Customer Reviews

Legacy of the Drow Gift Set

5 star:		(29)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I'm guessing most people who are thinking of buying this are already familiar with the author, or perhaps have already read all four books.

If you haven't, then here's what you need to know. These four books center around a good-aligned drow elf named Drizzt, who is now wandering the surface of Faerun. If you've never read about Drizzt before, be advised that these four books are not first in chronological order of Drizzt's life; you'll be given some backstory to understand who Drizzt is, but you'll also know pretty much everything that happened in all the earlier novels, which may lessen your enjoyment of them when you eventually read them. I say "when" rather than "if" because it seems to me that if you approach these novels without an anti-Drizzt or anti-Salvatore mindset, you will love them, and you will go buy all the others.

I'm not going to write out a play-by-play of events in the book, since you can look them each up individually and get plenty of information from other posters. I give these 4 books a total of 5 stars; some are better than others, but none rank below a 3.

As a sidenote, if you are buying this as a gift for someone, you might want to know that they are set in the Forgotten Realms, which is a unique world, NOT a generic fantasy world. I would not purchase this set as a gift for someone unless I already knew that they were familiar with the Forgotten Realms world. It's too complex a place to approach in the middle of a series without understanding the world at least to some degree.

Starless Night, book 8 chronologically in the Drizzt series, shows the main characters still suffering from the death of one of their own in the previous book. Because of this guilt, Drizzt ventures back to the underground world of Menzoberranzan, to determine the true drow threat himself. Catti-brie follows, once she finds that he has slipped out on his own.

I thoroughly enjoyed the character development of Jarlaxle, the mercenary drow, and it was great to see a small glimpse of strong Belwar again. My only problem with this series is that characters just won't stay dead once killed (or twice killed!), as Artemis Entreri shows up again. Mr. Salvatore keeps the readers guessing that Entreri and perhaps Jarlaxle are not as evil as they seem.

As with the three initial books in the series, the drow homeland is well described, as are the political machinations that keep the drow world in check.

Not as good as the first three (which are classics), but moves the character development forward and brings Jarlaxle, a very interesting character, to the fore.

I imagined it would be hard to follow up after a book like "the Legacy" but this book (the second in the series) is extremely good. Drizzt runs off to confront his heritage in order to save his companions from future terror and attacks by the dark elves. Little does he know that the dark elves have other plans for the surface dwellers and the legendary Mithril Hall. This book mainly features Drizzt and Cattie-Brie, along with some of the classic drow - some of which have become my favorite characters in the books.

It is amazing finally getting into the underground city of the drow (I have not yet read the "Homeland" books). The inner workings of the city are facinating and unlike anything I had ever imagined. They truely seem to be pure evil (or most of them at least). The political intrigue in this book is exceptional. It is nothing like the politics in a huge epic (like "Song of Ice and Fire") but still pretty good and facinating at face value for a such a small book and a vastly different target audience. This book never let me down and was quite fun and enjoyable to read. My only reservation about this book is that Breunor and Regis are not that involved in the story (they are definately not involved in the main story, and their side plot line is very slim). But Salvatore proves that he doesn't need all of the companions to make a great book, and also proves that he still has a lot of fire under him and some surprises still up his sleave.

As always, the battles are fierce and exciting. Also the assasin (one of my favorites) is back and "integrated" into the drow society. Very interesting watching the strong and powerful get pushed around.

Read this book - this sub series in the Drizzt series is my favorite so far and is filled with more action and adventures than the others I have read.

Definitely GREAT Fantasy epics and my personal favorites, The Dark Elf Trilogy-Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn, as well as The Icewind Dale Trilogy- The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, and The Halfling's Gem bring to life the story of the good hearted dark elf ranger Drizzt Do'Urden and his adventures in the magical World of Faerun. Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness and Passage to Dawn are the continuation of these adventures in a way that you keep coming back for more and more and more... The books are all 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! One should seriously start thinking about maybe turning them into movies...

