Rating: 
Summary: decent, but could have been better
Review: Richard Baker, did do an ok job. The intro to a new character was fairly good. But he used that same words to describe him, as if that was his only detail. He did however make a key character act pitiful. Halistra was a good(evil) character and he broke her. The action was dull for the most, despite the thick plot. But the ending is what saved him from a bad score. It's not everyday you see... well it was cool to see them fight.
Ok, but gives the awesome series a flat tire. Book IV better pick up the ball where Baker dropped it.
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Summary: An Interesting Read !
Review: The use of 'lads' was unfortunate, I do agree.The book is slow to get going ,but it's worth the effort as the ending picks up the pace quite nicely. This book, while not as witty as the first 2, is GREAT in it's intrigue and the Pillar of Woe's battle was very interesting IMO!
The Drow backstabbing just keeps getting more fun! :)The ending did surprise me! It gives us an accurate feeling as to just how desperate Drow can get when Mother Lloth seems to be hard of hearing. Eh sonny...? Speak into the horn.... :)
Rating: 
Summary: Where's the beef?
Review: This book was just OK. It furthered the plot along nicely, but I had the impression that it was really only half a plot that they stretched out to be a whole book. The fighting scenes were almost non existent. The book did not contain the well thought out combat scenes that were expected. The author would simply go to another scene and come back and the fight was finished. I didn't like that at all.Another thing is Halisstra's bae'qeshel (bard song of Lloth). It is too powerful. If it is that powerful, who needs Lloth's spells anyway. But saying all that, the book has two plots. The first is the Spider Queens spell-beggars (clerics) go to her domain to see why she isn't answering and the dark-dwarfs start the first strikes of the battle for Menzoberranzan. It does, however, leave you eager for the next book in the series, but is by far the worst of the series so far. Hence I give it 3 out of 5 stars.
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Summary: Condemnation
Review: This has to be one of the worst written books I have ever read. The author has written it as part 3 of a 6 book series and it is as though he did not bother to read the first two books in series. Full of contradictions, messed up character descriptions and is lacking decent character developement within the villians. What the hell was R. A Salvator thinking when he added this author?
Rating:
Summary: Good but slow to get there
Review: This is a good book but generally long winded as the previous one was. A good read if you have the patience. Over all I would suggest it to any of R.A. Salvatores or Richard Bakers Fan's.
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Summary: You just need to read more and more!!!!
Review: This is a great book. I read the first two books in the series and now I am truly an addict. I love the focus on the society of the dark elves, my favorite race in the forgotten realms series. Read this series if you want to truly know the drow.
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Summary: Could have been better.....
Review: This is the third book of what was promising to be an epic. No other Forgotten Realms series, was planned to have so many books in the series. The Sembian series was an exception, and it was focussed on individual characters of a single household. The fact that this series will have different authors for each book is both a boon and a bane. The boon was that the massive scope of the series will have rich contributions from various perspectives, making it more multi-dimensional and more credible. The bane was that the same characters written by different people will inevitably have different interpretations. Not all these differences are subtle, and I wonder at the end of Book 6, whether the characters will get as garbled as in a "secret message" game. There were two threads of development in this book. One followed the party of drow despatched from Menzoberranzan to Ched Nassad, the other on a secret organisation of male drows engineering attacks on drow cities. Barely escaping with their lives when Ched Nassad was destroyed, the party of drow picked up two additional travellers, and considered on the next step in order to learn of the silence of Lloth, the Spider Queen. Without her granting spells, drow societies, which had for millenias been ruled by her clerics, were under great tension and verge of breakdowns. The enemies of the drow cities were quick to take advantage, with a deep dwarven kingdom and a fiend-led horde of evil denizens converging on Menzoberranzan. Here, colourful characters were fleshed out through witty dialogues and stylistic actions. Unfortunately for the book, editors, or the writer, failed to spot a number of irritating errors, which other reviewers have posted. Another problem was the level of credibility. The party of six drows and a draegoloth faced many enemies - their combat strength do not seem to be consistent. One moment they could fight off powerful foes in an apparently deserted city, the next moment they were fleeing from mundane pursuers. Then they would be taking on lower-planes denizens and an unusually powerful beholder. There were several brief references to sexual encounters, which are reminiscent of Hollywoods obligatory nude scenes in many mainstream movies - these sections could have been better written to add to the characterisations. Unfortunately, each section was little different from each other without adding anything new. Nonetheless, I look forward to reading the next book as this book ended with cliff hangers on each thread development.
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Summary: Condemnation was Good!
Review: This was a good addition to the best series of books in the Forgotten Realms history of fantasy literature! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this episode in the War of the Spider Queen and am planning on rereading these books again soon. Richard Baker is a good writer but I felt that this was not the absolute best work in the series so far (Insurrection definitely was!). The intrigue and character development that Baker adds to the War of the Spider Queen really stands out. Fascinating locales visited across the realms (and alternate planes) culminating in an ultimately exciting scene set upon the mighty throne of the Queen of the Demonweb Pits herself! Highly recommended, but you must read all of the books to truly appreciate the series!
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Summary: great book
Review: this was a great book. the intro of nimor was a great addition. the wizard battle between gromph and the lich dyr was a great addition to an already great book.
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Summary: More Drow fun
Review: This was very good too, apart from a few minor errors, where Danifae suddenly can levitate, and another where Quenthel orders Jeggred to pick her up and he's not even there. But it's a real page turner too, with a lot of surface adventures and continuing the story of Quenthel, Jeggred, Pharaun, Ryld, Hallistrae, Danifae and Alliszia. Pharaun is less the main character though still has his usual wit, and it takes on Hallistrae's perspective more which works nicely. Danifae's character is also more fleshed out and various blossoming romances (as far as that word can really apply to drow) are begun, as well as an interesting examination on Hallistrae's part of her faith in Lolth. Looking forward to the fourth book. It might have been nice if the series had been written by one author but it's working.
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