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Post by Kaytin on Jun 9, 2014 3:14:02 GMT -5
I will agree that Drizzt becomes a bit annoying sometimes (Hunter's Blades especially) but I feel that that's just bringing out the human (Elf?) part in him. We all get depressed and become sad sacks in general sometimes, and I think that including that is necessary when you're following a character's thoughts and emotions throughout his life. There will be struggles, whether it be for identity or for a great loss that will make a character kind of unlikeable for a time. But what really rectifies the low points (Such as the aforementioned Hunter's Blade's struggle) is seeing the character come out a more likeable, wiser and all around better person.
TLDR We all get depressed and become pretty unlikeable in our life, Bob is just reflecting that while following Drizzt's life.
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Post by rotorcutter on Jul 5, 2014 2:44:04 GMT -5
I still like the stories, and the current books have overcome the hurdles from mistakes made by the directors of the shared world setting.
If i was to criticise one thing, it would be the lack of introduction and significant development of new characters. This makes it really hard to be able to kill off characters and still have strong, developed characters that can carry future stories. It would get the reader more emotionally involved knowing that a major character can die. What would be great too is a 'greying' of the characters. Some are too clearly good while others clearly bad. It would be perfect if readers could pick up the books and come to different opinions of which character is the good/bad guy (for them), or to be able to take different sides in a story.
I'd say my reading tastes have not 'changed', but have expanded to include other genres, styles.
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Post by Carcer on Aug 18, 2014 11:43:55 GMT -5
I've never really had much of an issue with Drizzt's character. Sure there have been times when I haven't found his character to be slightly unappealing, but I was never put off Drizzt as a character. Where I've been less forgiving was in the way Salvatore described Drizzt in battle. Don't get me wrong, I love the detail he puts into it and the way his words create a vividly cinematic experience inside my head. My problem was with Drizzt being such a epic swordsdrow. It took a lot of the tension away for me. Maybe things have changed since I last read a Drizzt book. It has been a while. So I don't know if my criticism holds any water now.
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