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Icewind Dale #1 (Legend of Drizzt)
The Crystal Shard started off great, introducing new characters that were rich and full of life. I think these new characters helped to make The Crystal Shard feel more developed than the previous Dark Elf Trilogy, but I still felt the overall plot fell a little flat. While I enjoyed it, this novel was not the adventure that I was hoping; instead more about averting a series of wars against Ten-Towns. The plot felt a bit disjointed as well, with the first third of the book having little to do with the rest of the novel, except serving as a background to Wulfgar’s story.
Unfortunately, I also have to say that I find the battles in these books to be a little on the boring side. Sometimes they pick up a bit, especially when there is banter between characters, but overall I find them to be too much of a slog. I’m hoping that the next book, which has Drizzt, Wulfgar, and Bruenor setting out for the legendary Mithral Hall to be more of the “legendary adventure” that I’m been looking for.