Dragonlance, an enormous series put together by an array of different authors, is something that is fun to touch on if you're in the mood for a good fantasy, but it's not recommended to try reading through every book.

First of all, Dragonlance is, unfortunately, quite heavy with clichés and obviously draws on books such as The Lord of the Rings for content. The authors write about castles and kings, princesses, elves, dwarves, dragons, and more. While these stories might have been more fascinating a hundred years or so ago, in this century, it is nothing new and gets quite boring.

Now there are a number of plot devices that seem more original. There are a great number of gods involved in the novels, each having separate affinities such as Roman and Greek gods do in reality. Another factor is that the use of magic, good, evil, or neutral, relies on the presence of each of three corresponding moons. I mention this specifically because, although these ideas are original, it felt to me like I was reading about an RPG game like Dungeons and Dragons, with the way that some of the plot was structured.

If you're an advanced reader, you might not enjoy the writing style either. It's quite simple and clearly made more a younger reader, even though the book is normally filed in adult-fiction. Simple words and short descriptions in the novels make it seem quite bland and the reader may not want to continue reading. Some of the books also have an omniscient viewpoint. While many good literatures make it work, it just doesn't turn out well in Dragonlance.

Now, some people read through a mediocre series often just to know the gist of the plotline, even if it is below their level. Sadly, for anyone who is not honestly in to the series, it is impossible to read through the entire thing. Dragonlance easily numbers up to around 100 different novels to date.

100 novels for one series seems like a lot for a single storyline. It would be, but the Dragonlance novels are in fact not of a single storyline. Instead, the series is split into a large number of sub-series. For instance, the original three books are part of the Chronicles trilogy. Most of the time, the trilogies are only loosely connected due to being in the same setting but at a different time or vice versa. This sounds like it would be fun to read, but it quickly gets boring, and also frustrating, as it is hard to decide what the correct order to read everything is, as a lot of the trilogies refer to each other.

Overall, for someone looking for something original, or is a more advanced reader, Dragonlance isn't recommended. For anyone looking for a quick read of something really simple, but not expecting to read through a whole series, this isn't too bad to pick up in said case. All in all, no surprises should be expected, however.