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Summary: Pleasant Surprise
Review: I've read every FR book R.A. has put out and have loved all of them, however I've never been a big fan of Wulfgar and since I could tell that Drizzt and co. weren't involved in this story I was a little cautious. Luckily I had no reason to, it was a great book and with THE SILENT BLADE (another great book) have setup events in a way that I can't wait till R.A stops with that Star Wars stuff and comes back to the FR.
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Summary: Drizzt it is not
Review: While The Spine of the World was not one of the action filled books like all of us Drizzt fans love, it was worth the time and effort spent to read. Scimitars were not clashing on every page, and the beautiful Cattie-Brie was not their to greet us when the fight was over, which left me feeling betrayed. It took half the book for me to get into the "action", and I was not totally disappointed. Wulfgar, needed a little smoothing around the edges, and a book soley about him could be understood, but with the ending Salvatore seems to be branching to another series, and I hope he changes his mind.If you are an avid Salvatore buff like myself then part with the money when/if the book reached the paperbacks, and add it to your collection for all those Salvatore Jeopardy questions.
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Summary: The Spine of the World is worth reading!
Review: This book is overall good, but there are a few rough spots that make it boring or just kind of annoying. But I would recommend this book if you have read the prequels!
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Summary: Wonderful book, another page-turner!
Review: First off, if you just want another action-packed scimtar-twirling Drizzt novel, you won't find it here. I'm sure there are plenty of one-dimensional superhero-like characters in other fantasy novels that you can read about (Drizzt is not one of those characters, by the way). However, if you like Salvatore for the way he can weave together several seemingly unrelated stories and the way he can always keep you guessing at what will happen next, this is one you definitely will want to pick up. A book all about Wulfgar's rise back out of the gutter is great. Wulfgar has always been pretty one-dimensional to me, and I thought it was about time that we got to learn a little more about him. Turns out that he's not just big muscles and a warhammer. Who knew? And what a great ending! Another good one, Salvatore.
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Summary: The Spine of the Garbage.
Review: I have read every book about Drizzt and I have never found one that I didnt like. I will continue to read Salvatore, and I will probably go on to reading all of the books that he writes. This book is garbage though. While reading this book I almost found it painful to read. There were so many lesser characters that could have been summed up in about one word. Stupid! In other books there was such good character development. To name a few Entari, Malice, Zaknafein... There are almost endless names from other books. This book introduces what could be considered two stories. The first of which is about Wulfgar and his troubles finding himself. The second story is about a stupid girl and her insignificant life. About every fifteen pages of Wulfgar, there are fifteen pages of the stupid girl. I would advise anyone to stay away from this book, unless they are an insomniac and they have a high tolerance to all medicine used to promote sleep. This book is garbage. Dont take it even if it is given to you.
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Summary: CONFUSION>>> QUESTION! HELP!
Review: I really want to know if Bob Salvatore is gonna come out with another book about Drittz and the gang, i want to find out if Wulfgar will return to his old self, and reunite with drittz and them... please E-mail me at snajit01-01-00@prodigy.net (that's Zero)
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Summary: As Faerun Turns
Review: I can understand RA giving Drizzy a break, you have to get tired of the same focus after such a long time. I can even happily accept a book dedicated to Wulfgar. So I'm basically pleased with 135 pages of this book. The rest reminds me of one of those realllllly long jokes where the teller delights in adding pointless details and description only to arrive at a punchline which was never intended to be funny in the first place. The joke's on you for listening, fool. There is nothing remoely original about the secondary story, it's been done a hundred million times just this fiscal quarter. To get to the end result with this much pointless day-time TV stupidity is irritating. Exactly NONE of the secondary characters are interesting and, to be honest, I have no use for Wulfgar's Luskan pals either. For a guy who has come up with some pretty decent lesser characters in the past this has to be his weakest effort. I think he was too busy killing Chewie. I am not a D&D fan, I'm an RA fan and still am. It'll take a few more of these books for me to give up on him. And one word about value. This book is a horrible value, even at half the list price. Huge font, big margins, thick paper all add up to a few hours spent for 15 bones. Wait for the paperback and go read some of his original non-TSR stuff, it's not the best, but it's good and you get your moneys worth.
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Summary: Salvatore sheds more light on a great character.
Review: Finally, Salvatore (who has shown a great talent in his previous fantasy) has taken the time to shed light on one of his more intriguing characters. Wulfgar the roubled barbarian finally comes into his own as a wonderfully well-rounded character in this novel of redemption and finding one's self.
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Summary: Salvatore's new
Review: Salvatores new style is excellent. I love how he can keep me reading even though Drizzt is not even hardly a character in this one. I say it was about time Wulfgar got some of the spotlight! Loved the ending!
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Summary: An unexpected delight
Review: For a Dungeons and Dragons book that is not about either I am impressed. For once the author treats the character Wulfgar with respect and sheds believable light on the inner turmoil the barbarian faces after being in the Abyss. This is in stark contrast to how I have seen other science fiction and fantasy stories deal with this type of situation (like Star Trek). You do wonder if he will really ever fully recover as you read the story. The part of the book not devoted to Wulfgar was totally unexpected yet I found myself truly caring for Meralda and the non-adventuring characters and their small part of the realms. The way the author weaves her story into that of Wulfgar is masterful, and made the ending of the book truly enjoyable. When I saw the title I had thought that "The Spine of the World" meant that he would be spending lots of time in that part of the realms fighting giants and finding himself. After reading the novel is becomes clear the mountain range represents the separation in his soul between what he had been (to the north of the mountains) and what he had become (to the south).
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