Reviews: Book Review 2

[greendr7]

Just a little info for you: the Icewind Dale trilogy books were the first books Salvatore wrote in the series. Homeland, Exile and Sojourn were written afterward but take place earlier in the timeline, and have been marketed as the beginning of the series.

[Sparkygravity]

@greendr7 Yeah I just recently found this out, and it makes a lot of sense why I sometimes have problems figuring out the books from a chronological point of view. I haven't yet picked up the next book from the icewind dale triology because of this difference as I like my trilogies to be of the same publication... just from an aesthetic perspective.

[TtheWriter]

You seem very pleasant and well-learned, sir, but I don't feel as though I know anything about any of the books you read. I don't expect you to give a plot synopsis, that would be silly, but perhaps at least read the blurb on the back? My entire channel is devoted to book reviews, check me out if you ever get a minute. :D

[Sparkygravity]

@TtheWriter Yeah, that's a good suggestion. I haven't made many vids lately but when I start making more book reviews, I'll read the blurb on the back and I'll say whether I think the blurb on the back portrays the premise of the plot accurately.

[metroidpsyco]

i love forgotten realms :3

[XscorgedwoundX]

Why can't everyone just pronounce it Dritzz. lol

[madaraeliteshinobi]

i agree completly with your review. i enjoy salvatore just not a huggggee fan i guess. i really enjoy entreri's character for some reason. nice review man.

[jjrouss]

Hey, I really dont undestand this, wtf is the forgotten realms? i mean, many stories in one universe? i totally dont understand and im thinking to read the legend of rizzt, is it good?

[BoyMercuryX]

the forgotten realms is a dungeons and dragons campaign setting. just look it up in wikipedia

[TableWolfMusic]

This review really helped me find out about about this series of books. I havent read a fiction book in 15 years, so I'd like to start from homeland all the way through the series. I wouldnt have known to start at homeland if it wasnt for this great review. What I personally need to find out is, what the titles of all the books are & what order I should read them in. All I know is that the 1st book is homeland & that the icewind dale trilogy comes exists. Anyone know the series list in order?

[Yuurwellmint]

nice review, best i'v found so far. Iv just baught myself 5-13 of the anita blake series, was plannign to collect them all and saw them in a charity shop window and saved myself fourty two pounds :D , im hoping these books will be as good as many reivews have said they are.

[whatever890327897895]

Another thing. Wulfgar is not a dwarf. He is a human Barbarian. Do you people even know how to read? Judging from some of the comments on this site, I would think not.

[whatever890327897895]

Go to the control panel on your computer. Open the speech properties window. You'll see a program that converts text to speech. Type Drizzt Do'Urden into the box in the middle. Click on preview voice. You'll see that even the computer pronounces the name as Dr-isst Dough-Urr-den. His name is not Drizzit. I can never understand why some people keep trying to invent a second 'I'. It doesn't exist. You lose, sorry.

[kinglaxer2010]

by the way, they pronounce his name in sojourn. go check it out, its near the beginning

[whatever890327897895]

The 'pronunciation' in SOJOURN is the human child mispronouncing his name. Drizzt points at his chest and says his name, the child mispronounces it. YOU need to 'go check it out' again.

[AlaskanPipeWorm]

Actually.. it's pronounced Dritz. This is according to the author. Ironically, you lose.

[whatever890327897895]

Did you miss the part where I said the exact same thing?

[AlaskanPipeWorm]

Yes, I did miss the part where you said the 'exact same thing.' You are claiming several different pronunciations.. and one of them is based on MS? Since when did MS become the pronunciation authoritarian in the fantasy genre. First you claim it to be pronounced "Dritzed," then you claim "Drisst." Both of these are wrong.. I'm sorry.

Go listen to the various interviews with RA Salvatore and hear him pronounce it "DRITS." Hell, he's even answered the question various times on his website.

Loss.

