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Exile - Introduction and Prelude
May. 28th, 2022 10:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kalinaraSo the advantage of reviewing a series is that when I have no idea what book to choose next, I can just move on to the next one. And I maybe even missed Drizzt a little bit.
...well, not THAT much. Still, Homeland was pretty readable, so I'm not dreading this. To be honest, I don't actually remember Exile that well. I remember bits of the climax, and some of the major Do'Urden developments, but I have basically no recollection of what Drizzt does for most of this book.
I feel like young Kalinara labeled this book as "the one that isn't the origin story and isn't Drizzt meeting all the Icewind Dale folk" and thus skipped it on reread. We'll see if middle-aged Kalinara has a better appreciation of it.
Beyond that, there's not much to say. I've already disclosed by general issues with the drow concept as presented in the Forgotten Realms. Those issues haven't changed and they're likely going to influence some of my reactions to things. This remains one of the very few series where the modern book covers are much better than the original. (Though one thing that does stand out for me is that Drizzt's swords in the most recent cover don't appear very scimitar like. But then I'm not sure he actually uses scimitars, per se, until Sojourn. We'll see.)
So really, there's no reason not to jump in.
( Down with skullcap Drizzt )
...well, not THAT much. Still, Homeland was pretty readable, so I'm not dreading this. To be honest, I don't actually remember Exile that well. I remember bits of the climax, and some of the major Do'Urden developments, but I have basically no recollection of what Drizzt does for most of this book.
I feel like young Kalinara labeled this book as "the one that isn't the origin story and isn't Drizzt meeting all the Icewind Dale folk" and thus skipped it on reread. We'll see if middle-aged Kalinara has a better appreciation of it.
Beyond that, there's not much to say. I've already disclosed by general issues with the drow concept as presented in the Forgotten Realms. Those issues haven't changed and they're likely going to influence some of my reactions to things. This remains one of the very few series where the modern book covers are much better than the original. (Though one thing that does stand out for me is that Drizzt's swords in the most recent cover don't appear very scimitar like. But then I'm not sure he actually uses scimitars, per se, until Sojourn. We'll see.)
So really, there's no reason not to jump in.
( Down with skullcap Drizzt )