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Summary: Elaine, please stick to surface elves and humans
Review: Well I must say I enjoyed this novel, especially with the prequel having left me in a state of "Gee, and how can so little happen on so many pages?" puzzlement. Elaine Cunningham did her best to save the plot (was she aware of this after the first book came out?) You can tell she feels much more comfortable with the setting being outside the underdark, which she has already shown in great harper novels. Her underdark just didn't work for me (much less her drow), and this book shows how great Cunningham can really write. The story unfolds with great detail and less of the confusion which "the Daughter of the Drow" previously held in store for us. The storyline on the sea is great and I really did get to like Fyodor and Liriel (especially her sense of humor) but I also must say that the Ruathyms did annoy me quite a bit and I would not have shed too many tears had they failed to defend their little island. Plus I had to grit my teeth every time Shakti Hunzrin appeared on the scene. Gimme a break Elaine! That character was sometimes just outright ridiculous! All in all a good novel with a good story (& a good logical end). You will like it if you overlook the annoying characters. I still think Elaine Cunningham is THE best author for elf stories, but I will now limit that judgement to the elves who dwell on the surface. Like Elaith Craulnobur (*hint hint hint*, Mrs. Cunnigham.)Divination
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Summary: A FANTASY BOOK....OR A FEMINIST STATEMENT?
Review: What's with Liriel Baenre? Everywhere she goes, people are afraid of her...or there in awe of her. I don't get it..this isn't Menzoberranzan where a male basically has to genuflect to every woman he meets, but every time I look around someone is falling all over himself trying to follow Liriel's order. I felt like grabbing them and saying, "FOR CRIPES SAKE, SHE'S JUST ONE DROW GIRL! JUST SOCK HER IN THE HEAD Either she gets a dose of what life is REALLy like on outside of the Underdark world or I quit!
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