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Summary: Another enjoyable outing from Salvatore...
Review: Coming on the heels of Salvatore's excellent "Legacy of the Drow" Quartet, "The Silent Blade" continues the adventures of Drizzt Do'Urden and company, once again off across the lands of Faerun on a quest to destroy the Crystal Shard, Cranshinibon. Salvatore's writing continues to improve- The Silent Blade introduces new depth to quite a few of Salvatore's characters, including the disillusioned assassin Artemis Entreri, the enigmatic mercenary Jarlaxle, and, now returned from his captivity in the Abyss, the barbarian warrior Wulfgar. The book also splits it's time evenly between Entreri and Drizz't, and the focus on Entreri's dealings in Calimport put a nice twist on the novel, only surpassed by the showdown at the end of the book. If you've enjoyed the dark tone of "Legacy of the Drow" and want to continue your adventures with Drizzt, pick this book up.
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Summary: Return to the power of the Crystal Shard
Review: The Silent Blade is not only the firt book of the series "The Paths of Darkness" by R.A. Salvatore, but it is also the return to a battle that was thought over. The battle of and for the evil Crystal Shard. In this first novel of the series, we encounter all of our old friends and enemies. This book really is an intro for the rest of the novels in this series which pins 3 characters, drizzt, wulfgar, and Entriri. The book is broken up, watching each character and showing what brings them to soon be their own novel. Wulfgar is struggling with his sanity after being imprisoned in the abyss for six long years.
Drizzt is on a search to destroy the evil Crystal Shard.
And Atermis Entriri the deadly assassin and Drizzts fighting equel returns to his home city in search of himself and what he wants to do with the rest of his life. All and all this story makes for another classic tale for Drizzt and his companions. A must read for Drizzt fans.
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Summary: Salvatore Brings Back Drizzt's...
Review: Worst enemy in a plot for him to take over the streets he once lived in he must agree to once again work with the Dark Elfs who he hates so. Artemis Entreri starts to see that there is more in life than killing innocents and gaining wealth.
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Summary: Great
Review: I have read all of Salvatore's books about the drow Drizzt Do'urden, and I have loved them all. The Silent Blade is another great book by Salvatore. It has it all, action, intrigue, and of course, lots and lots of fighting.
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Summary: Catt's admirer
Review: I really liked this book in the fact that Drizzt is finally realizing that is feelings for Cattie-Brie run deeper than just friendship, and he finally realizes what the word jealousy really means when Wulfgar comes back into everyones life. I don't think the book is terribley good except for the first about 7 chapters or so.
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Summary: Whoop whoop :)
Review: I do love when all the main characters are placed together again.
Drizzt is such a great good guy with Artemis being the perfect bad a**. I was actually starting to really like Wulfgar alot, but then I got really bored with Spine of the World so he fell flat again. Jarlaxle is a pretty interesting character and even though I can't help but giggle at his name, I can't giggle at what character he is.
RAS is totally kicking with this book
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Summary: Great Book!!
