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Summary: Good read, Not Salvatore's Best
Review: Salvatore brings back everyone's favorite Dark Elf for another installment of the Paths of Darkness series. The book itself was a fast read, as are most of Salvatore's works, but it left me wanting a bit. To his credit, the author resolved and wrapped up many hanging treads left throughout the series.
The characterization of the pirates was wonderful, but the opponent Salvatore lined up for Drizzt came of as a shadow of Entrari. I felt that he could have completely left this character out or developed someone within the pirate crew to cover the need for a dramatic closing fight (Salvatore's greatest strength). If Salvatore continues to write books with the Heroes of Mithiril Hall (which I pray he does), I look forward to seeing who or what he comes up with to challenge the party. Bottom Line: A good book, and worth the wait. Even Salvatore's B work is better than 90% of the rambling epics on the fantasy market.
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Summary: Drizzt's back, and he's here to stay.
Review: I honestly wondered if R.A. Salvatore could pull off another book about Drizzt Do'Urden. After all, with fourteen previous books in the series, who was left for the scimitar-wielding ranger to fight? The Crystal Shard was shattered, Drizzt's malicious family was long dead, Artemis Entreri had recovered from his obsession with the drow ranger, and the demon lord Errtu had been banished to the Abyss for a century. (Though if the series runs long enough, Drizzt may eventually have to face Errtu once more!) And with Salvatore's last two Forgotten Realms books focusing on the tormented barbarian Wulfgar and the aging assasin Entreri, it seemed that Drizzt's days had perhaps come to an end. But fourteen books prove, if nothing else, that Drizzt cannot be kept down. The book opens with Drizzt and his friends chasing down highwaymen in the frozen reaches of Icewind Dale. When one of the surviving bandits is found with the mark of Aegis-fang, Wulfgar's magical hammer, Drizzt decides to discover what has become of his missing, tormented friend. The hammer is actually in the hands of Shelia Kree, a ruthless pirate chief. Wulfgar, meanwhile, pursues Kree aboard Captain Deudermont's pirate-hunting ship, conflicted between his old life as a warrior and his new roles as a husband and a father. And while Drizzt hunts for Wulfgar, a mysterious moon elf named Le'lorinel hunts Drizzt, obsessed with killing the drow ranger. These seperate plot threads could result in a tangled mess, but Salvatore weaves them together well. Mixed in with the main plot are scenes with dozens of minor characters from previous novels: Captain Deudermont and the wizard Robillard, Morik the Rogue and the owners of the Bloody Cutlass in Luskan, Lord Feringal, Lady Meralda, Priscilla, and Terimgast at Castle Auckney, and others. A large portion of the book's appeal comes from the growth of these lesser characters: Robillard's transistion from crusty curmudgeon to crusty mentor, for example, and Morik the Rogue's altrusitic side comes to the top once again, despite his best efforts. "Sea of Swords" does start out slowly, with Drizzt and companions seemingly having nothing better to do than harass highwaymen. But the pace soon picks up, and how do the pages fly! Five stars.
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Summary: The Return of the Companions
Review: The Companions of the Hall make a great return in the new R.A. Salvatore Drizzt book. After a respite of 2 books, Drizzt returns with Cattie-Brie, Regis, and Bruneor to embark on a quest to find their friend, Wulfgar, who left them after returning from his trials in Abyss with the demon Errtu. The sign of Wulfgar's hammer Aegis-Fang is found on a criminal and the Companions set off to retrieve the hammer--and their friend.
There are only two downfalls with the new book. The biggest one is that it didnt go as fast as previous books, like The Slient Blade. The action really doesnt pick up until after the first 75 pages or so, and I am not used to that in a Salvatore book.
The other downfall was the fact that the battles, while always interesting, start to lose their appeal. You can only battle goblins and half-ogres so many times before you fall asleep while you read it. Where are the fantastic battles between the Companions and giants or illthids or even swarms of drow! The fantastic battle at the end was very good, but it didn't last long enough. The ploy with Drizzt almost dying did not go over well in my mind either.
But other than that, this book was marvelous. The final battle, while short, was exhillarating, and very well-written, as usual. All in all, the book was the next in the series and it makes you yearn for more! Next fall, you can expect another review for Mr. Salvatore's new Drizzt book. I can't wait!
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Summary: Perfect prequal to The Thousand Orcs
Review: This story starts off rather slow, showing how Drizzt helped Ten Towns with their Highway men problem. But it soon picks up into the main story, getting Wulfgar and getting Aegis-Fang back from the pirates. This book is very eventful, gives wonderful battle scenes in the open sea, and does not waste time with painfully slow details. Read this book first if you want to read The Thousand Orcs.
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Summary: Only a fool Would Slander this Work!
Review: I'm sick and tired of seeing Sea of Swords insulted merely because a few spoiled readers would have preferred that things go in another direction. SOS is another masterful writing, and it is a must-read for anyone loyal to the Fantasy genre.
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Summary: Not Salvatore's Best, But Still Great
Review: This book is mainly used to bring the seperated party members back together again. Some of the plot is a bit shallow and thin, and the ending leaves a bit to be desired, but overall, the book is fantastic. Drizzt fans will be happy that he and the rest of the companions are back, after their absence from the last two books. The book is action packed, and furthers the plotline greatly. The book plays like a movie in your head, and I couldn't stop reading it til the end. If you've read the others in the series, then pick this one up too... it will not dissapoint.
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Summary: sea of swords
Review: I have bought all of your books, and I really enjoyed them.
The only thing is that you need to get Catti-Brie and Drizzt
together for love must prevail. This would be one of the reasons
I would not buy any more of your books. These two characters
are my favorite.
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Summary: One of the best I've read
Review: Although this was my first Salvatore book, I thought very highly of it. The characters are great. It has a good plot. There is alot of acion in this book, and I found it to be very satisfying. A very good read.
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Summary: Drizzt Returns!
Review: In R.A. Salvatore's "Paths of Darkness" series, a certain Drow Ranger has been conspicuously absent from the action. In "The Sea of Swords", he's back, spinning his scimitars like he never left. Expanding upon the plot of "The Spine of the World", Wulfgar, now a family man recovering from his sojourn in the Abyss, has gone in search of his hammer, Aegis-Fang. All the while, his comrades are searching for him, as well as the pirate who claimed his weapon. This exciting backdrop is combined with a subplot involving an orphaned elven warrior bent on vengeance against Drizzt for his family's death, and the growing romance between Drizzt and the human warrior Catti-Brie. Although the plot is interesting and the action as intense as always, Salvatore once again wastes a very intriguing character (in a similiar manner to the way he killed off the remnant's of Drizzt's family in "The Legacy"), and fails to end the book on a note of completion. But these gripes aside, "The Sea of Swords" isn't a bad addition to the series.
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Summary: A step in the way wrong direction
Review: Despite the fact that i've loved almost all of Salvatore's other offerings this one is terrible. Many of the "action" scenes read more like slapstick than serious fights. The first two edition to this trilogy had some thought to them while this one is just a dry run on a well beaten path. Salvatore never really sells the enemy as a challenge and the group bowls the pirates over with no real challenge. Predictable, trite, and a bad ending to a good series.
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