novel....does it suck?


Rakanishu
Thu, 5th Oct '00, 8:51am
Has anybody finished reading the Torment novel?

I managed to read the first chapter but it sort of sucked compared to the game.

Is it any good at all?

Taluntain
Thu, 5th Oct '00, 7:10pm
Well compared to Athans' BG novels it's a masterpiece.
But compared to anything else I wouldn't rate it higher than avarage. But since I only read it recently it did sparkle a few nice memories of the time I was still playing Torment, so buying it was not such a bad investment. Read the whole thing, it gets better somewhere in the middle.

Rakanishu
Sun, 8th Oct '00, 4:12pm
Heya Taluntain, sorry it took me so long to reply.

You read the whole thing? Cool....I only read the first chapter at an online preview of a sort, forgot where.

It sucked compared to what you get from the game. You said it gets better in the middle? Is it really good or is it the same dumbed down mindless pop-Hollywood culture sort of writing?

Taluntain
Sun, 8th Oct '00, 8:17pm
Well you can read the first chapter of all game-books here on our site as well.
The writing isn't THAT bad, but nothing spectacular either.

The Fat Egg
Tue, 10th Oct '00, 10:33pm
Athans must DIE! He is the WORST writer of forgotten realms, his work is simply ****!