[whatever890327897895]

These comment don't give you an edit option. Dritzed was suppose to be Dritz. Simple spelling mistake. When I put Drisst it was prove that there is no second 'I' sound in the word. To show that it wasn't pronounced Drizit. I've been reading Salvatore's novels since the 80's and watching his interviews since he's been making them. Thank you very much.

[whatever890327897895]

His name is not Drizzit. There is no second 'i'. His name is Drizzt. It's pronounced so that it rhymes with blitzed. His last name is Do'Urdern, as in dough - urr - din. His name is pronounced Dritzed Dough-Urdin. There are several videos of R.A. Salvatore pronouncing the name. He created the character, I think he knows how to pronounce the character's name.

[kinglaxer2010]

first of all, its a book, a person has the right to pronounce the name however they want.

[whatever890327897895]

So if I was doing a review of Star Wars, I could pronounce Yoda as bob Lebowitz ? No. You pronounce it the way the author intended. That's the way it works. It's one thing to not know. It's another to get it wrong during a review. It just an ignorance of the subject you're attempting to address.

[kinglaxer2010]

do it the way you wish! its the authors intention to GUIDE you through his story. You can pronounce their names however you want! go ahead and pronounce yoda as bob lebowitz! Books are for your imagination and you may use them as your mind interprets them but dont bash on people when they believe something different from you!

[blaznskate92]

suck a dick

[KionaBarcado]

im actually going to have to go with kinglaxer2010 on this one. it doesnt matter how you pronounce the names in the book, as long as you understand the story and enjoy yourself

[Errtu9]

i love all od his books but there was a couple that just r not as good as others

[mexicandonkey12]

i agree, the dark elf trilogy was way better. the legend of the drizzt books are all the same in each series, someone dies but comes back to life... blah blah blah and u cant forget the similarities between this book and the lord of the rings. the only good book by r.a. is homeland it was totally original and great.

[JDLT2142]

Hey, I'm thinking of starting a similar book review/general talkage series (any genre)...so its nice to see that other people r doing stuff like this as well. I think that that as long as u enjoy what you are doing that's all that counts. Kudos 2 you 4 just doing something that really interests you. P.s have you read the Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan?

[Sparkygravity]

I have read all the books except for book 11.

This is because I tend to reread books if I haven't read the series in a while. So when book 9 came out, I reread 1-8 then 9. When book 10 came out, I reread books 1-9 then I read book 10.

After that, I just decided to wait until the series was finished, mostly because the story lags a little in books 6-9. So I'll read it again but after whats-his-name finishes the story that Jordan didn't before he died.

I'd love to hear your review on books.

[Droxen222]

Rome is right Mr. Salvatore is Forgotten Realms. and yer review is pretty poor from your obvious lack of attention on its content.

[Sparkygravity]

:) really lacking? how so? Do you mean that I don't give anything away? That I don't spoil the plot or content for readers that haven't yet read the book?

Or are you just upset that Mr. Salvatore is not my most favoritest, most very terrificest author in the whole wiiide world?

[chuckh594]

its drizzt not drizzit this guy isn't to smart

[romegaurd]

YOU TAKE THAT BACK! R.A. SALVATORE IS FORGOTTEN REALMS! entirely do not agree with your review. Thats like saying Conan the Barbarian is aweful because he doesn't develop. HE'S CONAN- HE DOESN'T NEED TO DEVELOP - HE IS ABSOLUTE! JUST A DRIZZT!

I think you totally missed the messages of racism placed throughout the book.

[ibanez991]

Drizzt develops in the first three books genius. and does a little more each book. read the passages where its Drizzt narrating. he even explains it.

[whooperpooper86]

do you go outside? you should :[ and get a hair cut and shave ur beard you would look a lot cooler

[Sparkygravity]

haha, I go outside. But your probably right, I should get out more. I go hiking almost every weekend. I"m actually in the process of trying to bring my camcorder on my weekend hikes and share them with youtube.

Some people think it's a great tragedy to judge a book by it's cover. And although I'm guilty of that bias myself, I think it's a even bigger tragedy people are judged by their covers. Believe it or not, I keep the beard to make a social comment on the superficiality trend in society.

