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Summary: Fun, but shallow.
Review: As a trilogy, it was fun, light and fast reading. Salvatore's best side, perhaps because of his expirience in script writing, are the battle descriptions. They are indeed very much alive and very detailed. However, this series is nothing more than a nice action film. The characters are shallow, the plot is naive and unoriginal, the attempts to give some meaning or philosophical thought, or to make the reader somehow identify with the characters are weak and get lost because of the shallowness of the plot and characters. The literary tricks and metaphors are odd and clear. Overall, Salvatore cannot make his book be more than a DnD based book. His writing is not good enough to make the books have a literary value of their own.
However, Salvatore did create one of the coolest characters in Fantasy history, one that will be written in the annales of Fantasy next to Gandalf, Bilbo and Frodo and Raistlin Majere. Even though Drizzt is not the deepest character around, it doesn't matter. Like any good action hero, his life are merely a background, just because you can't have a character that comes out of nowhere. What's important about him is what he can do with his hands. For that, and only for that, Drizzt is worth your money and time.
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Summary: AN AMAZING CONCLUSION TO AN AMAZING TRILOGY!!!
Review: Definitely a great fantasy epic and one of my personal favorites, The Dark Elf Trilogy-Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn, brings to life the story of a good hearted dark elf ranger named Drizzt Do'Urden and his adventures in the Underdark Drow city of Menzoberranzan in the World of Faerun. The books are so incredibly well written that the reader feels that they have been transported to another universe and are actually present among the characters, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, sensing what they sense. RA Salvatore has truly outdone himself and has presented us with a masterpiece of literature the likes of which we have seen only in JRR Tolkien's work and in authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies. Duty, honor, bravery, magic, and swordfights are all about. A great trilogy indeed and a "must read" along with RA Salvatore's The Icewind Dale Trilogy!
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Summary: All I can say is WOW!
Review: I started this series a couple of years back when I picked up Homeland, book one of the series in paperback. At that point I became a Salvatore and Drizzt fan. I've read all the books up to 1000 Orcs and I can tell you this, I can't put one of his books down. They are indeed very good. Meeting the man in person was a special bonus. He is very kind and likes to put names to faces. I talked with him on and off on his message board at rasalvatore.com and when I met him and told him my handle on the board he immediately knew me. I would recommend this book and series to anyone reading fantasy or anyone wanting to start reading fantasy. You'll get hooked. I did.
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Summary: Awesome, but had a few flaws
Review: read this book. Obsessed with Drizz't? You will find him here. Love vivid action in your books? You will find it here. Tired of lazy, vapid descriptions? You will not find that here. Sick of no sense of place and situation? You will be happy to know, you will not find that here.
Drizz't's story rolls along as he journeys with Guenwhyvar through his life and decisions. His scimitars carve out the way, along with his strong ideals. Excellent prose invites the reader to join this popular hero on his quest for himself.
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Summary: It pulls you in with practically every paragraph
Review: Running from the party of surface elves hunting him down to see who and what he really is, Drizzt Do'Urden, and his trusty friend Guenhwyvar enjoy their journey, and protect each other from every bad creature that crosses their path. Many people had heard about this drow, but haven't seen him until he comes down to the towns to see what the surface world is really like.
I think that R.A. Salvatore is a great author who wrote an amazing story about a drow elf going on a journey in his book Sojourn. It was a great story which pulled me in with practically every paragraph. It also put a great picture in my mind as it explained what things looked like. For example: he explained what a 'hook horror' looked like, by explaining the feeling of its armor, and the weight of its body. My favorite part in his book was when Drizzt went to avenge a human family's death. He never knew this family very well, and they thought him to be a threat, but Drizzt knew not to hurt them. He tried to protect them from everything, until a demon finally came and killed them all, which made Drizzt very angry.
Drizzt Do'Urden starts up in the middle of his adventure, standing on the surface of the world. He fights to protect himself, and other surface creatures such as elves, humans, and dwarfs from creatures that shouldn't be there. During his adventures he meets many friends that saved him from the surface by teaching him things he didn't know. Drizzt went through a few hardships, and he finally began to realize who he was.
I think Sojourn was a great story, because it gave specific reasons to why Drizzt is such a good drow elf. It made me want to help other people and animals, and it also inspired me to go out and find some animals and make them my friends.
