Similar, I read my first RA Salvatore one years ago and got into it. Originally Drizzt was an interesting character, and the trilogies and sequel trilogies made a nice advance of how adventuring characters can grow and get involved in bigger things over time. Unfortunately, I think the burn out occurs when Drizzt went from an interesting part of the ensemble to a heavy philosophising major part of every story. That, and how much it inspired clichés and power gamers and suddenly "renegade drow" seemed to turn up everywhere from players.