ernal ia ' s ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁books ▁for ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁site , ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁given ▁ 3 ▁stars ▁for ▁Cry stal ▁Sh ard ▁and ▁ 3 . 5 ▁stars ▁for ▁Stream s ▁of ▁Silver ▁and ▁The ▁Hal fl ing ' s ▁Gem . ▁It ▁was ▁considered ▁standard ▁enjoy able ▁fant asy ▁fare ▁although ▁cl ich éd . ▁ ▁Ian ▁Stre le c , ▁staff ▁rev iewer ▁for ▁d 2 0 z ines . com ▁awarded ▁Stream s ▁of ▁Silver ▁a ▁B + ▁rating . ▁V ivid ▁descri ptions ▁and ▁good ▁character is ations ▁were ▁pra ised ▁in ▁the ▁novel ▁however ▁he ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁un real istic ▁situations ▁as ▁well ▁an ▁over ▁emphas is ▁on ▁combat ▁scenarios . ▁ ▁The ▁last ▁volume ▁of ▁the ▁tr il ogy , ▁The ▁Hal fl ing ' s ▁Gem , ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 1 4 th ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁paper back ▁best ▁sell ers ' ▁list ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁ ▁Paul ▁Hugh es , ▁in ▁an ▁editor ial ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁tr il ogy ▁on ▁Amazon ' s ▁website , ▁wrote ▁that ▁while ▁the ▁book ▁is ▁not ▁Tol k ien ▁it ▁has ▁" br ought ▁leg ions ▁of ▁enthus i astic ▁fans ▁to ▁the ▁genre ". ▁The ▁rev iewer ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁essential ▁for ▁any ▁" D riz zt ▁true ▁bel ie ver ". ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Category : F ant asy