content: Let me preface this review by saying that several of RA Salvatore's works have been some of the best books I've ever read. So it's hard to see him produce such an uninspired work that could have been written for a freshman creative writing course. The beautiful imagery and rich character development that are such a trademark of his novels and makes them so entertaining is completely absent in the Two Swords. Even his beautifully narrated fight scenes have regressed into mind numbing hack-and-slash. It seems like it was written simply to fulfill a contractual obligation. Frankly I'd rather send him $25 and not have him write something like this.