Sojourn

Legend of Drizzt: Dark Elf Trilogy, Book 3

By: R. A. Salvatore

Narrated by: Victor Bevine

Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

R. A. Salvatore's New York Times best-selling novel! Drizzt DoUrden has forsaken his subterranean home for the harsh unknown of the surface. The young warrior begins a sojourn through a world utterly unlike his own - and finds that acceptance among the surface-dwellers will only come at a great price....

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amazing narration

The narrator is great, love the way he uses different voices. The story is very interesting and thrilling.

eccellent. narrator fantastic

loved the story. most enjoyable. could not stop listening. narrator fantastic.will read more of drizzt.

Great end to the trilogy

Great end to the trilogy and a great beginning (if you’re reading in chrono order) to the legacy. Become was excellent and Salvatore’s storytelling does it again.

It’s fine

Falls short of the last two books, enjoyed the drive to find space/community but the main conflict of the story is pretty thin and lacked soul. Previous books also did a better job creating a background for the world and cultures of the beings that occupy it.

Greta book. critical story arc

one of the best Drizzt books imo. Shows the struggles of the beginning of Drizzt living on the surface.

Great end to trilogy

The ending book to this trilogy is a good one. Well performed and well written.

number 1

I bought this book in a used book store over 30 year ago because I liked the cover art. Little did I know it was the start to an ongoing story that I still can't put down.

Great ending to a great origin story.

It was not as good as the first 2 books in the trilogy, but the set up for the originals beginning is seemless and nicely done.

it's good

great story, great reader love this series with everyone in these books. i love these books so much.

Solid but disappointing end of a trilogy

Any additional comments?

The first book of the Dark Elf trilogy ranks among my favorite books of all time. It's sequel was less memorable, but still a great book. Now, the final installment of the trilogy, unfortunately doesn't come close to the first 2.

While the writing is still fine, there are no memorable characters anymore. As there's nothing of interest happening in Menzoberranzan anymore, the main antagonist changes from the extremely interesting Matron Malice, to an extremely stereotypical Rowdy McGruff, who doesn't develop at all throughout the book and is your typical mercenary who just wants to kill someone. There's no real background story on him, no development at all. There are other antagonists, but they fall in the category of 'I will kill you because I am evil'.

The people Drizzt meets along the way are equally plain. Some characters have pages upon pages of introduction, only to never return again after a seemingly insignificant encounter.

The book starts off excellent but went downhill for me, ending in a rush. Whereas the last book, a relationship between Drizzt and his friends was developed over multiple chapters, here, both friendship, good and bad events seem to happen almost instantly near the end of the book, as if the writer was trying to cram it all in a set number of pages. The fast pace combined with the overuse of several words ('lament' comes to mind) makes the book feel less polished than it should be.

It's a good book, but ultimately falls way short of my expectations after the first 2 excellent entries in the trilogy.