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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8214286" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>I was disappointed with this novel also, though more because no one seemed to do much of anything than because the individual parts didn't gel. These are all high-level (potentially epic-level) characters; when they get involved, things should <em>happen</em>. Instead, it was a bunch of feints that ultimately went nowhere; it's understandable that powerful individuals will be careful in what they do, but while I won't say that having them posture without any substantial follow-up (a few minor skirmishes are the best we get) can't necessarily make for entertaining reading, it didn't here. Everyone was all talk with little follow-through.</p><p></p><p>It also irritated me that Gareth Dragonbane was apparently vulnerable to the same self-doubts and criticisms that Artemis was working through. Seriously? You'd think that a high-level paladin, who's been through his own epic adventures and been a king for years now, would have dealt with these issues; he should have brushed off those problems, and potentially given Artemis some new insights. Having him go through a bout of "do I really deserve to be a king? Am I really a good person? What does it mean to <em>be</em> a good person?" just made him lack presence.</p><p></p><p>The part with Artemis going home was...okay. It wasn't really much of anything we hadn't already guessed, if you'd read his backstory in (I think it was) the <em>Realms of Infamy</em> anthology. I suppose him going back and settling scores had that whole "end at the beginning" thing going for it, except that this quite clearly wasn't the end for him. So really, it felt kind of perfunctory; like someone remembering that they'd left the stove on and going back to turn it off.</p><p></p><p>Needless to say, with my favorite characters in Salvatore's series pretty well played out, my interest in his works rapidly reached its nadir. As I recall, I read the next book (the first in the next trilogy, which was entirely Drizzt-focused), and then put the series down, never having looked back since.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8214286, member: 8461"] I was disappointed with this novel also, though more because no one seemed to do much of anything than because the individual parts didn't gel. These are all high-level (potentially epic-level) characters; when they get involved, things should [i]happen[/i]. Instead, it was a bunch of feints that ultimately went nowhere; it's understandable that powerful individuals will be careful in what they do, but while I won't say that having them posture without any substantial follow-up (a few minor skirmishes are the best we get) can't necessarily make for entertaining reading, it didn't here. Everyone was all talk with little follow-through. It also irritated me that Gareth Dragonbane was apparently vulnerable to the same self-doubts and criticisms that Artemis was working through. Seriously? You'd think that a high-level paladin, who's been through his own epic adventures and been a king for years now, would have dealt with these issues; he should have brushed off those problems, and potentially given Artemis some new insights. Having him go through a bout of "do I really deserve to be a king? Am I really a good person? What does it mean to [i]be[/i] a good person?" just made him lack presence. The part with Artemis going home was...okay. It wasn't really much of anything we hadn't already guessed, if you'd read his backstory in (I think it was) the [i]Realms of Infamy[/i] anthology. I suppose him going back and settling scores had that whole "end at the beginning" thing going for it, except that this quite clearly wasn't the end for him. So really, it felt kind of perfunctory; like someone remembering that they'd left the stove on and going back to turn it off. Needless to say, with my favorite characters in Salvatore's series pretty well played out, my interest in his works rapidly reached its nadir. As I recall, I read the next book (the first in the next trilogy, which was entirely Drizzt-focused), and then put the series down, never having looked back since. [/QUOTE]
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