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Summary: One of the best
Review: I began reading the Icewind Dale Trilogy for lack of anything better to do. I was not a very big fan of fantasy writing and I refused my younger brother's pleas to read these novels. After reading them, I have to say I don't regret the weeks I spent locked in my room with every book R.A. Salvatore has written.
All of his stories never cease to be exciting and give the reader an understanding of the characters without making everything totally predictable. I would reccomend this book to any reader, even those who think they don't like fantasy.
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Summary: One of the best
Review: This is by far one of the best fantasy books I have read in a long time. The characters are amazing and the plot interesting. It has the ability to keep you hooked, but does not annoy you with a constant stream of cliffhangers and dead ends (well not too many). A must for all fantasy readers.
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Summary: God of Fiction!
Review: Hello, I am a 15 year old high school student, and I just recently purchased all of R. A. Salvatore's novels and I don't regret one single purchase because every single book is a masterpiece that I have yet to find surpassed. I have read hundreds of books and even the so famed LotR collection, and I am sorry, but Tolkien is good, but not nearly as good as Salvatore, he is completely brilliant the way he captures you into his novels after 4 sentences. The way he has you in a completely different world in a matter of mere seconds is amazing. I mean one second you can be in your living room on a rainy day and decide that you would like to read. So you pick up his book and not a minute later you are suddenly watching a heated battle between Drizzt and some very unfortunate goblin army or a few drow soldiers who are very unlucky to be in the path of Drizzt and his extremely powerful friends. How he describes the battles as if he were there, how he builds a complete world and makes things constantly move, and gives each and every character a rich and intriguing personality is just complete genious. I recommend these books to ANYONE who likes fiction, especially if you enjoy action/fantasy. If you are that person who likes action books or likes fantasy books period, you will never make a better purchase
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Summary: Can you say it one word? WOW!
Review: I have always been a fantasy fan, but this book so far has topped them all. I got the all-in-one trilogy as a gift, and I hadn't even tried Salvatore before. After the first three pages I was sucked-in. I used all my free time that I could to read, staying up late into the night just so I could find a good stopping point. There weren't any! I love great authors such as C.S. Lewis, Anne McCaffery, Stephen Lawhead, Mercedes Lackey, etc, but Salvatore blew me away with this phenominal work of art. I was captivated by the reality of the characters and my growing love and concern for each of them. I didn't ever feel like I was reading a book. I was living it. I despised the evil and hoped for the good. There is no denying it---this is one of the best collections you will EVER find. Happy reading!
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Summary: What's this supposed to be?
Review: I dunno why exactly this book is receiving such heavy praise. In my opinion, it's terrible. REALLY terrible. Every now and then, people ask me for english books worth a read. This book is a cheap lousy piece I wouldn't want anyone to read and think this is all an english-speaking (or writing, rather) can come up with,
being that there is such a great deal of brilliant literature england and america have produced (although i must confess not to have an in-depth knowledge of american literature, but i'll take your word for it guys). That's beside the point however.
Personally, I never saw the point in fantasy literature since most of it is highly unoriginal, just copying the basics from someone who wrote something of this kind before and attaching a new, very naive and very dejavuesque story to it about the greatness of life BEFORE there was, basically, guns. Oh, lets not forget the rabbit-out-of-the-hat guys, cause without them, it'd hardly be any fun.
One of the things that also strikes me is that fantasy literature loathes cities and praises the glories of life in swamps, mountains, cottages etc. This very particular one is plugging tundra life hardly, since the heroes are appalled by the horrible poverty in the city which of course is all the evil old city's fault and not that of the people who run it. Is the author a hillbilly perhaps?
There's no point denying it, this book is so awfully predictable. Every now and then, one of the heroes receives a little flesh wound and is a little desperate in order to make them look more sympathetic. But the outcome is always the same. Dragons, Demons, Hydras, Wererats, Banshees, Trolls, Duergars, Giant Worms... you name it. Nothing escapes from being reduced to a squash when facing Drizzt & The Gang. You can endure that for about one of these three books, but three... that's too much. Someone should have told the author to read The Lord Of The Rings. Perhaps, he would have learned that there are always opponents too big, too strong and whatnot. Perhaps he would have learned that most victories have to be dearer bought than just by a few trickles of blood and a little exhaustion that'll go away after a few nights of sleep and proper wrapping. Then again, perhaps he wouldn't, since plagiate is not even below him. He took the story of Moria from Lord Of The Rings, swapped the Balrog for a black dragon and the goblins for duergars, changed a few names and gave the whole thing a GLORIOUS ending. Well, I'm not sure which is worse, the book or its author. I think I could write a whole deal more about this book, then again, I really don't know why I'm bothering. If you buy it and you hate it as I did don't say I didn't warn ya.
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Summary: Salvatore - an author to be reckoned with
Review: I read Salvatore's "Dark Elf Trilogy" years ago, but never had actually read this. Finally my brother sent this to me, and I loved it. It is interesting to see what he actually had written about Drizzt before he wrote the "Dark Elf Trilogy". The characters are easy to fall in love with: The grumpy dwarf Bruener and the over-zealous barbarian Wulfgar, not to mention the sly theif Rumblebelly or the beautiful Catti-Brie (who tries to keep them all in line), they are all a treasure to behold. If you like to get away and immerse yourself in a great story, then pick up "The Icewind Dale Trilogy".
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Summary: the best series ever
Review: i do not own this trilogy-in-one, but i do own all books written by salvatore concerning drizzt do'urden. he is and always will be the best character i've ever read about. i'm an avid fan and reader of salvatore's books. this book is well worth the price. the book is so complete about plot and characters that it's like walking on a cloud as to understanding the book. it has a smoothness to reading. and you're unable to predict what would happen next. this is a must buy for avid reader of any genre.
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Summary: Pure Adventure . . . with a spice of philosophy
Review: Salvatore has weaved what could be the perfect mix of enthralling adventure with stirring philosophical views. Drizzt is the past-troubled Drow star on a trek of endless integrity. His powerful will in the face of insurmountable adversity inspires admiration and jealousy; all people should follow in such virtuous footsteps. For dazzling adventure, or riveting human emotional ties anybody could do exponentially times worse than this book.
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Summary: A Very Enjoyable Read
Review: I reas this book after the dark elf trilogy(which is also very good) and found it to be almost as good as its prequel. The main character is very enjoyable and even the archvillain is fascinating. The supporting characters are all unique and well written so that you actualy care about them. I reccomend this to anyone who likes swashbuckling fantasy. Even people who don't particularly care for fantasy should enjoy it. My hat's off to R.A. Salvatore for writing such good books.
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Summary: Good Book but Lots of Publishing Errors
Review: I enjoyed the Icewind Dale series very much. Salvatore is good at painting a vivid picture with his words, and the battle scenes are especially graphic. You also get a very real sense each character's emotions throughout.I mainly wanted to point out that the Collector's Edition was riddled with typographical and punctuation errors. It almost looked as though it was the product of an OCR scan, and no one bothered to proofread and clean up the final product. I found it to be quite a distraction. There was also a rather glaring inconsistency between the first book and the last two. In The Crystal Shard, the barbarians' god of battle was "Tempos" throughout. But in the second and third books, it was "Tempus." Which is it? Given the other errors I mentioned, I'm inclined to believe it was another publishing error. You may be better off getting each of the three books under their own cover.
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