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Summary: Ehh
Review: Not one of Salvatore's better novels. It's the final book for the Paths of Darkness series, and it ends nice predictable fashion. I enjoyed reading Servent of the Shard and Spine of the World, after finishing those books and then continuing with Sea of Swords, the series seems to end with a little thump instead of a bang. Pick it up if you're interested in following Drizzt and friends, but if you're looking for an interesting Salvatore book this isn't the one to get.
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Summary: The Companions Reunited
Review: Sea of Swords is an excellent novel written by one of fantasys' best authors, R.A. Salvatore. The novel takes a slightly different route from previous writings, drawing out certain parts to excellent detail. This allows for more character development and more story, which in my opinion is a key point to any good piece of writing. There is still enough action in there to keep the lulls to a minimum, as well as a good bit of humor (dry or not.) If there is one thing I did not approve of, it was the disappointing display of fighting put forth by Le'Lorinel despite years of training to do battle with the renegade Drizzt Do'Urden. However, it was not enough of a disappointment to lessen my love of this book. R.A. Salvatore has proven yet again that he is one of the finest fantasy writers of our times. Keep up the excellent work, Mr. Salvatore, as your fans are, as usual, wanting more.
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Summary: Salvatore's End to this Part
Review: The elf is back from Drizzt's past... Drizzt path in the Sea of Swords leads him from Luskin to the Ten Towns in search of a deadly pirate who has his friend's hammer. A little dragged out but a good book over all with a good ending.
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Summary: Great A+ Book. Won't want to put it down
Review: This is one of those books that you can't put down. It always has you wondering what is going to happen next and is never slow. Drizzit is back and is better than ever. Actually has some serious love stuff goin on with Cattie-Brie. Not that that is a bad thing at all. Makes for some real interesting essays by Drizzit. There is many a great fight in this book also. Nothing but goodness here. Check it out.
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Summary: someone challenge drizzt!
Review: can no one defeat drizzt? it seems him and artemis are just too good for anyone else in the world of faerun to challenge? le'lorinel trains for at least 6 years against a half elf opponent under the influence of a haste enchantment and specifically chosen because he could emulate the fighting style of drizzt better than any other candidate and le'lorinel is so good that even under the haste enchantment the half elf becomes no more of a challenge.. good this should be an interesting fight. wrong, le'lorinel does not challenge drizzt at all. the fight is short and there is no danger to drizzt whatsoever. then le'lorinel uses a haste enchantment of her own, okay it should be interesting.. no she seems to become an even more feeble fighter, there is no tension, ever. in the fights with regular opponents you expect drizzt to win but sometimes they are fun, if a bit drawn out and redundant to read. but the closing fight, you want it to at least pretend to be close. creating drizzt to be a super character, (not to mention bruenor, who practically single handedly takes down gloomwing or whatever that dragons name was who destroyed mithril hall those years ago, and wulfgar, seemingly the strongest man alive - though i admit wulfgar has become far more interesting since his 'mental' problems) has left him with no more promising enemies. the next book is not drizzt against a powerful foe, just against '1000 orcs'.. artemis seems to be falling prey to the same syndrome, in servant of the shard if you remember he killed the 'top paid assassin' of whatever guild in less than 3 seconds. even though i complain about these books i think they're great still.. by far my fav characters in any series and the book was still a good read.. the real danger at the human outpost was the most interesting part for me cause the danger to the humans was real, if not to the party. i think morik and robillard are interesting characters that should be developed, morik especially.. remember how long lived drizzt is, maybe the series should be moved a few centries in the future, where the companions are dead and drizzt can somewhat start over.. maybe wracked by guilt or remorse for something unknown in his past (the death of his companions)? or not, could go either way. thats it!
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Summary: Subpar for Salvatore
Review: I have read all of Salvatore's books and this is definetely not his best work. He honestly seemed to be just "rushing this to print". His latest book "The Thousand Orcs" was much better and is more in line with his earlier Drizzt stories.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: Salvatore does it again. I couldn't put this book down. A great culmination of the series with most of the loose ends tied up. I'd recommend reading Spine of the World and Servant of the Shard prior to this one to get into the overall story line.
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Summary: Well done
Review: Salvatore has done it again. I have been a stalwart reader of the Icewind Dale series, starting from the Icewind Dale trilogy. I have seen the characters change from beginning to now, in the Sea of Swords. It certainly brings a few surprises. It's extraordinary how Salvatore is able to reflect upon the real word within his writing, showing that there are consequences to every action. I was quite impressed with the plot, and as always, with Salvatore's vivid writing style.
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Summary: Action vs. character development, which do you care about?
Review: I completely devoured this book, just as well as every other Salvatore novel I have ever read. I was so excited to find that Wulfgar was alive in the Passage to Dawn. I was even happier when Salvatore dealt with the situation the way he did. I've become so completely sick with the way people will just bring dead character's back to life. It's like there's no lasting consequences, and nothing really matters. Salvatore never seemed hesitant to make things matter in his books. And if Wulfgar had just come back with nothing lost, what was the point. After a lot of trials and hardships, he found himself again in this book. And I think the person her became should be celebrated. Wulfgar the family man? A little strange perhaps when you think of him as the seven foot barbarian who hunted giants for sport. But there is nothing wrong with this change. Wulfgar will never be th same for what happened to him, for years of turmoil that we can never understand. Suffice it to say he has found happiness once again. I found the book itself much slower going that most of Salvatore's other works. That to me brought a sense of realisim to his characters. The Heroes of the Dale were actually people after I read this book. Drizzt before now had been like Superman, a hero who's life is merely a compilation of deeds. This book made him a real person, someone I can feel joy for and sorrow for. Every aspect of this book was saddening for the characters. Bruenor and Catti most of all. It was the second time they had lost someone so very close to them, and this time they couldn't even tell if they wanted him back. This book above all helped me to understand that the life of an adventurer was not always an easy one, or better to say, not always a pleasent one. That sometimes, being a good guy really is hard. It helped me relate my favorite character's to my own life. And I don't think I've ever been more satisfied with any book.
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Summary: Not his best but still good.
Review: Compared to most authors novels this was an excalent book, but i thought that it was really a sad portrayel of such an excalent author. he really slacked on this novel, but i was still a really good read. i was alittle dissapointed with the antagonist and the end, and i thought it was better when the group wasnt together, and i wish that they hadn't found each other.
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