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Summary: Hunter's Trilogy 2 The Lone Drow
Review: The Lone Drow is a exciting book to continue the hunter's blade trilogy. R.A. Salvatore is an excellent writer to the rogue drow. This book is an excellent read for Fantasy Adventure enthusiast(pardon my spelling) With great suspense and action and a little comedy. The book is a great past time read.
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Summary: Ok, but too much of the same
Review: It is not a bad book, but the last few titles in the Drizzt campaign have been lackluster, including this one for me. The main problem is the lack of growth in the series. While events happen that should change things everything eventually remains the same. Wulfgar and Bruenor should rightfully be dead at this point( or in Wulfgar's case he should be busy raising a kid instead of out gratuitously adventuring), and Drizzt should have had the courage to either love Catti brie as he should or give a definate no to it so she can move on. He may be long lived, she is not.Instead we have a repetitive plot, where things happen but in the end nothing changes much. Everyone is still there, constantly dwelling on their problems that they seem to have had have since the very beginning, and Drizzt himself has developed a bad case of righteousness without doubt. This may be comforting, but I lost my ability to be surrpised by the characters. I also feel they won't die thus my excitement when they get to a fight is diminished. 10 orcs attack, 10 orcs die. Sure there is some flashy footwork, but we have seen it all before. Also, Drizzt needs to be fighting more than just orcs, ogres, etc etc. He used to face off with dragons, demons, deadly swordsmen, and high end wizards. That has definately tapered off of late, and that has also dampened my interest as well. I am hoping that the 3rd book actually changes some things and causes growth. It looks like Savatore is setting up a new love for Drizzt, but we will have to wait and see.
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Summary: An expertly crafted action/adventure fantasy tale
Review: Book One of R.A. Salvatore's "The Hunter's Blade" trilogy, The Lone Drow is the story of Drizzi Do'Urden who is the bane of the orc hordes still ravaging the North. Cut off, alone, convinced that everything he ever valued has been destroyed and all that's left is to kill until there are no enemies left, the reader is carried along on an expertly crafted action/adventure fantasy tale that is replete with memorable characters, dire situations, vividly drawn backgrounds, and horrific battles. But the novice reader should be forewarned! Reading The Lone Drow will send you to seek out all of R. A. Salvatore's earlier books -- and leave you looking urgently toward the next installment of this thrilling fantasy series.
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Summary: Good Writer, Old Material
Review: R.A. Salvatore is definately running out of material for Drizzt. There wasn't enough plot, intriuge, doubledealing, emotional turmoil (besides I'll never see my friends again) than most of his previous books. (I include Sea of Swords in this I thought it was an excellent book). I enjoy the fight scenes, but the amount that were in this book was absurd. Make them long, complicated, and interesting, but dont make Drizzt fight a thousand orcs, litterally. What dissapoints me is 1000 Orcs was okay, Lone Drow bad, and if you havn't read the Two swords, dont. Gauntylgrim? He just reused Streams of Silver's storyline. How is a long lost Dwarven city going to help them defeat Obould. Let the dwarves lose, let Entreri and Jarlaxle kill Obould, let anything happen but a cliffhanger, and a bad one. In my opinion I would either jump ahead in time, when Drizzt is the last of the companions alive, or definately follow up on Entreri and Jarlaxle. In fact, make one about Entreri or Jarlaxles past. Drizzt and co. fighting and winning nonstop is sort of old. Make Bruenor die instead of Tarathiel (sorry if you havn't read two swords), it would make for a more interesting read. And please, no more characters named Cordio Muffinhead.
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Summary: Good for Long-time Fans
Review: Although new readers might not enjoy this novel very much, die hard fans who have read about this unusual Drow from the beginning will no doubt enjoy this story. Salvatore's work in this series seems to be losing a bit of steam, but it is a fine read and a good product of the genre.
The story is not too complicated, but there are highs and lows. Reading the other reviews will likely reveal too much about the story and take away from your enjoyment of the story. One of the reviews here on Amazon revealed a major event of the story that leaves the reader waiting for it to happen rather than being surprised.
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Summary: The Beginning of Transformation
Review: The Lone Drow is a perfect follow-up for The Thousand Orcs. The Thousand Orcs left Drizzt believing he lost all his companions and friends except for his magical panther.He channels all his personal grief, anger and guilt into revenge and the hunt for his enemies.
I read Book 2 of The Hunter's Trilogy in less time than the first book. I simply had a lot of trouble putting it down. Not to detract from the first book of the trilogy, because it set up Book 2 perfectly.
The Lone Drow worked well for me on 2 fronts. First, the story is non-stop. As I said, it was very difficult to set aside. I was always trying to squeeze in a few more pages. Second, Drizzt has returned to a state he hasn't been this fully in since he left the underground. This I believe is the first step of a personal understanding and transformation.
Another plus for me is the presence of other Drow Elves, evil of course, and they must be destroyed, or so we hope.
Always behind in my reading, I don't know when I will get to Book 3, The Two Swords, but you can bet it will be sooner rather than later, and I am already looking forward to it.
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Summary: An Excellent middle adventure for this series...
Review: After waiting with much anticipation for this book, I was not disappointed. Salvatore creates an intriguing deviation and his unique blend of battle action and saga will have you turning page after page. Salvatore's writing style can, at times, be a cold slap in the face and maybe even frustrating for some readers. But over all this trilogy is definatly positioning itself as his best work yet. Highly entertaining and recommended. Bring on "The Two Swords" !!! Justice Delivered
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Summary: Salvatore Vs WotC
Review: The problem i am seeing with alot of reviews is that people dont understand the relationship an author has with a publisher. You see, there is this thing called a contract, and you CANT violate it. I enjoy reading about D's exploits through the realms, and i enjoy his character development, as well as that of the Companions. Some plots lines do get stale, its a fact of life. But authors HAVE to fulfill their contracts. When told that Chewwy had to die (and in a rather lame fashion i might add), Salvatore stood up and said NO, and dropped a moon on him instead. That in and of itself makes me like the man. Does Drizzit or one of the companions need to die? Problably. It would lend more realism to the series, and make for more depth. Salvatore tried it with Wulfgar (who doesnt really add much to the series anyway) and was over ruled by WotC (AKA Satan's Publishing). So whos to say that they wouldnt do it again? you can only resurrect so many characters before people just throw the book down and never pick it/them up again. Which would be the death of a career for a writer. What you have to understand is that some stories are for the sake of the character, not the reader (Godfather III for instance). Some people cant read or watch something if there aren't explosions every five minutes, but thats there problem. Bottom line, if you can enjoy stories for the sake of the characters then you will like this book. Its not his best, but it is worth reading all the same. We cant all make Mona Lisas everytime we pick up the brush, or they wouldnt stand out in the first place.
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Summary: And again, and again, and again
Review: Let's see... In every single book, Drizzt hasn't died, hasn't been injured, hasn't reaced a conclusion... I used to LIKE this author... And he USED to be good... but now he just uses almost the exact same storylines over and over again... don't buy this book, and you will save yourself a lot of money and boredome...
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Summary: The Lone Drow's Review
Review: In his second book, Salvatore almost out done his first book. This picks up exactly where the first one left off. It is a good read and has an excellent plot. The cover on all three books are absolutely amazing.
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