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Summary: Alone in the Underdark
Review: In "Exile", the second installation of the Dark Elf Trilogy, R.A. Salvatore picks up with Drizzt Do'Urden after he flees his ancestral homeland of Menzobberanzan. Alone in the savage Underdark, Drizzt faces monsters, and even more the weight of a crushing loneliness, with his only companionship coming from the summoned panther Guenhwyvar. In his wanderings he finally seeks out the company of the Svirfneblin, a race of subterranean gnomes and the blood enemies of the Drow. There, an old kindness is repaid in full, and he experiences life in a society completely alien to that from which he escaped....but the wrath of the drow and his cursed fate pursues him, and he must leave his new friends, lest he bring ruin to them as well."Exile" is a great read, and continues the excellent storyline that was begun in "Homeland". Drizzt continues to mature, both in his martial skills and his convictions. As always, Salvatore describes incredibly detailed combat scenes and swordplay, but the most fascinating struggle by far is the turmoil of Drizzt's soul. After finishing this novel, the first thing the reader will want to do is reach for "Sojourn", to see how the story will end, and begin again.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: This is a very good sequel to Homeland. This book is not better than the 1st, as what the Icewind Dale Trilogy was like. (Say what you will, I think Streams of Silver is R.A Salvatore's best work.) This takes place in the Underdark, mostly, where Drizzt has exiled from his drow homeland. He has very strange adventures (most of them with his friend in the city, Belwar.) and decides to go to the surface. I felt some syumpathy with Drizzt of leaving his cruel homeland to go into the harsh surface. Guenhyvar's (sorry if I spelled it wrong)charecter devolpment gets better with each passing book, and my 2nd favorite charecter was Clacker (poor guy), although Belwar was up there (Is it me, or does her say "magga camara" WAY TOO MUCH?) Anyway, this is a fast read, took me 5 days, I hope you'll like it too. Rating:Teen. Has bloodshed and language.
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Summary: Fun in the Underdark with Drizzt
Review: If you liked the 'Homeland,' then get ready for more fun with Drizzt and the Underdark! Our intreprid hero and his feline sidekick travel the gloomy tunnels of the underground world in exile from the cruel society of the Dark Elves. His family desires to find him so they may regain the favor of Lolth the Spider Queen, and raise up a zombie of Drizzt's father to bring him back. Drizzt meanwhile finds companionship with a dwarf and rock burrowing creature who has been transformed by a curse into a hook horror. The three companions stumble on a mind flayer cavern, a pack of dire cobies, an evil wizard...well, you get the idea. The finale sets us up for even greater vistas of adventure. This is an altogether enjoyable light fantasy novel, but it does occasionally drag under overlong battle sequences. Drizzt still keeps your interest, and his conflict with his undead father plays out perfectly.
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Summary: Not nearly as good as Homeland or Sojourn...
Review: I absolutely love every novel of Salvatore's concerning Drizzt. I've read the entire Dark Elf Trilogy, Icewind Dale Trilogy, and I have only 100 pages left to finish off the Legacy of the Drow series. I would give all those books 5 stars. However, Exile happens to be my least favorite Drizzt novel. I just wasn't too thrilled with the boring setting of the Underdark or the characters (especially the stupid pech, Clacker!). I thought the whole Illithid (telepathic octupus-like creatures) thing was pretty silly, too! And the telephathic mushrooms?--what the hell was that?! :) Anyway, I also didn't sense that good of a bond between Drizzt and Belwar as compared to Drizzt and Zak'nafein/Bruenor/Wulfgar/Catti-brie in other volumes. Don't get me wrong, though--it is still a fantastic book compared to other authors. It took me only 2 days to read it... but I don't know whether that was because it was a fast read or because I just wanted to get it over with so I could get to Sojourn. :)
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Summary: Another thriller, as expected.
Review: The story of Drizzt continues in this novel of the Underdark in which Drizzt battles within himself to maintain his identity and not loose himself to the instinctual hunter/killer that he feels himself becoming. Drizzt journeys through the subteranean world, encountering many challenges and even making a couple of friends. His time in Blingdenstone, the deep gnome city is really cool and Belwar is a cool character with mithral forged hands.. Most of the excitement comes from Drizzt's father, Zak, who has been reanimated by the Spider Queen to hunt down Drizzt. The book ends in a really awesome way, with the fall of Drizzt's evil family and Dinin joining an outlaw group of rouges, which has definite promise for the next book.
