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Summary: Not the best, but still, a great book!
Review: I feel that this one is a great way to end a trilogy. But it's not the best. What didn't make me give it 5 stars was that I couldn't really understand those fireworks, and that I think Artemis should've been in Baldur's Gate. But,still,a great book! After The Halfling's Gem is The Legacy of the Drow, 4 more books to read, which is the sequel to the Icewind Dale Trilogy.
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Summary: Random ending to the trilogy but overall worth reading
Review: I thought that "The Halfling's Gem" was a good book, but like the rest of the trilogy it seemed very random and unrelated to the previous two books except for the ending of the second book. Out of nowhere (it seems) the group has to run after the assasin half the continent away to Calimport - while running into evil creatures and people they have to fight. This book has great action and well thought out fights which is one reason Salvatore has grown in the ranks of fantasy writing. Everyone loves his battles.As a side note, an interesting idea and well done character development is the fact that the drow Drizzt is having to hide his identity because of the racist overworld and his heritage. His hiding is referenced in the later books many times. His thoughts and those he shares with Cattie-brie get nagging and annoying, but of course I would probably feel the same way if I was persecuted and hated while saving the lives of good people. I absolutely love the Drizzt and Entreri duel. I loved the battle at the end of "Streams of Silver" and as always they duel it out in such a beautiful and deadly fasion. Overall, the book was good and the trilogy was also good, just not great. I love "the Legacy of the Drow" a thousand times better than this trilogy, but of course these are necessary for complete understanding of the characters involved in both sequences. I would have given this book (and the other books in the trilogy) a higher rating(s) if the tasks and quests did not seem so random and reaching for relavence to the rest of the realm.
Rating:
Summary: Random ending to the trilogy but overall worth reading
Review: I thought that "The Halfling's Gem" was a good book, but like the rest of the trilogy it seemed very random and unrelated to the previous two books except for the ending of the second book. Out of nowhere (it seems) the group has to run after the assasin half the continent away to Calimport - while running into evil creatures and people they have to fight. This book has great action and well thought out fights which is one reason Salvatore has grown in the ranks of fantasy writing. Everyone loves his battles. As a side note, an interesting idea and well done character development is the fact that the drow Drizzt is having to hide his identity because of the racist overworld and his heritage. His hiding is referenced in the later books many times. His thoughts and those he shares with Cattie-brie get nagging and annoying, but of course I would probably feel the same way if I was persecuted and hated while saving the lives of good people. I absolutely love the Drizzt and Entreri duel. I loved the battle at the end of "Streams of Silver" and as always they duel it out in such a beautiful and deadly fasion. Overall, the book was good and the trilogy was also good, just not great. I love "the Legacy of the Drow" a thousand times better than this trilogy, but of course these are necessary for complete understanding of the characters involved in both sequences. I would have given this book (and the other books in the trilogy) a higher rating(s) if the tasks and quests did not seem so random and reaching for relavence to the rest of the realm.
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Summary: WOW! I finished it in 3 days! GREAT BOOK!
Review: I've read 6 of Salvatore's books so far, & have yet to take longer than a week to read each one. His stories are so well done that you may want to hire a driver so you don't have to stop reading to go places. This one picks up exactly where "Streams of Silver" left off, with Drizzt & Wulfgar chasing the assassin Artemis Entreri across the land of Faerun trying to save their halfling friend Regis. The edge-of-your-seat excitement continues from the previous book and doesn't let up until the end. Salvatore does a great job describing the action & does not sacrifice the element of character developement to do so. This may be the best of all of the Drizzt Do'Urden books to date.
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Summary: WOW! I finished it in 3 days! GREAT BOOK!
Review: I've read 6 of Salvatore's books so far, & have yet to take longer than a week to read each one. His stories are so well done that you may want to hire a driver so you don't have to stop reading to go places. This one picks up exactly where "Streams of Silver" left off, with Drizzt & Wulfgar chasing the assassin Artemis Entreri across the land of Faerun trying to save their halfling friend Regis. The edge-of-your-seat excitement continues from the previous book and doesn't let up until the end. Salvatore does a great job describing the action & does not sacrifice the element of character developement to do so. This may be the best of all of the Drizzt Do'Urden books to date.
