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Artemas Entreri
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 Posted - 07 Mar 2015 : 19:01:49
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Enjoying the opening though it doesn't really feel like part of a "trilogy." So far what's bothered me most is Regis' reaction to the Harpells polymorphing a murderer into a bunny. Really Regis?
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 08 Mar 2015 : 01:32:41
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Methinks the common link between the individual books of the "Transitions" mini-series was the loss of control and assured success by the main hero, Drizzt. There are things that are bigger than our favorite drow ranger, and he can't win them all. This was also a bridge to the darker feel that 4E was going for.
In one of the Drizzt Diaries for the next book, The Ghost King, Drizzt remarks about how all this makes him feel. He has quite the self-realization.  |
"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly."
--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 08 Mar 2015 : 03:39:04
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Originally posted by BEAST
In one of the Drizzt Diaries for the next book, The Ghost King, Drizzt remarks about how all this makes him feel. He has quite the self-realization.
Drizzt's little journal entries are hit or miss with me. Curious to see how I react to the one you are talking about here when I get to that book. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2015 : 19:12:31
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| Regarding events toward the end of the book: SPOILER I really hope that RA Salvatore didn't think he was fooling anyone about Arthrogate and Jarlaxle's "big reveal." I thought that was clear as day from the very beginning. |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 10 Mar 2015 : 18:29:41
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Regarding events toward the end of the book: SPOILER I really hope that RA Salvatore didn't think he was fooling anyone about Arthrogate and Jarlaxle's "big reveal." I thought that was clear as day from the very beginning.
I doubt he thought any of us would be fooled. It was meant to show that Jar can still fool those around him, in world, though. We've been reading about Jar's hijinks for years. But the pirate high captains of Luskan certainly have not.
It was kinda an inside joke or inside share with us readers, methinks. "I know something 'The Crow' doesn't know!"     |
"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly."
--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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Posted - 11 Mar 2015 : 13:07:37
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Originally posted by BEAST
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Originally posted by Artemas Entreri
Regarding events toward the end of the book: SPOILER I really hope that RA Salvatore didn't think he was fooling anyone about Arthrogate and Jarlaxle's "big reveal." I thought that was clear as day from the very beginning.
I doubt he thought any of us would be fooled. It was meant to show that Jar can still fool those around him, in world, though. We've been reading about Jar's hijinks for years. But the pirate high captains of Luskan certainly have not.
It was kinda an inside joke or inside share with us readers, methinks. "I know something 'The Crow' doesn't know!"
Yeah that makes more sense. Jarlaxle did seem impressed with Kensidan toward the end and he seems like a character I'd love to see more of at some point. |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 11 May 2015 : 16:39:43
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| This is my favorite Drizzt novel. I also thought Regis reaction was silly. Yeah, Jar's presence was pretty clear to anyone who's read RAS. I take issue with calling this "darker." I don't see it as being dark so much as Drizzt being forced to deal with the consequences of his actions. I would like to see more of it from RAS. I haven't read a Drizzt novel since The Companions, mind. |
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jurasw
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Posted - 11 Jul 2016 : 09:50:19
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| This Pirate thing is absolutely not for me, way too stretched story-wise for my taste. |
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mariaLavi
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Posted - 11 Jan 2019 : 22:18:48
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mariaLavi
Acolyte
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Posted - 11 Feb 2019 : 05:14:11
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 11 Feb 2019 : 10:15:15
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No one back?
I think that there's not a lot of activity in this particular discussion because it's a bit of an older book, so no one is actively reading it now.  |
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Charles Phipps
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 12 Apr 2022 : 11:34:19
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Coincidentally, I was reading this exact part of the book at this time and am sad the Book Reads ended around here. Still, for lack of anything better to do, I'm going to share my thoughts on these chapters:
+ Regis being appalled and horrified by the Harpells turning people into rabbits isn't necessarily unbelievable but by this point, he's already seem people horribly butchered and destroyed by their magic during wartime. He also used to work in a thieves guild with wererats and mind-control so I'm not sure where this moral outrage comes from.
+ I know how the luskan plot will end and can't help but be reminded of the Mereen Knot of George R.R. Martin. I certainly am getting strong, "If we overthrow the government of this dictatorship, we're doing them a favor but do we really know how to work things in the aftermath?" energy.
+ I do like how Drizzt and company just kind of stumble into a massive invasion of Luskan to take down the Arcane Brotherhood. |
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