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The Legacy by R.A. Salvatore

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zeph1337's review

adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It's gonna be hard to review this without any spoilers. So if you don't want them please stop reading right now.

I was majorly annoyed by a character I liked very much in the Icewind Dale Trilogy and that is Wulfgar.

His whole arc here with his impending marriage to Cattie-Brie and he just overall being an intolerant abusive shit all of a sudden rubbed me just in all the wrong ways. It was terrible. Yes there was a well explained reason for some of his behaviour within the story but I just could not stand it. And as a result of that what was probably meant to be the biggest moment of this story just didn't give me much of an emotional impact at all.

I also thought that this book had pacing issues. The action sequences are vivid and well written and you always enjoy them at first when they occur. But if that is all you're getting for about half the book that really starts to wear you down and gets tiring. This book was a major offender for that.

There are good parts though! The characters (except for Wulfgar) do remain fun. I especially love the dwarfes. Yes they might be very cliche, but that still doesn't change that I am having a great time with them. I especially loved the new character Thibbledorf Pwent (what a great name by the way!), the Battlerager. He was just a blast!
I would be somewhat ready for like a slice of life Dwarfes book in this universe but I doubt that I'm gonna get one.

So overall that kind of averages out to a 'meh' for me. I hope the books in this series get better again.

veraann's review

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5.0

Legacy of the drow #1
Drizzt #7
Adventure Fantasy
While this probably could be read as a first book of the set, I recommend reading the previous drizzt books to really get a sense of characters, backgrounds and connections. There is initially some recap woven in and some very familiar ground covered but it was quick and then on with it.
I really liked this one. There was some strange goings on with the companions and wasn't long before we were told what but enough time to try to figure it out on my own. Nice adventure and lots of fighting. The world connects and clashes with some great characters.