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Title: Exile by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0-88038-920-6 Publisher: TSR Hobbies Pub. Date: 10 December, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (52 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Alone in the Underdark
Comment: In "Exile", the second installation of the Dark Elf Trilogy, R.A. Salvatore picks up with Drizzt Do'Urden after he flees his ancestral homeland of Menzobberanzan. Alone in the savage Underdark, Drizzt faces monsters, and even more the weight of a crushing loneliness, with his only companionship coming from the summoned panther Guenhwyvar. In his wanderings he finally seeks out the company of the Svirfneblin, a race of subterranean gnomes and the blood enemies of the Drow. There, an old kindness is repaid in full, and he experiences life in a society completely alien to that from which he escaped....but the wrath of the drow and his cursed fate pursues him, and he must leave his new friends, lest he bring ruin to them as well.
"Exile" is a great read, and continues the excellent storyline that was begun in "Homeland". Drizzt continues to mature, both in his martial skills and his convictions. As always, Salvatore describes incredibly detailed combat scenes and swordplay, but the most fascinating struggle by far is the turmoil of Drizzt's soul. After finishing this novel, the first thing the reader will want to do is reach for "Sojourn", to see how the story will end, and begin again.
Rating: 5
Summary: Picks up as it goes along.
Comment: I think this book really started out dry. Drizzt seems like a completely differnet character. It is like a few years after the first book(nothing major has happened except a change in drizzt, the hunter).
Drizzt is still awesome though. The fighting isn't as one on one as it was in Homeland, but it does a good job of keeping you there. Belwar is great. He is an intresting character, in battle he is pretty good too. His friendship is better than guenhwyvar's in this book by a long shot. Pech was a great character also, we see his story unfold. You always know what is on his mind.
The problem? I find this book to be slow once it starts. Then once we see Drizzt contact other forms of life besides Guenwhyvar it picks up slightly. The middle got a little dry for my taste, more 'the hunter' stuff. However the last 50 pages got me going. Like once the mind flayers are introduced, the action starts jam packin. The book made me tear it almost. Sad and happy ending going. Gotta read the next one.
Rating: 5
Summary: It's Getting Better All The Time
Comment: I liked this book more than 'Homeland'.'Homeland' had some problems that made the reading in it not as enjoyable as it could've been. In 'Exile' Salvatore had solved some of the problems. He still stick a lot to what seems to be a framework of an already made fantasy world, he still have parts where the writing isn't floating and sometimes using old literary tricks to keep on going, and he might need another spark of imagination or inspiration. Yet, this book is a lot better, a lot more mature and a lot more floating and fun to read than the first one. It seems that after Drizzt's leaving of his city, the book became closer to him, as if he himself had left the coldness and distanceof the Dark Elves. The book is a lot warmer than the first one, and so, leaves you with a better feeling in the end. As I said in my review on 'Homeland' there is something in Salvatore's writing that makes it greater than the sum of all it's parts. In 'Exile' you see it even better than in the previous book, and since it seems that Salvatore is getting over his problems as the series goes on, and becomes better and better, I am truly eager to read the next book.
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Title: Homeland by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0880389052 Publisher: TSR Hobbies Pub. Date: 01 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Halfling's Gem (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 3) by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 088038901X Publisher: TSR Hobbies Pub. Date: January, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 1) by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0880385359 Publisher: TSR Hobbies Pub. Date: January, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Streams of Silver (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 2) by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 088038672X Publisher: TSR Hobbies Pub. Date: January, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Legacy (Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow, Book 1) by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 1560766409 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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