Siege of Darkness (Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow, Book 3)

Rating:
Summary: Pretty good
Review: The only problem with this book is that Salvatore is starting to just make stuff up as he goes along. The most bizarre stuff happens, as a result of something that just hits us from a clear blue sky. He has kind of thrown out character development. Drizzt has become a jerk. His problem is he is so confident in his fighting ability that he fights for no better reason than to fight; not for honor or some other just cause as he usually does. He just goes out and kicks butt. Same thing in Starless Night. Any clear mind eventually comes to the conclusion that you do not go to Menzoberranzan in that situation. I guess I just liked Drizzt better when the odds were stacked against him. Of course, I can't blame Salvatore for this. Everything must happen within the framework of a normal D&D adventure, which foresakes the character development of really good literature. I'm sure Salvatore could be as successful as another good old writer whose last name begins with an S, ends with an E, and has a whole bunch of letters in between (yes I do know how to spell Shakespeare; I am not avoiding that) if he just took his time like J.R.R., Piers Anthony, and Douglas Adams and created his own world, his own rules, and set everything up in advance rather than making it up as he went along to help the heroes. Only hero in this series is Jarlaxle. He foresakes the drow and the Spider Queen just as Drizzt does, but with much more subtlety and cunning, much less arrogance. Notice how he bows to everybody? His body count is considerably less than Drizzt's, and he's spent his whole life in Menzoberranzan. His gang is just for protection; they hardly ever kill anybody either. He has perfect control over an evil and violent race of beings without taking anyone's life as Drizzt does. And, in his own strange sense, he's happy too.

Rating:
Summary: good story
Review: The plot was good, and the battle sequences were classic Salvatore! Yet in this book, unlike many of the previous, Salvatore fails to describe many of the key places in the story. Places such as Bligenstone and Mennzoberranzan. He describes them just not in the usual grace and detailed description Salvatore usually gives. That is the only thing I found lacking, that, and the way the ending kind of just fizzles out. Don't get me wrong Salvatore is my favorite author and I love his work more than any! Especially Drizzt! This is a great book and I would recomend it to anyone!

Rating:
Summary: Good, but if this is the way Salvatore now writes....
Review: Then I MIGHT give up. There was 130-140 pages of the battle, like The Legacy. Drizzt is kind of dropping on charecter development. But, Regis and Catti-brie are devolping. I love the part where Harkle misplaces his eyes(It's hard to explain if you haven't read it), and ERRTU IS BACK! YEA! Artemis took a break on this book (Thank god foor that. He's been in all the Drizzt books sinse Streams...)All in all, a very good book. Oh, the plot is that Matron Banere plans to seek revenge on Drizzt and start a war at Mithrall Hall. Drizzt and company must stop the Drows. Also, Errtu is getting help from Lloth(Yes, Lloth) on getting out of his banishment. That pretty much sums it up. END!

Rating:
Summary: Good, but stupidly written
Review: This book by Salvatore is one of his best books, but there was one thing that made the book really stupid at the end. The thing that drows lost the battle. How could some fu..ing dwarves with some pitiful allies win an overwhelming army of kobolds, Minotaurs, goblinoids and drows? Huh? Well, I'm not a TSR writer, but I thought the drow were good fighters, but it really didn't seem like that in this book. The start of the book was really great, but the ending really s***ed.

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Summary: Nothing like a good seige... gone wrong??
Review: This book is a very interesting mirror of our own history. The plot gripping to the very end. The over confidence and tunnel vision of Matron Baenre is masterfully written. The down fall of one of the greatest armies ever massed, emphasizing the chaos of the drow society. As for why such an army could loose? Why did the Egyptian empire fall? Napoleon? The Thrid Reich? Thumbs up to R.A. Salvatore for this addition to the Dark Elf series.

Rating:
Summary: Just another drizzt book
Review: This book is pretty good if ya want somethin to read. But really its just another normal drizzt book. Its not as good as passage to dawn or the spine of the world but its pretty good. Their are a bunch of cool battles the best one is the main battle. I liked this book I dont know if u will but I suggest u read it anyway.

Rating:
Summary: page turner, but irritating
Review: This book like all the others that led up to it was a page turner. But the never changing "chaotic good", Drizzt is getting to me with his whole caught up in himself sense of honor. I think over the Drizzt novels he has slacked off more and more the Dark elf trilogy was excellent and I liked the Icewind Dale trilogy even more. But the whole line of books builds you up for this and when he could have made a dramatic ending to it all he drops you flat on your face and kills it all. I'll continue reading about Drizzt because these books you keep you hoping for something bigger. What would be nice to see is a book about Artimas Entrari and what made him so cold, he fasinates me more than Drizzt's laughable morales.

Rating:
Summary: A dazzling display of the talent of Salvatore once more
Review: This book the best out of all nine of the Forgotten Realms books I have had the privilege of reading. All have been great but not nearly as phenomenal as the feeling I got as the last page was turned in this fantastic story. Once again R.A. Salvatore has placed you in the danger, suspense, and utter excitement of one of his books once more. The deeper revelations about some of the characters kept me guessing throughout this masterful telling of a (dare I say it again) phenomenal story.

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Summary: Best Salvatore
Review: This book was great. The juxtaposition of the avatar series with this book (The Time of Troubles) was brilliant. The idea that a fighter wins with his whole body, not just his hands shows actual thought, not just an assumtion that Dantrag's bracers would improve Drizzt's skill. Jarlaxle is fantastic as usual. He is Salvatore's 3rd best character (behind Cadderly and Drizzt) with all his mysteriousness and the intrigue and power surrounding him making me wish i could have been part of Bregan D'aerthe. I would love to see more of him, maybe a short story in one of the "Realms of..." books. Errtu's anti-magic stone didn't dispell his summoning though in Passage to Dawn as it did to his minion in Seige...Odd. Must be the Best Salvatore Ever, in my mind.

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Summary: A great Book by a Great Author
Review: This is the 3rd book in "The Legacy of the Drow" series. In this book the evil drow city finally plans a good attack against the Drizzt and his friends. The war that was started in "The Legacy" continues, but now the biggest battle begins. The Drow make it to the surface and all hell has broken loose. The evil spider queen is now living only to see the traitor Drizzt dead. The Drow now flow to the surface and attack where the companions of the hall least expect it. From under them. Now the drow flow to the surface and make an attack that few will get out of. This is a must have for the series and for any fan of Drizzt or the Drow. Dont miss this great part of the series.