Keepers of the Razor:
Current Descendants of the Inner Circle.
This book has some useful information if you're doing the
Daedric quest to restore Mehrune's Razor. If you're not doing this quest,
however, the book isn't worth the time to read. It really is just a list of
non-player characters in possession of the various fragments of the weapon. The
text does not stand alone.
Two stars.
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Killing--Before You're
Killed, by Eduardo Corvus.
Some game-related battle tactics for melee fighting. Nothing
but contempt is given with regards to magic, and nothing whatsoever is given
with regards to archery. The advice on using bladed weapons is applicable
within the game-world, but probably not in real life. This is the kind of book
you open so you can collect the skill point, but you gain little from the
actual reading of it.
Two stars.
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A Kiss, Sweet Mother.
Another quest-related tome, this time for the Dark
Brotherhood quest. This very brief text instructs the reader on the sacrificial
ritual for summoning the Dark Brotherhood. It is creepy, but offers little
substance.
Two stars.
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The Knights of the
Nine, by Karoline of Solitude.
This book can be summarized as, "The Knights of the
Nine were awesome. Then they fell from grace and weren't awesome anymore. Then
everyone forgot about them." What the book lacks is any particular
description of what the Knights of the Nine actually did in order to be held in
high regard during their heyday. In other words, the author never explained why
the reader should care about the Knights.
One star.
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Kolb & the Dragon:
An Adventure for Nord Boys.
It's a choose-your-own-adventure-style book! Each page sets
the scene, with a list of different pages you could turn to next depending on
the choice you make. I loved this style of interactive adventure tale when I
was a kid, so reading this book was like having a huge corner slice of birthday
cake with extra buttercream frosting. The epub version doesn't work so well, even
though the compiler was careful to preserve page numbers. However, reading this
book in-game was delightful. I had to go through it multiple times, choosing
different paths so I could see all the endings. It's a very short and simple
tale, of course, but that doesn't lessen the delight. Props to the game
developers for even thinking to include a book like this.
Five stars.
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Note: I am not connected to Bethesda in any way, and no one
asked me to do these reviews. I am doing this purely for my own fun, as time
allows. I don't have an agenda, other than the joy of reading and writing. If I
panned your favorite Skyrim book, sorry. If I gave five stars to one you
thought was awful, also sorry. These are my opinions and mine alone. You're
entitled to your own.
Read these books within the game Skyrim, on The Elder Scrolls Wiki or on the Unofficial Elder ScrollsPages, or download the Dovahkiin Gutenberg.
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