germancho's review
3.0
The art is terrible in the first two books, and it picks up in the third. Other than that it's pretty much The Icewind Dale trilogy verbatim.
mspris's review
3.0
As a graphic novel adaptation went, this was mildly disappointing. There are things changed from the story of the book that didn't make me completely happy. The graphics were very good though.
count_zero's review
3.0
A fairly good adaptation of the Icewind Dale Trilogy. The graphic novel format allows for skipping some of the descriptive exposition, and lets the art carry the fight scenes a little better than the book does (particularly related to the fact that scimitars aren't exactly thrusting weapons, and Salvatore tends to have Drizzt stabbing a bunch).
If I have one complaint, it's that Cattie-Brie's armor toward the end of The Halfing's Gem has the Female Fantasy Armor problem - of both the bared midriff and boob armor variety. I understand this is comics and you want to be stylized, but there's got to be a better way to do it. Or at the very least, just pick one - either do the bared midriff thing (leaves an important chunk of you wide open), or the boob armor (directs blades towards your heart), but don't do both. It's not just kinda sexist, it's also kinda tacky. At least when Frazetta did that lack-of-wardrobe design for his female characters, he was either doing John Carter of Mars (where everyone is mostly naked), or Swords & Sorcery (where, again, stylistically everyone is mostly naked).
This is Heroic fantasy of the European bent, and those outfits just don't work as well.
If I have one complaint, it's that Cattie-Brie's armor toward the end of The Halfing's Gem has the Female Fantasy Armor problem - of both the bared midriff and boob armor variety. I understand this is comics and you want to be stylized, but there's got to be a better way to do it. Or at the very least, just pick one - either do the bared midriff thing (leaves an important chunk of you wide open), or the boob armor (directs blades towards your heart), but don't do both. It's not just kinda sexist, it's also kinda tacky. At least when Frazetta did that lack-of-wardrobe design for his female characters, he was either doing John Carter of Mars (where everyone is mostly naked), or Swords & Sorcery (where, again, stylistically everyone is mostly naked).
This is Heroic fantasy of the European bent, and those outfits just don't work as well.
moderndayjfk's review
5.0
Genuinely impressed. May have enjoyed this more than the first. Story and art are excellent
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