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Summary: Old friends back again!
Review: This was a great book! I don't know what is wrong with some of you people. I mean yeah I saw that it was Wulfgar coming a mile a way as well but it still held me encaptured up to and including his return. I mean the whole ending was awesome with all of the friends fighting together again amid all of the confusion. It had to touch you if you were a true Drizzt fan. The parts with the sea got a little boring but were needed to bring Cadderly into the picture. I thought that was pretty cool too. I can't wait for the Silent Blade to come out in paperback to continue what Salvatore has started here.
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Summary: Very well written
Review: Very well written
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Summary: I finished it and think it to be one of his best books!
Review: I read the reviews say this to be boring and one of the poorest writings but bought the book anyway. Well those poor reviews didn't prepare me for the great reading I found instead! As with most all of Salvatore's books in the Forgotten Realms series I found I was dreading the upcoming scene in fear and other parts had me laughing out loud! I can't say enough except that you need to read this book! Now on to the Silent Blade.
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Summary: Despite the critics it's still a great book
Review: Like always the battlescenes are excellent and the way Errtu builds up the tension in the book is great. I loved the expansion of the characters of Harkle Harpell and Robillard. I would really like to see Robilliard in a more in depth view in a later novel. The meeting of Drizzt and Cadderly was superb even though I didn't know anything about the Cleric Quintet. Also thankfully there were no more damn drow or Entreri to annoy the heros again. The final battle was superbly done even at least one of the heros should of died. Such as maybe Wulfgar again. I also would of liked to of seen Catti-Brie and Drizzt just do it already. I mean everyone is expecting them to anyways. But still overall a excellent book.
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Summary: An extremely sharp decline in a usually great series
Review: First, let me say that I'm in the process of reading the novel following this one, "The Silent Blade." It seems good so far, so hopefully Salvatore has realized what a dud "Passage to Dawn" was and is now trying to amend his ways. Out of the ten Drizzt books I've read, this is unquestionably the worst. The characters seem lacking in depth and don't hold my interest at all. The entertaining characters like Jarlaxle are absent, as are the fascinating details of the drow city of Menzoberranzan. Instead, we get extensive stories surrounding clerics and sea captains that are extremely hard to care about. The entrance of Cadderly and Danica seemed more like a promo for his less successful series, "The Cleric Quintet," than a useful plot device. Finally, everyone I know who has read the Drizzt books has known that Wulfgar wasn't dead. It was just so incredibly obvious; if you can't find the body, the character's probably still around! Salvatore seems to think we don't realize this, though, trying to make us believe that it is Zaknafein, instead of Wulfgar, trapped in the Abyss. He seems to think this "surprise" will enthrall us in the end, when in actuality we've all seen it coming for the last three books or so of the series. And, of course, as always, certain characters, like Drizzt especially, sound a bit too unrealistically polished in their dialogue... even in medieval times it's hard to imagine anyone speaking polished prose at all times. Overall, a big disappointment... but worth getting through to reach "The Silent Blade." Besides, after reading nine Drizzt books already, who's willing to stop now?
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Summary: A book of swords and magic, beautifully detailed.
Review: R.A. Salvatore is one of the best contemporary fantasy authors, whose specialty are the detailed descriptions of battle scenes. "Passage to Dawn" groups Cadderly and his friends with Drizzt and his own companions in a long and perilous quest. This book is an excellent way to become familiar with all of Salvatore's main characters at Forgotten Realms. Find out what happened to the dark elf and to Catti-Brie after their leaving Mithril Hall. An adventure more dangerous than ever. A must read for all fantasy lovers or simply to escape our boring reality and land in a more active one!
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Summary: Probably the worst Drizzt book to date
Review: As a whole, the Drizzt saga is extremely good. Salvatore has an excellent way of tying the personal and fantastic elements in a fantasy story together in order to create the feeling of real people living in a real (though fantastic) world. Unfortunately, this book does not do the series justice. It is weak. While the stories of Drizzt and Catti-brie fighting pirates on the sword coast are excellent, the book takes a downhill turn from there. The single worst thing that ever happened to this book was Harkle Harpell and the "Fog of Fate", which is a silly spell meant to move adventures forward without all the tedious waiting for them involved. The spell sounds like a contrivance, which is exactly what it is, as demonstrated by where it ultimately takes the main characters (could Salvatore have found a way for them to arrive there on their own without the aid of this silly spell?). This book, unlike many of the previous Drizzt books, likes to be cozy and safe, with everyone friends at the end and no sacrifices made. None of the character development that had been seen throughout previous books is evident here- again, Salvatore flourishes in depicting personal relationships that, in this book, either do not exist or fall flat. Even the "unexpected surprise" at the end as to the "prisoner"'s identity is really no surprise at all. Unfortunately, this book has the same kinds of problems that infest "The Demon Awakens"- often Salvatore uses many words to describe that which requires few words. Subtlety is not a strength of this book. On the other hand, the book contains many good parts, as well. The customary fight scenes are quite impressive, as are the parts that include old friends revisited from this series and from other Forgotten Realms adventures. In short, I recommend this book because it is a book in the Dark Elf tradition. However, this is certainly not the best this series has to offer.
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Summary: A fun read, but there's a big lack
Review: I enjoyed it, but it left a somewhat bitter taste in my mouth. Not a bad book though, but I'm sick of Errtu Where are Entreri and Jarlaxle? Hopefully Silent Blade will be much better (I have very few doubts about that). Although, Drizzt and friends are WAY too strong and they face too few worthy challenges. The story isn't THAT predictable, but it could have been so much better. Oh well.
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Summary: Invincible Heroes?
Review: I've read all the stories pertaining to Drizzt and I must admit that I find "Passage to Dawn" a little dissapointing. The story in general seems a little too predictable and the heros just never seem to get hurt enough. I know Drizzt and his friends are quite capable in a fight, but c'mon...towards the end, they were just killing everything too well. Not only did they make it past over 100 worthy fiends to get to Errtu, but Regis (by himself) overcame/captured Crenshinibon?!?!? That's just a little too wild for me to believe. Harkle and Robillard were nice additions to the story. I hope to hear more about Robilliard in future novels. The meeting of Drizzt/Catti-Brie to Cadderly/Dannica was nice. I'd like to see some more new characters created with whom Drizzt gets to interact. Any chance we can bring back Jarlaxle? I'd like to see him get fed up with Menzoberranzan and maybe come to the surface too. I'm sure his and Drizzt's paths crossing could prove quite interesting. I'm glad that Entreri wasn't in this one...Entreri is cool, but enough already...Drizzt has beaten him numerous times and we should just leave it at that
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Summary: Filling in the Blanks
Review: I loved this book! I bought it at lunch one day at work, and finished it that same night. The story did seem to move fast, and some details could have been elaborated on more, which is why I only give 4 stars. Salvatore tied up some loose strings, "filling in the blanks."
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