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Are you planning to read any more of the Drizzt books? If so, I'd like to join from Streams of Silver onwards.

I am for sure!

I plan to continue as well.

If this continues I'll definitely hop onboard at Streams of Silver.

I think I'm going to see how I feel after book 3 since I loved book 1 but wasn't a huge fan of book 2.

Read the first three chapters (view spoiler)[ I'm enjoying it so far. Not entirely convinced all these different perspectives is a good thing this early on in the story. The monster that eats his servants is creepy as hell.

Poor Drizzt, he's just trying to make friends with the farm children and they're either fleeing or trying to fight him. I hope they take him in. He can become their protector. (hide spoiler)]

14 chapters in (view spoiler)[ so at first I wasn't really enjoying the structure, it seemed like a collection of short stories rather than a cohesive story, with the way Drizzt kept going from place to place. Now he's living with the ranger I'm enjoying it more, it seems like he's arrived at his destination.

I like the ranger a lot, he's awesome. I love that he's essentially Snow White and communicates with the animals. (hide spoiler)]

Starting today,!

What do you guys think of this one so far?

I thought the first/prequel trilogy went downhill from the first book...

I liked the second/original trilogy more...

Ratings for the first 6 books: 4/3/2 -- 4/3/4

If you're unaware, Salvatore wrote the 2nd chronological trilogy first, then went back and filled in the backstory with this trilogy... pretty much everything else is chronological, I think, altho I haven't continued past book 6, yet...

Timelord Iain wrote: "I thought the first/prequel trilogy went downhill from the first book...

I liked the second/original trilogy more...

Ratings for the first 6 books: 4/3/2 -- 4/3/4

If you're unaware, Salvatore wr..."

That's interesting Iain. It does have filler written all over it. I also thought Michael Sullivan's writing suffered when he went back and filled in the beginnings of an established friendship with a prequel trilogy.

@Ana I completely agree, this is much better.

@Iain @Loriidae That makes so much sense. I thought book two just felt like filler, turns out it was filler. It's a shame because I thought book 1 was excellent.

I'll probably continue later in the year with this series but I'm taking a break after this one to read other things.

Riyria Chronicles is much more than a trilogy... I think MJS plans to write one book for each year of Royce and Hadrian’s friendship pre-Revelations, unless interest wanes...

Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter was book 4... Dumindor is the planned 5th book...

Timelord Iain wrote: "Riyria Chronicles is much more than a trilogy... I think MJS plans to write one book for each year of Royce and Hadrian’s friendship pre-Revelations, unless interest wanes...

Disappearance of Win..."

Oh ok.. that explains a lot. :)

I am up to Ch 5 and my heart is breaking for our Drizzt!!! He only wants to make friends, and everyone is assuming that he is a bad guy:'(:'(:'(... I wish he could communicate with the kids somehow...

@Choko I feel so bad for him too! He needs to learn the lingo! He needs a little white flag or something, to show he doesn't mean violence!

OMG! The f#@*ing barghast needs to die!!!

Is the little dwarf Fred our first metrosexual dwarf??? Awesome!

I finished it, it was okay 3 stars. Not much to say really I was just not into it. I'm so disappointed as I genuinely loved book 1.

@Ana I just felt like the story was really disjointed. It was very much go to a place, have a conflict, go to another place, have a conflict etc.

I liked it better than exile too, still not as good as Homeland though.

Ana wrote: "Charlie wrote: "@Ana I just felt like the story was really disjointed. It was very much go to a place, have a conflict, go to another place, have a conflict etc."

Yep, pretty much what you said. A..."

I wonder if (view spoiler)[the author had to make certain choices (not meeting Dove and Co) so the story would still fit in with the events of the next trilogy, which was written first? It may need a bit of 'logic-bending' to avoid a massive 'but if that happened why did this happen later?' (hide spoiler)]

@Shaitarn I guess that's what happens when you write a direct prequel series, you have to try and fit your plot in in a way that doesnt upset already established storylines.

I would have preferred three books covering Drizzt's first 40 years in Menzoberranzan rather than 1 book in the city and 2 books with him just wandering about from place to place.