Review: This book was definetely great. It kept me turning pages and reading. The main reason it was so great were the other characters. Entreri was fleshed out very well, and his story of Calimport and his alliance with Jarlaxle in this novel was fantastically written. It was very engaging, and for the first time I enjoyed these parts more than the traditional Drizzt and the gang parts. Wulfgar has indeed left, and his story is quite interesting as well. The description of his life at the time is very vivid, and really plunges the reader into his story. The only downside were the Drizzt scenes. They were boring. It had a striking resembelance to the Crystal Shard, for it revolves around that artifact, and are actually quite boring. However, the end fight between Entreri and Drizzt was maqnificant, and quite suprising, But I will not reveal the ending. All in all, it was a good read, and I am willfully going to proceed to Spine Of The World. If you like Salvatore, buy this book! Peace
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Summary: Good, but the series might be losing steam
Review: "The Silent Blade", the first book in fourth series of Drizzt the Dark Elf novels by Bob Salvatore, is essentially a continuation of the overall story that began more than ten years ago with "The Crystal Shard". All the major characters return for this novel, including Wulfgar after his return from the Abyss. While the fight scenes are still entertaining, they have started to become a bit repetitive. As another reviewer mentioned, over the course of the previous ten novels, the characters and their mannerisms/characterizations have been fairly static. With this novel, Salvatore attempted to breathe new life into some of these characters. Wulfgar journeys on his own to fight his inner demons. Entreri sees himself for who he truly is and what the driving factor is in his life. Jarlaxle is also developed more and has become an even more sinister and deadly foe. This book is broken into three main sections: Wulfgar's journey, the Entreri/Jarlaxle teaming, and the travels of the remaining members of the Companions of the Hall. This was obviously written in such a manner to lead into the following two novels: "Spine of the World" to further Wulfgar's story and "Servant of the Shard" to further the Jarlaxle/Entreri story. While still a good read, it's not up to the standards set in the earlier novels, especially the first two trilogies. Maybe Salvatore thought his characters were becoming too static and in order to continue the series, changes had to be made. The first part of the book dealing with the encounter with the giants was classic Salvatore. However, the middle third of the book tended to drag a bit as the book was split into the three sections. However, the ending, while predictable, was action-packed and entertaining, even though the fight scene was essentially a rehashing of prior encounters.
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Summary: tries to escape it's own stereotypes, almost succeeds
Review: Some background on myself: I've read all of the books up to this one, and I've had plenty of time to sit in-between release dates and think about this series, one of my favorites from my childhood. As a result, I have some particularly strong opinions regarding these books and these characters. (For the record, I enjoyed the Drizzt books up to "Siege of Darkness" to varying degrees, but was sick of it by "Passage to Dawn.") Drizzt is back, with all of his breath-taking swordplay and perpetual problems of self-doubt. That's the bad news. The good news is that a couple of the characters actually become dynamic, living, breathing characters, and not just the stagnant stereotypes with beautiful back-stories that they've normally been. Specifically I'm referring to Wulfgar and Artemis Entreri. First lets go back for a sec and let me explain what I don't like about the series. My major complaint is that once the characters were established with some good back-stories and characterization, they felt like they were carved in stone, constant and unchanging. Also after reading all of their adventures and seeing everything they've overcome, I've ceased to feel afraid for their lives. The only thing that really affects me now is how the characters interact with each other and the world around them, so I desperately hang onto any indication that they're doing something that might be the slightest bit new or unusual for them. This book has given me some hope for the future of the series. This is the first book that really focuses on characters that are starting to change. Artemis Entreri has seen his reflection for the first time, in the world of the Drow, and he's not sure how he feels about what he saw. Wulfgar has miraculously come back from hell, and he's not sure how he fits into his old world anymore. Two very different characters dealing with the very similar themes of who they are and what their place in the world is. The upsides to this book are those two characters, and that's it. This means that with a bit of practice, you can easily start skipping over entire passages and chapters without missing anything that matters. Using this method of selective reading, the book turns into a well-done look at how two different characters deal with similar existential quandaries. The downside is that I can't rate a book by counting the hits and throwing out the misses. There are still to many of the typical scenes and situations that Salvatore has turned into his own stereotype. Especially the ending. I'm curious where the future books will go, and I'm trepidly looking forward to them.
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Summary: A better read after Legacy of the Drow
Review: This, in my opinion, was a great book when put up next to what happened in Salvatore's previous series. Many people found many reasons to criticize those books, clearly expecting more from an author who had shown so much promise early on. It seemed to some that they were purely books written for the money, that R.A. Salvatore had not really felt like writing, and I came to agree with those words. I think that this was quite a bounce-back from that previous feeling I got from those books. I suddenly couldn't put the book down. Characters were more in depth, especially Wulfgar who is trying to recover from his torment he suffered at the hands of the demon Errtu, the plot was better and well planned out, and I thought that even some of the action was better. I think that anyone who enjoyed any of R.A. Salvatore's earlier books would enjoy this book a whole lot, maybe even as much as those earlier books.
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