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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duncan Haldane" data-source="post: 2492116" data-attributes="member: 514">I've read all the Drizzt books.  The ID trilogy were ok, pretty standard Sword & Sorcery stuff.  The Crystal Shard appears to be a stand-alone, with the next two just being more adventures of the same characters.The Dark Elf Trilogy was the first to show the angst side - if you like that style, keep reading.  If you don't like it, stop.I enjoyed Legacy.  I thought it was a good return to the present after The Dark Elf trilogy.I like the various factions involved and how they interacted.The rest of the books, apart from Servant of the Shard, are ok, if you don't mind the angst, don't like to have to think too much, and read other books in between each one.  I would not recommend trying to read them one after the other - you will find them too repetative and boring.I agree that R.A.S. is using the "we thought he was dead but now he's back" too much.  He really does need to find a new focus for Drizzt if he wants to keep using him.While I enjoy the humour of the Bouldershoulder brothers, I was not a fan of the Cleric Quintet.  IMO Cadderly got too powerful far far too quickly.  Generally I prefer low-level adventure types.  I did enjoy the first book.  I liked the 2nd.  I found the 3rd mediocre, the 4th annoying, and the 5th awful.Oh, and the comment about the "bonus chapter" - they usually publish the first chapter from the next book in the paperback of the current one, not new material for the existing book.Hope that helps,Duncan (who first read The Crystal Shard when it was first published)</blockquote>

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