3.5 stars

Spoiler Alert:

When Bruenor supposedly died and then came back in the Icewind Dale Trilogy, I held my silence. While his survival stretched the imagination, it made enough sense to at least seem plausible. But this Artemis Entreri business is getting ridiculous. Let's see: He fell down a straight drop unconscious, but his cloak somehow managed to catch onto the rock enough so that IT HELD HIS WHOLE BODY WEIGHT AND DIDN'T TEAR, and then when he did fall, there just happened to be a spiderweb underneath him, STRONG ENOUGH TO CATCH HIM AND NOT BREAK, and then Jarlaxle just happened to be waiting for him. Mr. Salvatore, stop being a wuss and allow your characters to die when they need to, instead of just writing about the same old enemies over and over. This is my biggest gripe. I can only imagine what George Martin would say. Artemis Entreri should have stayed dead, and maybe even Bruenor should have stayed dead as well. I get the impression that you just couldn't figure out something interesting to put in the plot and so instead reincarnated a dead villain to spice things up. At least he was different this time around, and I'll have to give you credit for that. But it's still very cheap. And then Dritzz just lets him go at the end?! That's a little far-fetched too. I think you might just be setting things up for an eternal battle between these two, and I wouldn't be surprised if Artemis Entreri shows up later with some bracelets of his own. If that turns out to be the case, I quit. There's no point in reading if there's no change.

Now, as to the book itself. It was good, though not as good as The Legacy. It took a little longer to rev up, and in a book this short, that means something. By the way, is that ever going to change? I'd like to see a book a little more lengthy. Anyway, once things got moving, it was high class entertainment, as all Salvatore books so far have turned out to be, with the sole exception of Sojourn, which had a more subdued ending. And, though I don't like the idea of Entreri being alive, I must admit that, especially toward the end, he certainly made the book a lot more interesting. This was also the darkest book so far, and I like that. It shows maturation. But, what I don't like is the fact that Dritzz's torture seemed to have no effect on him. It's impossible to walk away from something like that unchanged. Of course, after Dritzz was rescued things moved so fast that it makes sense that there wouldn't be any time to dwell on such things. So, I guess I'll have to wait for the next book to see if this seed bears any fruit. Hopefully so.

This book is classic Salvatore with some new developments thrown in as well. But, I also see a noxious thread woven through all that that gives me pause. It is a cancer, Mr. Salvatore, that will consume all aspects of your writing. Destroy it now while you still can! I remember in one review I said you don't write game novelizations. Please don't end up proving me wrong.

This is the 2nd book of the Legacy of Drow trilogy but the eighth book in the series. As with any trilogy the middle book is always the slowest but still an excellent book.

This is book 2 in the series "The Legacy of the Drow". This book takes off right after the first book, "The Legacy". Here we follow Drizzt into the Underdark once again to find and eliminate the threat of the evil Drow that have waged war agains he and his dear friends, and taken the life of one. If you have read the book "Exile" (book 2 of The Dark Elf Trillogy) and enjoyed it, you will like this book. Most of the book we are in the Underdark with Drizzt and his female friend Cattie-Brea. The ending of this book is not only a major turning point in the series, but will leave you smiling, and shocked. This is yet another great book in the wonderful Drizzt Saga.

Drizzt coming to his homeland. I thought it was crazy!! Why the heck would Drizzt go back to that horrid place. Well, anyways being a true R. A Salvatore fan myself. I wandered why Mr Salvatore would put Drizzt into certain situations. I love the great character development of Drizzt in each book. This book is a great addition to the adventures of Drizzt. If you love Drizzt you will love this book.

anyone who says that this was a book which deserves less than 3 stars, they simply cannot understand good books, and they don't deserve to read fantasy books. this is one of the best books i have ever read, and if someone has judged it by the cover art, they are completely stupid.

R.A. Salvatore has created an amazing book for the second part of the Legacy of the Drow series. The interesting plot twists- Entreri alive and living among the drow, Jarlaxle's smart little plan which completely changes events around-have made this one amazing book to read. He has once again captured the images of beautiful Menzoberranzan, and descriptions of the ways of the drow are heightened in scenes inside the House Baenre dungeons. I think that Salvatore couldn't have written a much better book for this part of the series.