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Summary: Salvatore Finishes As Good as He Starts
Review: In The Halfing's Gem Salvatore shows that he can end a series as good as he starts one. In this book Drizzt's halfing friend Regis gets kinapped by hhis arch rival Entreri. Drizzt and crew follow Entreri up and down the sword coast and from there it only gets better. Salvatore can pick up the story line and never lets go until the last page. Good Work!
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Summary: A great finish for a fantastic trilogy
Review: In the last book of the trilogy, the adventurers keep up their constant stream of crazily difficult scenarios but once again come out on top of their foes. Maybe it was just me getting kinda tired of the same story, but I thought that this last book of the three wasn't as good as the first two. (That's where the four stars, instead of five, comes from)... In some places the book almost seemed rushed, as if Salvatore was looking forward to finishing the story, but overall the book was very good and exciting. The adventures just didn't quite match up to the scale of the other books (Bruenor's fight with Shimmergloom), but the presence of bad-ass weapons (Catie-Brie's bow and Drizzit's two scimitars) was cool. While the adventures of this book were somewhat weaker than in the others, they are by no means weak by any standards. The pirate ship attack, fighting the ratmen in the sewers, Wulfgar's fight with the Hydra, and of course Drizzit's and Entreri's showdown.. The book ended on a wonderful note with Regis (temporarily) taking over the theives guild and Bruenor taking his place as the King of Mithral Hall and Wulfgar + Catie-Bire/Drizzit + Lady Alustriel hooking up. I look forward to reading more of Salvatore's books featuring Drizzit Do'Urden.
Rating:
Summary: A great finish for a fantastic trilogy
Review: In the last book of the trilogy, the adventurers keep up their constant stream of crazily difficult scenarios but once again come out on top of their foes. Maybe it was just me getting kinda tired of the same story, but I thought that this last book of the three wasn't as good as the first two. (That's where the four stars, instead of five, comes from)... In some places the book almost seemed rushed, as if Salvatore was looking forward to finishing the story, but overall the book was very good and exciting. The adventures just didn't quite match up to the scale of the other books (Bruenor's fight with Shimmergloom), but the presence of bad-ass weapons (Catie-Brie's bow and Drizzit's two scimitars) was cool. While the adventures of this book were somewhat weaker than in the others, they are by no means weak by any standards. The pirate ship attack, fighting the ratmen in the sewers, Wulfgar's fight with the Hydra, and of course Drizzit's and Entreri's showdown.. The book ended on a wonderful note with Regis (temporarily) taking over the theives guild and Bruenor taking his place as the King of Mithral Hall and Wulfgar + Catie-Bire/Drizzit + Lady Alustriel hooking up. I look forward to reading more of Salvatore's books featuring Drizzit Do'Urden.
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Summary: The best book anyone has ever written ever.
Review: It was the best Drizzt book in existence because it didn't only have to do with fighting battle after battle. It really brought out Drizzts true colors as a leader and companion. It was a well written book that entertained me much more than any of the others because it had a definite plot. It had wonderful descriptive passages and I would recommend this book to any fantasy or Forgotten Realms fan.
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Summary: Thrilling adventure story!
Review: My only complaint about Salvatore's series is that I had to wait a year between books! Salvatore makes up for the lag between "Streams of Silver" and this book by giving us everything we want. He takes the Companions of the Hall on a breathless chase to free Regis the Halfling from the clutches of evil Artemis Entreri. We visit the eastern-themed world of Calimport, the desert city, and meet the master thieves guild. Drizzt gets his climactic battle with his almost alter ego Entreri, and it's a doozy! Personalities from the Forgotten Realms gaming world are dropped in here and there, such as Alustriel of Silverymoon. If there's a complaint, it's the finger-choppings, which are a bit shamelessly Frodo-ish, but who cares? A wonderful conclusion to this trilogy, with a hint of new and promising adventures to come.
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