Yet another change of pace to more skirmishes, old feuds and intrigues from Menzoberranzan, to a full on surface raid turned into a waging war.

I found it a little uneven and disjointed, but the Time of Troubles part is pretty cool.

Loved everything about this book except the war scenes (well written, just not my taste). I also would have loved to see a lot more of Jarlaxle... all in all, a great read!

There's nothing here to make this one stand out from the others, but it fits the bill if you're looking to spend time in the world and with the characters.

I can never find anything negative to say about Drizzt novels. When the story seems simple and predictable, it's almost like that was exactly the fun-to-read break I was needing. When it's complex and difficult to follow, I appreciate the challenge. I think I'm just predisposed to love them, so take my review with a grain of salt.

Love it. It kept me on the edge of madness every time I had to put the book down.

Drizzt books are practically guaranteed to be a great read for me, but these novels don't stand-alone. As such, the plot is relatively slow moving at times. A lot of action takes up the book.Being the conclusion of the Legacy of the Drow, the war is finally resolved on the Mithril Hall. I rather liked the ending, suggesting a new adventure ahead.

Maybe the best Drizzt book in the whole series until now. Everything that build up over the last few books comes to its epic conclusion, with a more than 100+ page battle around Mithril Hall.And I must say the best parts in these books are the short interludes by Drizzt. Truly fantastically written!

This book was MUCH BETTER than the last one. I was psyched for the war between the Drow and the surface world. However, there's a few things that have become apparent to me: 1. Salvatore seems to have a lot of trouble with solving problems. He creates these massive problems like The Times of Trouble where gods were warring with each other and magic wasn't working properly. Spells would backfire or just fizzle, magical artifacts were inconsistent at best, and devastating at worst. And then the pr...

4.25/5 — Listened on audiobook. Reliably good as ever. Salvatore is a good writer and a good storyteller. Another installment in the Drizzt legend.

This is where in Salvatore's books that he starts to move to many, MANY, MANY scenes of fighting. The focus seems to be on fighting technique... okay... but YAWN. I agree has its place, but although I am rereading his books... Too many fight scenes BORE me. I prefer properly placed fight scenes and more focus on the characters and story. He has some very good points that are now Drittz commentary between chapters and not as interwoven with the characters and story as before. The substance (for m...

In relation to the rest of the Drizzt series to date (9 books including this one, out of a total of 31 so far... oh Salvatore, what have you done and what have I done by starting to read these...), it was pretty good. It generally ties up the storylines of the Icewind Dale, Dark Elf and Legacy of the Drow trilogies, perhaps a little too well in places by re-introducing characters and factions that I have long forgotten about. These books' fine details don't quite stick in the mind. For example,

The big war with all the races was entertaining.

I would say that this was the best book in the Drizzt Do'Urden series so far. I liked all the intrigue and house-wars in Menzoberranzan, especially since Jarlaxle is my favorite character in Salvatore's books. Though in some places, it did feel like the author needed to amass pages, so there were scenes where the characters' thoughts basically ran in circles to add a paragraph here and there. On the other hand, some of the scenes and characters were hilarious, especially the Harpells! Harkle's e...

Call it 2.5 stars.I notice that I neglected to review the last volume of Drizzt, but really I think I could write the same review for every single book. The names are either tongue twisters or pretty silly. I mean really, how does one even pronounce Drizzt? The other dark elf names tend to have apostrophes in them and impossible consonant combinations. Doing these as audio books must be difficult. And consider names such as King Schnicktick. How can one take him seriously with a name like this?A...

I need to take a break from this series for awhile. It's just wearing me thin with the pointlessness of it all.This book seemed more like two books crammed into one. I really enjoyed the part where magic failed but there was no explanation why. The author also skimmed over things that sort of made me raise an eyebrow like "well that was an easy way out." but I had no answers. Like Catti-brie and her sword. It was just too easy with no explanation behind it.The second half of the book was a war a...

Read this review (and others) at: https://literatureislife.com/2021/06/...Ok, so, some background information on D&D that gives this book some extra context. There have been a few different editions of D&D. When the game updates to a new edition, there’s some big calamity in-universe to explain the game’s new rules and mechanical changes. Siege of Darkness came out around the time the game switched from Advanced D&D, the original, to D&D 2e. The calamity here was called The Time of Troubles. In

Aaand with an immense step up from the previous volume, Siege of Darkness is the best Drizzt book I have read so far. Conspiracies thrive in the dark depths of the Realms and the dark elf focus is strong.The reader experiences the following amazing sights:- exquisitely tasteful dark elf intrigue, including being dragged along the wily schemes of the delightful House Baenre (I'm a fan!), learning the story behind its abnormally powerful Matron Mother Yvonnel Baenre (I'm definitely a fan!), and wa...

I've already commented on this series as a whole, but this book marks a turning point.By the time the reader has reached this book, the formula is set in stone. Drizzt fights and wins, then fights and wins again. The villain never dies, the supporting characters make brief quips, and nobody but nobody gets one single hint of development as a human character (except for Drizzt, who stopped developing several books ago).Appropriate for young children, and possibly as a guilty pleasure. Don't get m...

Well... I am giving this book 2 stars only because it was all about battle. I didn't like the battles in Lord of the Rings either. Plus we don't get to spend too much time with the main characters... there were just different battles going on with the minor characters. And I am tired of the Underdark! Let's get into other plots!