(3 / 5)
The Dark Elf Trilogy #1 (The Legend of Drizzt)
So, after playing RPGs for the last 10 years, I figured it was about time that I gave the novels a shot. I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Drizzt novels, and Homeland was quite the immersive journey into Drow culture and society. I always knew about the evil’s of the Drow race, but I’m not sure I fully understood their fanaticism until reading this novel. Drizzt’s character development was superb, and we really get to see in him a heart and morality that is so different from the rest of the drow race.
While I really enjoyed getting to learn about Drizzt’s beginnings, it wasn’t quite the epic adventure I was hoping for. Don’t get me wrong, there was definitely action and adventure, just not in the “legendary” way that I was expecting. But I guess that all legends need to start somewhere, and the young Drizzt has potentially hundreds of years ahead of him to become the legend that I’ve heard of. And while this is chronologically the first Drizzt book, this series was published after The Icewind Dale trilogy, so I guess that prequel feel is appropriate. I look forward to Drizzt’s foray out of Menzoberranzan and for the real adventures to begin.