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Summary: Ifound this book fab. and all the other Drizzd books
Review: I would suggest this series to anybody that likes fantasy. RA Salvator is the best author I know of I am a fanatic of all his books about Drizzt. Don't think twice about reading them anybody.
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Summary: Salvatore is a literary genius...
Review: Is R.A. Salvatore the best Fantasy writer in the world? If not, he certainly ranks near the top. Siege of Darkness is a story of a battle between the Drow and the Dwarves of Mithril Hall. Magic, humour, intrigue and triumph are all elements abundant in this book. It's a very good read, one of his best. Buy it!!! What are you waiting for??? Buy it!!!
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Summary: Great...
Review: OK first of all I will admit I hate almost anything that Salvatore can get his hands on...I think everything of his that I ever read outside of the "Legacy of the Drow" series is crap...so for me to say that this story is great really means something...
I have to give credit where credit is due...I find his "bad guys" very interesting b/c they are very clever and coniving...the action scenes and focus on the Drow elves was enough to make me love this book....the battle scenes are great...I like the Illithid too b/c it was very powerful, powerful enough to present a challenge to Drizzt and co. and you know what its not like them where it uses strength, dexterity, agility, and technique...it uses its mind...
Jarlaxle is a very interesting character b/c you never know what he is going to do next, and you don't know what his motives are until he achieves his goal and you are like holy cow he did it...
But as a devoted Salvatore hater, I have to clarify something here...the fact that this book is great doesn't mean he doesn't suck as a writer...ANYONE, of any age, even a monkey that just threw paint against the wall of its cage, would eventually accidentally write something great if they wrote as much as Salvatore has...
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Summary: Salvatore delivers another hit
Review: Once again Salvatore shows us how he can masterfully write battle scenes both big and small.I am a big fan of battle scenes. Also it shows the emotions of the characters and expands on certain characters like the Harpells and Alustriel and also truly shows the honorable code of the Dwarves and their allies. It even expands on existing characters and it does display how the Dwarves and humans had a advantage over the invading Drow and Goblinoid army. I'll explain. First of all the Goblinoids are pushovers. And if they're slaves they have no chance of promotion so they are probably dispirited too. Not to mention they're not to bright. And the Dwarves are natural goblin bashers and probably veteran veteran fighters and have good reasons and inspiration to fight. While the Drow are just selfish, they won't help their friends and when sunlight arrived the surface battle was lost and the Drow are more afraid of dying too not to mention overconfident. The drow in other books were the elite noble Drow, the best that Menzoberranzan had to offer. Not all Drow can Fight like that. If you wish for debate E-Mail me.
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Summary: Siege Of Darkness is possibly the best Salvatore book yet.
Review: Salvatores book "Siege of Darkness" excellently portrays a large scale battle. I think it's at least his best book since the Icewind Dale Trilogy, of not his best ever. Much of the old humor and grit is there, shining through "Starless Nights" shortcomings. This book is a must for anyone who runs "Dungeons and Dragons" as well as a must for those who collect the series. I can only hope future books are as well written and thought out as this one.
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Summary: More Adventure from Salvatore
Review: Siege of Darkness is an excellent conclusion to the events that started in the two novels that preceeded it. Once again, Salvatore's most famous protagonist, Drizzt Do'urden must battle the evil drow of his homeland. This time, he and his companions, Cattie-Brie, Bruenor Battlehammer, Regis and others must defend Mithril Hall from an invasion by the drow and their allies.This novel brings together aspects and characters from the eight previous novels in the series rather nicely. Matron Baerne and the House of Baerne from the Drow city of Menzoberanzzan, the Burrow Warden Belwar Dissengulp of the Deep Gnomes, Lady Allustriel, and the Harkles amongst other all appear in the novel and blend fantasticaly. Another of the novel's strengths is the battle scenes. Salvatore has a knack for writing battles that are successful in outlining both the fight's scope and the details of particular combatants. The climatic war between the Drow with their minotaur, goblin, and illithid allies and the Dwarves with the Silver Knigts, Barbarians, and Deep Gnomes is fantastic. The descriptions are vivid and the scenes flow smoothly. For a change, the heros don't have to deal with Artemis Entreri. Thats not a knack on the spectacular assassin, but it is nice to see that the one character isn't at the heart of all the battles that Drizzt is destined to face. The characters don't "grow" or change as much in this novel as they did in the past. The majority of the emotions and internal monologue deal with recovering from the major loss of the last two novels, which I won't reveal so as not to spoil it for those that haven't read the Legacy or Starless Night. The novel is a real adventure, and reminiscent of the first novel in the Drizzt Do'Urden series, The Crystal Shard. Salvatore fans will not be disappointed.
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Summary: An Exciting thriller, with Excellent detail.
Review: Siege of Darkness is an excellent thriller with almost impeccable details of battles and wars. Drizzt's dreaded kin come back for a thrilling war, involving drow and their slaves against the dwarves and allies of Mithril Hall. Humor is also brought to the book from the capable, but incapable, Harpell family. I would reccomend this book to any Drizzt fan.
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Summary: Each one better than the last
Review: Siege of darkness is one of the best of the best, which puts it even with many of Salvatore's other books. This book proves that it is possible to accurately portray a huge battle and still place individual characters into group-style fighting. Salvatore very nicely portrays a melee of huge proportions and places important characters in the thick of it, right along with everyone else. Although Salvatore wrote this book with very good battle scenes, and still could put in the personal struggles of all our forgotten realms characters, I was slightly dissapointed with the way Guen's disaster was portrayed. Although he did well in showing the friend's dismay, he glossed over a lot of the tragedy with, although important, distracting events such as Catti-brie's struggle with Cutter. However, his writing style made up for the small lack. One of the best things about this book was the thorough way in which Salvatore expanded on the dark elves and the affairs of dark Menzobarranzan, making this story about more than just a war with the surface. Once again Salvatore spins a web of intrigue and action, drawing us all a little deeper into the world of the Forgotten Realms.
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Summary: A good book
Review: Siege of Darkness is quite good. Salvatore has a talent for the portrayal of battles, both large and small, that is excellent and gives one the impression of actually being there through all the events. His close attention to detail and description lend themselves well to this novel, and his ability to describe individual events skillfully woven into the tapestry of the larger battle is very good. Salvatore does discuss his convictions a bit too much, however, and explains the morality and "good" of the defending forces a mite more than he should. He emphasizes their differences with the evil invaders a bit too strongly. His need to explain things does not damage this book much, however, (as it does "The Demon Awakens"... see my review on that...), and the story and epic heroism make Siege of Darkness a great read in spite of the few minor flaws. I recommend it to any Drizzt fans out there.
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Summary: R.A. Salvatore has done it again, great book.
Review: So far I have enjoyed all of R.A.Salvatore's books and this book was no different. Drizzt's people are back and the Spider Queen is looking for him the only thing missing was the assassin Entreri who was in the last book and actually helped Drizzt escape Menzoberranzan so he could have Drizzt show him back to the surface-world. But I don't mind Salvatore taking a brake from Entreri(who has been in the last 4 books since Streams of Sliver). Well he made up for it by returning a character that we have not seen since The Crystal Shard and that is Errtu the demon and I'm looking forward to the confrentation between Errtu and Drizzt in Passage to Dawn. Well I can't wait to start reading that book.
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