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I love the Salvatore!

Look out! It's a drizzit!

Oh dear, me oh my. I love the first set of books and I am still pushing through the second. I think I missed one though, I need to go back and read one because I think I missed the trouble/capture of the barbarian and so his angst is ringing very... odd to me.

Excellent series though, life in the underworld was AMAZING. I could barely put the books down! Everything felt so smooth and real and Drizt (sp?) is a really well rounded character that I can't wait to read more about.

the Demon

"Drizzt", and really?

I mean, he's an okay guy, but, honestly, his stuff is not worth hooting over. Yes, it's vivid. Yes, it'd a cool place to be. But the characters are 2-D (at best) with the exception of Drizzt, the lovable Dark Elf. The pace of the story doesn't really change so much (Goodkind, anyone) and the plot, while diverse, is predictable.

In the end, it's perfect for teens (his intended audience, to be sure) and great as a stepping stone between Paolini's Eragon and Brooks' Shannara.

Vale,
-Leavaros

And they call me a sinic, scheisse. I wouldn't place Salvatore anywhere NEAR Poalini. Paulini's characters are cookie cutter 2D because he has no standing in his own world and he's trying to develop reasonable character sketches because he's an amateur. Salvator's might be 2D to the effect that they're predictable because they are built around a prestanding construct which is the world of Dungeons and Dragons. Drizzt, thank you for correcting me, is 3D because the reader can identify with him because he's more human than his construct foils. If you read more into it, you're only supposed to be following Drizzt, his cohorts are very static because the focus is on the journey of Drizzt, not them.

I think the problem with Salvatore is he spent his energy on too many books on the same character. Granted not every chapter focuses on the lovable drow, but 9 books (or possibly more, I only know of the first 3 series) is a little much to be circling around a single character with the same friends and next to nothing happens to them that they can't just kill in a paragraph worth. Now I seem like I don't like the books, oh well, I do, and I hold my stance on it.

the Demon

I have to admit I'm not very fond of the Drizzt stories.

Then again I'm not very fond of any character that seems overrated or ovrwritten about.

I do fancy his Demon Wars books for some good "junk" reading (like junk food, with books)

I just meant the books with Drizzt in them, I seriously doubt the dark elf is in all those books, but if he is then my respect for Salvator is going to suffer. I like it when characters come back from time to time but it really shows a writer's inability to expand their roster by writing new characters for new books. I understand that a writer will become comfortable with a character or two because they understand and comprehend the frame of him or her but seriously, I really hope that Drizzt isn't in all of them. Heck I don't even plan to have my main character star in all of my books, that's just boring.

the Demon

He really like his Dark Elf character doesn't he? I have yet to read the book, but I recently read the first graphic novel. I liked it well enough, but I'm curious about this author's writing abilities.

Usually I read Terry Brooks, but it's good to expand.

has anyone read the new ones? like 'lone drow' & 'thousand orcs'? are they any good?