The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition by R.A. Salvatore

Salvatore ( 2001 ) First Paperback Edition by R.A. The books are entertaining and I'd recommend them, so long as you a) skip the truly terrible essays/op-eds at the beginning of each section, and b) take a D&D campaign view of the plot which explains a lot of unexplainable events and meaningless character deaths.īasically just go with it and you'll enjoy yourself. Buy The Icewind Dale Trilogy: Collectors Edition (Forgotten Realms) by R.A. But they're only a small section of each book, and you can skip them without losing any of the plot, so it's no big deal.Īnyway the action is worth it.

Whatever the reason, the Drizzt essays actively aggravate me. So clearly RA Salvatore is getting lazier as he writes more books. All those years ago when I read the first several books, the early essays didn't grate on me so much, and on rereading the series recently, they weren't so bad. Most of the ideas expressed in Drizzt's essays are lazy, and the ideas that don't seem as lazy would be torn up with quick rebuttals if reposted in any messageboard anywhere. That or his worldview needs more critical thinking. I think RA Salvatore falls into the trap of role playing Drizzt and expressing ideas he believes Drizzt believes, but doesn't believe to be true himself. Now dwarf, barbarian, and drow elf join to battle this evil. Below them, in the cold valleys, an evil force broods: the magic of Crenshinibon, the crystal shard. Windswept passes and forbidding glaciers stand at the top of the world. Salvatore 4.31 16,079 ratings260 reviews Icewind Dale. With that said, if you own the books yourselves I'd recommend when you get to each new section heading and Drizzt writes an op-ed essay in the first person in the italic text, just do yourself a favor and rip those pages out of the book entirely. The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition R.A. RA Salvatore can write entertaining stories, and I'd recommend all of his Drizzt books through to the ones he hasn't yet written.

The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition by R.A. Salvatore