R.A Salvatore- The Crystal Shard

Hello Readers

I have always been a great fan of mr. Salvatore's books, and the ones about renegade dark elve, Drizzt Do'Unter are my favorites. They were the first fantasy books I've read in my live. But let's stop telling my reading story, time to review book. Crystal shard is not a usual artifact. As we will read it was created before time by group of undead sorcerers, who died during creation process. Then, powerful demon, Ertu tries to get control of shard, but fails when confronting one of greatest angels,who sends artifact to First Material Plane, where action takes place. When one of worst spellcaster found it, Icewind Dale is in a great danger, as artifact takes control of Akkar Kessel, making him a serious treat to inhibitants of that harsh land. When joined army of orcs, goblins, giants and barbarians march toward Dekapolis, Drizzt and his friends- Wufgar, barbarian captured by dwares from Battlehammer clan, Bruenor Battlehammer, who captured Wulfgar and tought him honor code, Cattie-Brie, Bruenor's adopted human daughter, and Regis, hafling thief must stop oncoming horde, otherwise, they will all die. The story is well written, and action is fast paced with multiple threads. Characters are finest quality, each with long history and having whole specter of emotions. Some of them may look mainstream, but main one , drow who rebelled against his race customs is a creation of master's hand. I enjoyed Salvatore's creation so much that I started to buy all of his books, and it's a lot to read, hell's a lot.
Story: 10/10. Masterpiece. Only next parts are better.
Dramatic Personas: 9/10. Drizzt is a nearly perfect creation, but Wulfgar is a bit too typical.
General Opinion: 9/10 . Great stuff. Nothing more to say.
Thanks for reading,

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Samsung Solid GT-B2710. Tough player.

Hello Readers,

Now it's time to review some everyday carried items. This time it will be a phone, that is great, even if it's software and hardware are weaker than old SE K570. It has only 2 MegaPixel camera, and no 3,5 standard mini-jack. Only micro-usb. So why do I love it?  Solid. And all is clear. You can drop it from a ladder into a bucket of water and it'll still work. Photo underwater? No problem, with IPS67 certificate you can have it underwater for no more than 30 minutes and no deeper than 1 meter. None of today's smartphones has such durability (i know there's samsung xcover and motorola stuff, but they are not undestroyable). And the battery. You say that your Iphone is good, because it can survive whole day without charging? I charge solid twice a week. When the battery is half empty. Even when listening to music 2 hours daily.  And it has a flashlight, which turns night into a sunny day. It has such a power that you may hear "My eyes idiot, don't flash" text billion times. Built-in speakers are louder than the one in HTC One. And you can use it in gloves, which is useful during climate warning era. Yesterday morning I thought I would die because of very high temperature of about 5 degrees. Menu is easy to learn(you can navigate without looking at it after 2 months), and phone has auto repair system. Really. When water got inside my phone(lost one of tiny rubber parts) and I dried it i saw screen doesn't work at all. Flashlight too. But after a week a miracle happened and it started working as new. 

Question is- who will buy a phone without wi-fi, touch screen and all luxurious stuff? Looking like brick? 

The answer is- active people. It is a perfect phone for them, thanks to unical features. 

Grades: Practicality:10 out of 10
Style:8 out of 10. I loved it. Some would not.
Hardware:4 out of 10. Bunus equipment(flashlight) saved it from 2.
Final Grade: 7+. But it's a good piece of phone, even when costing not much less than low-spec Android smartphones

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