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Book Review By Eric Lamarche
The Crystal Shard - Icewind Trilogy 1 by R.A. Salvatore

Drizzt Do'Urden is forced to fight a deluded wizard who is being controlled by a magical item from the past called the crystal shard. Drizzt and his friends, Bruenor, Cattie-Brie and his black panther Gwewhywar, set out to kill the wizard and bring peace to the region


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - sword fights
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 40 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 40 %
Escaping from behind enemy lines? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - long lived adults
If magical mental powers: - is very quick

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - can talk to animals - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - telekinesis - mind reading - mind control - Invisibility - can read emotions - is very quick - clairvoyant - can see into the future - super strength - can fly - teleportation - can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?

Setting
Terrain
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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