Saša

This is a uniquely imaginative book. The idea of the translator chiming in and then going of on tangents about his personal life was very odd at first. But the way the book ties both stories together and starts to bring together lives of the people a few centuries apart is very engaging. The writing itself is nothing extraordinary, but as the book goes on it becomes more and more intriguing.

What a fantastic book! It was glued to my hands.
The storytelling is great, going strong throughout the book with brave twists. I was wandering so many times “how in the hell will this work out in the end?!”. Main characters are captivating, intelligent and full of life, you will root for them sincerely.
Actually, the less you know about the book the better, just pick it up and enjoy.

This book has two distinct sides to it, entwined throughout the book.
The one is Robert's road trip with his son and a couple of friends.
This part is really good and enjoyable. It has an unassuming way of conveying the beauty of a journey in a lot of easy going things making you spontaneously appreciate the way Robert enjoys life.
It can make you remember how good it feels to appreciate the moment for what it is.

The other side of the book is the author's home brew philosophy. This side is the direct opposite of the first one. I found it to be very pretentious and self glorifying. And a lot of times the philosophy is very outdated (to be fair, the book is over 40 years old) and pretty narrow minded. And it's written in a way that it should be obvious that this is the best way of thinking.
After a while it became extremely cumbersome and I had a hard time pushing through it.
Unfortunately the emphasis is on the philosophy part which for me ruined the whole book.
If only the motorcycle travels were a separate book. That would be a gem.

I must admit, I'm biased about this book because it brings me back to my childhood and reading my first Dragonlance novel under a pine tree on the seaside.
Time of the Twins for me still holds the same sense of magic and adventure. It's not overly realistic, which is so trendy in modern fantasy, but instead it's full of color and magic and heroic feats.
I like how the very writing style changes to complement the character it is following.
And of course, it has one of the best characters ever!
If you don't know who I'm talking about you have to read this book.
Raistlin is so layered and so deep that you will adore him and at the same time be deeply hurt by him.
Even as a reader I know I'm being manipulated but I fall for it every time.

The book goes into describing some of the big events in Krynn history, that were mentioned so many times in other Dragonlance books. We get to see how our great twins Caramon and Raistlin affected the events that happened so long ago.

Time of the Twins is a nice segway to the War of the Twins which is from the very beginning a great read.

The final installment sees our characters with increasingly more difficult obstacles and life decisions. The changes in the Republic start to show and we get to see where the Republic is in the great scheme of things.
And just as it happens in real life we get to see how our characters had naive outlook on life based on their rather narrow experience, and how they get more mature in the process of unraveling.

By the end of the book you will be so emotionally invested in the characters that you'll find yourself clutching the book and yelling or crying or laughing. It is steadily building up to the roller coaster at the end.