L' artiglio di Caronte. Neverwinter. La leggenda di Drizzt

I kind of hated this book. And have kind of hated this entire set. Hated. I’ve read over twenty books with Drizzt so far and seriously – everything through Ghost King has been superb (assuming we’re giving Icewind Dale a pass). Neverwinter has felt directionless. Aimless. Lacking in any sort of purpos Leggi tutto

Was it fun, Bob? I sure hope it was. I hope it was fun for you, trying to ride the current fad for darker, grittier fantasy. I hope it was fun, following the edicts of the editors at WotC who told you that the world wanted one of the most beloved fantasy series of all time to jump genres into surviva Leggi tutto

CHARON'S CLAW is the fourth book of the NEVERWINTER SAGA that follows Drizzt Do'Urden trying to make sense of the post-Spellplague Forgotten Realms. Everyone is awful, the world is darker than ever, and attempts to do the right thing frequentlu make things worse. He's also in a relationship with a N Leggi tutto

This book has just about a little of everything. There's drow, elementals, shades, dimensional beings, creatures from the abyss, and lots of other ne'er-do-wells. I like the driders in this book but had a hard time keeping track of all the Menzoberranzan drow. The idea of going after the sword is in Leggi tutto

I'm really struggling with my goal to get caught up on this series. Salvatore's just never been good at writing compelling villains*, and it seems like as the series has gone on he's devoted more of the book to their perspectives, which unfortunately compounds the problem rather than adding any nuan Leggi tutto

Again, after Barrabus'secret Effron's too was too easy to guess, but the Walk of Barrabus part was really epic, the characters are great and Salvatore is a good storyteller. (view spoiler) [Nice too see Menzoberranzan Drow families again, and the final resurrection of Pwent as vampire was just unexpected and awesome (hide spoiler)] Leggi tutto

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