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Summary: FANTASTIC!!!
Review: Definitely a great fantasy epic and one of my personal favorites, The Dark Elf Trilogy-Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn, brings to life the story of a good hearted dark elf ranger named Drizzt Do'Urden and his adventures in the Underdark Drow city of Menzoberranzan in the World of Faerun. The books are so incredibly well written that the reader feels that they have been transported to another universe and are actually present among the characters, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, sensing what they sense. RA Salvatore has truly outdone himself and has presented us with a masterpiece of literature the likes of which we have seen only in JRR Tolkien's work and in authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies. Duty, honor, bravery, magic, and swordfights are all about. A great trilogy indeed and a "must read" along with RA Salvatore's The Icewind Dale Trilogy!
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Summary: Alone in the Underdark
Review: In "Exile", the second installation of the Dark Elf Trilogy, R.A. Salvatore picks up with Drizzt Do'Urden after he flees his ancestral homeland of Menzobberanzan. Alone in the savage Underdark, Drizzt faces monsters, and even more the weight of a crushing loneliness, with his only companionship coming from the summoned panther Guenhwyvar. In his wanderings he finally seeks out the company of the Svirfneblin, a race of subterranean gnomes and the blood enemies of the Drow. There, an old kindness is repaid in full, and he experiences life in a society completely alien to that from which he escaped....but the wrath of the drow and his cursed fate pursues him, and he must leave his new friends, lest he bring ruin to them as well. "Exile" is a great read, and continues the excellent storyline that was begun in "Homeland". Drizzt continues to mature, both in his martial skills and his convictions. As always, Salvatore describes incredibly detailed combat scenes and swordplay, but the most fascinating struggle by far is the turmoil of Drizzt's soul. After finishing this novel, the first thing the reader will want to do is reach for "Sojourn", to see how the story will end, and begin again.
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Summary: Picks up as it goes along.
Review: I think this book really started out dry. Drizzt seems like a completely differnet character. It is like a few years after the first book(nothing major has happened except a change in drizzt, the hunter). Drizzt is still awesome though. The fighting isn't as one on one as it was in Homeland, but it does a good job of keeping you there. Belwar is great. He is an intresting character, in battle he is pretty good too. His friendship is better than guenhwyvar's in this book by a long shot. Pech was a great character also, we see his story unfold. You always know what is on his mind. The problem? I find this book to be slow once it starts. Then once we see Drizzt contact other forms of life besides Guenwhyvar it picks up slightly. The middle got a little dry for my taste, more 'the hunter' stuff. However the last 50 pages got me going. Like once the mind flayers are introduced, the action starts jam packin. The book made me tear it almost. Sad and happy ending going. Gotta read the next one.
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Summary: It's Getting Better All The Time
Review: I liked this book more than 'Homeland'.'Homeland' had some problems that made the reading in it not as enjoyable as it could've been. In 'Exile' Salvatore had solved some of the problems. He still stick a lot to what seems to be a framework of an already made fantasy world, he still have parts where the writing isn't floating and sometimes using old literary tricks to keep on going, and he might need another spark of imagination or inspiration. Yet, this book is a lot better, a lot more mature and a lot more floating and fun to read than the first one. It seems that after Drizzt's leaving of his city, the book became closer to him, as if he himself had left the coldness and distanceof the Dark Elves. The book is a lot warmer than the first one, and so, leaves you with a better feeling in the end. As I said in my review on 'Homeland' there is something in Salvatore's writing that makes it greater than the sum of all it's parts. In 'Exile' you see it even better than in the previous book, and since it seems that Salvatore is getting over his problems as the series goes on, and becomes better and better, I am truly eager to read the next book.
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Summary: A spectactual book!!
Review: This is part 2 of the Dark elf trilogy. This book is the account of Drizzt exile from his homeland Menzoberranzan. He realizes that loneliness is his companion and enemy at the same time. Wandering in the darkness of tunnels from his people he realizes that he can't wander forever for his people are an unforgiving race. In the end he decides to take his chances outside the Underdark despites of the fearful stories he had heard from his people.
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