Sea of swords Book

I completely devoured this book, just as quickly as every other R.A. Salvatore I have ever read. I was so excited to find that Wulfgar was alive in Passage to Dawn. I was even happier when Salvatore dealt with the situation the way he did. I've become so completely sick with the way people will just bring dead character's back to life. It's like there's no lasting consequences, and nothing really matters. Salvatore never seemed hesitant to make things matter in his books. And if Wulfgar had just come back with nothing lost, what was the point? After a lot of trials and hardships, he found himself again in this book. And I think the person he became should be celebrated! Wulfgar the family man? A little strange perhaps when you think of him as the seven foot barbarian who hunted giants for sport. But there is nothing wrong with this change. Wulfgar will never be the same for what happened to him, for years of turmoil that we can never understand. Suffice it to say, he has found happiness once again.

I found the book itself much slower going than most of Salvatore's other works. That to me brought a sense of realism to his characters. The Companions of the Hall were actually people after I read this book. Drizzt before now had been like Superman, a hero who's life is merely a compilation of deeds. This book made him a real person, someone I can feel joy for and sorrow for. Every aspect of this book was saddening for the characters. Bruenor and Catti-brie most of all. it was the second time they had lost someone so very close to them, and this time they couldn't even tell if they wanted him back. This book above all helped me to understand that the life of an adventurer was not always an easy one, or better to say, not always a pleasant one. That sometimes, being a good guy really is hard. It helped me relate my favorite characters to my own life. And I don't think I've ever been more satisfied with any book.