[fergferguson]

Drizzt is pronounced "Drisst" wulfgar is not a dwarf, he's a badass barbarian. and the books are actually really decent. even if salvatore was inspired by the LOTR books they offer even a little more flavor in my opinion. worth a read.

[newtoomanga]

Each has their own opinion, dude;) but yeah...THeyre great:D

[thebratprince420]

hell what about the merry gentry book

[triple3]

Anita blake not smut? pfft. Wait till you get to Incubus Dreams. Yay porn!

[7m1a0x]

nice review but its pronounced Drits

[SaullovesSlash]

In my humble opinion, the "Drizzt" series is okay. Not exactly my thing, but hey. And how /do/ you say "Drizzt" in the first place? It's one of those make-an-unpronouncable-name things, isn't it?

But okay, I'll get this out now - who is Wulfgar in the story? I haven't read it. I just started reading "Homeland" (and put it down several times), so. . . Anyway, Wulfgar was a minor character in Beowulf.

ALSOOO, yeah, the "get yerr motley crew together and save the world" thing bugs me, as well.

[redphoenix02]

Wulfgar is a dwarf

[whatever890327897895]

No. He's human. Raised by dwarves.

[drizztfanboy94]

one, you are saying drizzt drizzit, and two, if you had read soujourn and understood it you would understand the motivations of bruenor and cattie brie, and i believe that wulfgar is explained as well. These are the best books set in the forgotten realms setting, and they are my favorite books. it's funny to hear you say drizzt like the little kid in sojourn.

[clearly]

"what" sparkgravity? you can clearly see there is NO need whatsover to actually read a book to review it ... see my posts if you seek truth

[clearly]

I can really see no point in the need to actually READ a book to be qualified to review it !

[Sparkygravity]

what?!

[drummer2929]

i agree with fathomless, i read homeland first and thought it was a really interesting story. I didn't know what the hell forgotten realms was so i thought he was a genius for creating this whole world ( but i figured out that that wasn't true by the time i read the Crystal Shard. I'm also with you on the constant battle scenes. Sometimes i just skip ahead or scan them to make sure there aren't any major events i missed.

[saunallezellite]

Who agrees with me when i say : it's such a pitty that youtube reviewers can't read passages from popular books without infringing copyright and getting the videos taken down...

[Sparkygravity]

eh, it would be nice to be able to quote from a book, without someone shoving a hot poker up your arse. But I don't think I would read passages in a book anyway.

The biggest issue for me is, I want a review to tell me about the nature, and style of the story without revealing and spoiling the discovery of that story.

So that's what I try to focus on. Give an different perspective, without spoiling the story.... Do you think I was able to do that? What tid-bit do you feel was missing?

[enantiomer2000]

it's a drizzit!!

[drizzd1]

it is drizzt (dr-Is-t) not (dIss-it)

[kethry54]

just be forewarned. if you don't already know, and you intend on continuing with the anita blake series, the later books are VERY different than the earlier ones. many fans of the early books became disillusioned when LKH went in the direction she did after book 6 (the killing dance).

thanks for the review. :)

[Sparkygravity]

yeah I picked up the book after my niece said that she liked them... But she said much the same thing. I've read quite a few series, that at one point or another, tried to reinvent themselves. Sometimes successfully, sometimes not. If I ever stop having fun reading her books, I'll just stop. Which for some reason is sometimes hard for other readers to do.

[fathomless26]

I read the first book homeland and was so intreaged with the story and the charecter that I finished all 20 books leading up to The Orc King. I have never been so captured by any singlular author before now and I cant wait for the nex two books that come out. I do agree with the constant fighting "lets save the world" concept to be a bit tiresome after a while but there is always something in the story to keep me interested.

[MetalBryan1985]

hey 6.5 is a good rate for the crystal shard, I would have done about a 7.5 only because errtu. And only because you know its not the last time you will hear from him. Nice reviews!