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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarauderX" data-source="post: 1153731" data-attributes="member: 9990">Spoilers... no tags!!!*****What really bothered me about the book is the lack of a 'real' strategy by nearly everyone, and how the good guys used Drizzt as a crutch - relying on him for the impossibly dangerous tasks like killing a gaggle of giants.  The whole dialogue of "adventurers is what we are" made my eyes roll in my head more than once, and the number of words dedicated to the subject nearly warranted a main character death without a single orc.  The roughriders irked me with their repeatedly brainless activities involving violence, and when they pulled the trojan horse routine I about choked with disappointment, especially when they all escaped.  However, I did like the politics the Bruenor started up during his trip, and thought it would have been a better ending if they came to rescue sooner in place of the roughriders, though perhaps that's what I was expecting.  It seems that Salvatore was trying to stick to the FR rules with the characters and looked up some relevant CRs to put up against them.  I have always liked his work, but I think this series will be a further let down with the characters he has been building.edit: spellik.</blockquote>