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Summary: A good story, but weaker than the first two books
Review: This book concludes the "Dark Elf Trilogy," which tells the saga of the early years of the drow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden. The previous volumes, "Homeland" and "Exile," took place almost entirely in the Underdark, the gigantic underground world where the evil drow make their home with multitudes of other unusual creatures. "Sojourn" brings Drizzt, forever cut off from his society because he rejected their evil values, to the surface of the Forgotten Realms. The story traces his journey that leads him the Icewind Dale, and the start of the "Icewind Dale Trilogy" ("The Crystal Shard," "Streams of Silver" and "The Halfling's Gem"), which R. A. Salvatore wrote before this series.But because "Sojourn" is principally a linking novel that connects Drizzt's life in the underdark with his later adventures with his companions, it is the weakest of the trilogy. It is still an enjoyable read; Salvatore is a clear, vivid writer who excels in actions sequences. However, it doesn't have the imaginative spark or strong plot line of the first two books. The Underdark provided a fascinating, bizarre, and dangerous setting. Without it, Drizzt's solo adventures seem a bit more...well...ordinary. Most of the story is episodic, resolving itself every seventy-five pages or so. It follows a distinct pattern: Drizzt tries to fit in various places, finds himself in danger from misunderstandings or aggressive foes, and then must move on. There are various villains, but no central strong bad guy who carries the whole story. The closest the book comes is a grizzled vengeful bounty hunter named Roddy who has a grudge against Drizzt, but he doesn't measure up to many of Drizzt's other adversaries. The strongest sequences in the book deal with Drizzt's loneliness and his moral bind of proving to himself that he is a good guy who is not responsible for the deaths that seem to follow him. The center of the book deals with Drizzt's encounter with a kind and wise blind ranger, Montolio, who becomes Drizzt's mentor. (We finally discover how this underground dweller learned about tracking in the wilderness!) The best action scene also takes place here, with Drizzt and Montolio cleverly defending their home against a raid of orcs, giants, and evil wolves. "Sojourn" is very readable, but slips a notch below the early two books in the trilogy. Fortunately, Salvatore has other great adventures in store of Drizzt and his panther Guenwhyvar. Their story continues in The Icewind Dale books, and after that, "Legacy." Even more to come....
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Summary: Wonderful ending to the Trilogy, and open to the sequels
Review: This book was an wonderful ending to the Dark Elf Trilogy. It moves into the conflicts Drizzt encounters with the people, the elements, and even himself. Salvator leads the reader into the very depths of Drizzt's soul, as he questions his decision to leave his homeland and how different the surface world truly is. The story follows his thoughts and has so many twists and turns to keep the reader guessing. The only dissapointment I found in the book was I wondered what was to become of the remainder Drizzt's family in Menzoberranzan. Besides that, this has been yet another excellent book from Mr. Salvator.
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Summary: Maybe the best of the Drizzt books I've read
Review: This book was awesome. Exciting and emotionally moving the entire way through. While some of the other Salvatore books are pretty basic hack and slash fantasy, this book provides much more than that.
The story is of Drizzt's first experiences on the surface world away from the Underdark in which he lived the first 40-something years of his life. He encounters many difficulties and pains, but also learns to appreciate the beauty and the wonder of the world around him. Drizzt is confronted mainly by misunderstanding and distrust of those he meets, but does find some friends, including an old blind ranger that shows in the truth of his destiny: to be a Ranger. My favorite character of the book has to be Roddy McGristle with the mean yellow dogs, an obsesive bounty hunter that is determined to get Drizzt if it costs him everything.
I highly reccomend this book to anybody.
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Summary: Maybe the best of the Drizzt books I've read
Review: This book was awesome. Exciting and emotionally moving the entire way through. While some of the other Salvatore books are pretty basic hack and slash fantasy, this book provides much more than that.
The story is of Drizzt's first experiences on the surface world away from the Underdark in which he lived the first 40-something years of his life. He encounters many difficulties and pains, but also learns to appreciate the beauty and the wonder of the world around him. Drizzt is confronted mainly by misunderstanding and distrust of those he meets, but does find some friends, including an old blind ranger that shows in the truth of his destiny: to be a Ranger. My favorite character of the book has to be Roddy McGristle with the mean yellow dogs, an obsesive bounty hunter that is determined to get Drizzt if it costs him everything.
I highly reccomend this book to anybody.
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