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nerdyreferencelibrarian89 's review for:
The Lone Drow
by R.A. Salvatore
Yet another surprisingly good entry into this series, if anything better then the first.
The development and growth of the villains, specifically the orc king Obould was excellent. The brute turning into someone with a thought out plan was very entertaining.
There is also some nice drama between emissaries from Mirabar and Mithral Hall, with Regis really coming into his own as a steward for the Hall.
There is also an awesome, desperate plan that is done, with Pikel and the gnome working together and while it was obvious what they were trying for, I think climax lived up to the hype.
Yet again; however, several things kept this book from receiving a 4 star rating.
The biggest one is Drizzt annoying and pointless section diary entries. Who needs this whiny introspection that basically repeats exactly what happened already in the story. We get it, you are torn and like your friends...!
There is also an annoying chapter where Cattle-brie and Wulfgar have a very odd and forced conversation about her feelings about Drizzt, while in the middle of a battle, and their adoptive father is dying. Just seemed weird and pointless. We didn't need this sledgehammer style of romance, show me it, don't have awkward forced conversations.
Finally, again the description of the fighting style, specifically of the elves is excessively hard to picture. I think in part because what they are doing doesn't actually seem possible. The dwarves battle descriptions make sense, I see them and enjoy it. But the elves are all unrealistic dashing, weird slashes, and things that aren't described well.
Overall I think this was a strong addition to the Drizzt storyline, but still suffers from the central problem to Drizzt stories, their whiny and annoying main character, who bounces from being perfectly emotionally balanced, to crying, to raging, to "introspective" at the drop of a hat, an untouchable main characters (again Drizzt) who seems to get into extreme danger repeatedly and leave largely untouched, and finally combat descriptions that at times are extremely bad and impossible to visualize (again Drizzt).
The development and growth of the villains, specifically the orc king Obould was excellent. The brute turning into someone with a thought out plan was very entertaining.
There is also some nice drama between emissaries from Mirabar and Mithral Hall, with Regis really coming into his own as a steward for the Hall.
There is also an awesome, desperate plan that is done, with Pikel and the gnome working together and while it was obvious what they were trying for, I think climax lived up to the hype.
Yet again; however, several things kept this book from receiving a 4 star rating.
The biggest one is Drizzt annoying and pointless section diary entries. Who needs this whiny introspection that basically repeats exactly what happened already in the story. We get it, you are torn and like your friends...!
There is also an annoying chapter where Cattle-brie and Wulfgar have a very odd and forced conversation about her feelings about Drizzt, while in the middle of a battle, and their adoptive father is dying. Just seemed weird and pointless. We didn't need this sledgehammer style of romance, show me it, don't have awkward forced conversations.
Finally, again the description of the fighting style, specifically of the elves is excessively hard to picture. I think in part because what they are doing doesn't actually seem possible. The dwarves battle descriptions make sense, I see them and enjoy it. But the elves are all unrealistic dashing, weird slashes, and things that aren't described well.
Overall I think this was a strong addition to the Drizzt storyline, but still suffers from the central problem to Drizzt stories, their whiny and annoying main character, who bounces from being perfectly emotionally balanced, to crying, to raging, to "introspective" at the drop of a hat, an untouchable main characters (again Drizzt) who seems to get into extreme danger repeatedly and leave largely untouched, and finally combat descriptions that at times are extremely bad and impossible to visualize (again Drizzt).