So pleased to say I genuinely enjoyed this book! I nearly gave up on the series after Legacy of the Drow, but Starless Night has given me the will to go on.While Drizzt's "diary entries" remain both preachy and basic, and there is some extremely tired "not like other girls" misogyny around Catti-brie, the book is overall charming and engaging. Jarlaxle and Entreri's viewpoints let us actually get a view of the political machinations of Menzoberranzan, rather than just being told that they exist,...

I'm writing this as a thirty-six-year-old male who only picked this book up because its horrible cover drew him in, and the two-dollar used book price tag was just right.This is the first Drizzt book I've ever read. It's also chronologically the eighth book in the series. That said, I know I missed out on a lot of character work and plot background which is regularly mentioned throughout this story. There's stuff about past character deaths and quests, but I didn't feel that the lack of this bac...

A journey into the underdark and a revisit to the dark elf city of menzoberranzan. Incredible, awesome adventure packed with movie-like scenes of combat.May or may not be like this: Very, very good, but this book would not stand on its own well at all. It's a chapter of a larger series.

These books are like candy. They may taste good but they leave you with bad teeth and a stomach ache and wondering why you even bothered.

There are no shadows in the Underdark. There is no room for imagination in the Underdark. It is a place for alertness, but not aliveness, a place with no room for hopes and dreams. - Drizzt Do’Urden My favourite Forgotten Realms novels are the ones that take place in the Underdark. The savage and wild Drow fascinate me more than any other race I know. They’re devious, conniving and cutthroat. And I freaking love them. So, Drizzt deciding to leave the surface and return to his former home of M

all reviews in one place: night mode reading ; skaitom nakties rezimuMy Opinion: Underdark is a very interesting place that is hard to even imagine. Out there, in a place where there are no shadows, for there is no light, one has to learn to live, behave differently. In need to hide one must find a way to hide their body heat, for blending in with the surroundings is futile among creatures who were born in the pitch black. To add to that, the schemes of the drow are interesting to read. T...

Yayy, they went back to Menzoberranzan!! (who cheers for cherished characters to return to such a place? ... me, I do. lol) I love the dark, gritty world of Menzoberranzan! I love the landscape (check!), the host of devilish characters, especially Jarlaxle with his crop top and feathered hat lol and, of course, the favour nemesis Artemis Entreri (check! check!), and the wicked hierarchy, devious politics, and the dark drow's magic (check! check! check!)!!Loved how Cattie-brie took charge in this...

By far the best book of The Legend of Drizzt so far!!! Salvatore finally gave us a much better look into the main characters and their motivationsand actions. I loved the charming and flamboyant Jarlaxle most of all.

Once again, I found myself utterly let down by this book. So Drizzt decides he needs to return to the Underdark and strikes alone without even Guen to help. His side of the story was really interesting. I liked the return to the Underdark, I liked seeing Drizzt wrestle with his past and future coming together, and I liked all the conflict there. And then Cattie-Brie strikes off on her own to go after Drizzt and one thing became very apparent to me: Cattie-Brie is a gigantic pain in the ass and a...

I enjoyed this a degree more than R.A. Salvatore's prior few Drizzt books, for this reason: it was a significantly more condensed adventure. In previous outings, Drizzt spent one book escaping, Menzobarranzan (I'm not looking up the correct spelling), another hanging out in the Underdark, a third establishing himself on the surface world, and the last dealing with a Drow assault on Mithril Hall. In Starless Night, all four adventures are essentially revisited, in reverse, in compact fashion. It

The cover is pretty crappy though, honestly. Drizzt is supposed to be a young, dark elf and the dude on the cover is old and gold skinned. The book itself was pretty good though!

Even after eight books, Salvatore consistently delivers exciting action and masterful writing. Awesome book, couldn’t put it down!

"It is a defeat of the spirit to learn that one's arrogance causes such loss and pain. Pride invites you to soar to heights of personal triumph, but the wind is stronger at those heights and the footing, tentative. Farther, then, is the fall" (235). My Rating 4 stars Book Series Book 8 of The Legend of Drizzt series (30+ books). My Thoughts? First half was a little slow. The reasons for why Drizzt was heading back to Menzoberranzan were explained and reexplained. I get why the author wante...

A low point in the Drizzt legend, almost down to Icewind Dale trilogy levels, primarily because it reads like a repeat of the previous book. In The Legacy, Drizzt gets captured and taken into the Underdark and needs to be rescued. In Starless Night, Drizzt willingly walks off into the Underdark and needs to be rescued.Regardless, it is definitely an acceptable middle book in an overall very much decent quartet of Forgotten Realms book. I may have been biased against it from having read it all in...

Reeling from the loss of one of his dearest friends, the warrior dark elf Drizzt journeys back into the Underdark - but can he survive the harsh environment after years of growing accustomed to life on the surface? In pursuit of Drizzt are his loyal friends: Cattie-brie, the dwarven-raised deceptively tough-as-nails human female, and Guenhwyvar the panther, 600 pounds of fur, teeth, and claws! Meanwhile, the ever-eccentric drow mercenary leader, Jarlaxle, and the human assassin now stuck in the

One of my favorite parts of this series is the strong cast of support characters. This book focuses as much on Drizzt's friends as Drizzt himself. Not only do we get the perspective of the normal cast from previous books, we also get some insight into the thoughts of some of the series' best "villains."

Anyone who's been reading Drizzt stories until now probably don't need any reviews to determine whether he keeps reading or not. While I like the many contemplation moments in this book and feel despair and loss as a result of the first book, there's one thing that feels unrealistic - and that's how powerful they are or how lucky they are. Despite the fact that the heroes are heading into enemy territory, things seem to always go their way. I just feel that a couple of the encounters could have

Lots of good fighting as you would expect fromdrizzt.

I read the first 13 Drizzt books back-to-back, so I sometimes forget what happened in which specific book but I certainly enjoyed the ride. The rating above reflects only the content.This book stood out for a different reason...The cover is so absolutely atrocious it irked me every time I looked at it. The whole "Legacy" series in this printing is bad, but this one takes the cake. If you aren't familiar with the story, Drizzt is a young drow warrior. In this depiction he looks like an ancient, c...

This book felt alright to me. It's highs didn't settle for me as Salvatore didn't linger on them enough. I think also, the premise for this book seemed very strange as Drizzt should know his goal to go back home will get him killed, but will not save his friends. Sure, Lolth might be appeased, but only enough to spare her own people (the drow) not spare his friends. Drizzt is honorable, but he isn't stupid.I was glad to see pay offs for older books and the actions Drizzt made in them. I just wis...