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I love Ms. Jones with all of my heart, and that is why it pains me to admit that I didn't really enjoy these stories. There was no connection between the stories (although the first two novels are set during the same period, they concern two completely different cultures and geographic areas--the difference between A Horse and His Boy and Prince Caspian for instance), so there's really no point at having them all part of the same "quartet." Moreover, the stories just didn't grab me. I don't know
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Just read and enjoyed this for the first time! Here is a link to my review:
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Dec 12, 2008
martha
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I've sort of been putting off reading the Dalemark Quartet because I liked having a DWJ series in reserve, but my resolve finally caved. You can tell this is one of her earlier books; it takes a little while to get into and the pacing is sort of odd at first. Luckily it gets tighter and more interesting and exciting in the second half, and she's built an interesting enough world that I want to read the others.
SPOILER: It did bother me though when the other characters abandoned Dagner to a death ...more
SPOILER: It did bother me though when the other characters abandoned Dagner to a death ...more
Larger than life musician hauls his family into a world of trouble. Political disputes and old loves combine to change the children's lives forever.
One of the few DWJ books to feature parents, but worry not, they are swiftly pushed out of the main action.
The background politics, the day to day grind of life and the myths of ancient singers work very well to ground the story, it all feels very real, as does the parents marriage and the feeling they have for one another. The songs and legends work ...more
One of the few DWJ books to feature parents, but worry not, they are swiftly pushed out of the main action.
The background politics, the day to day grind of life and the myths of ancient singers work very well to ground the story, it all feels very real, as does the parents marriage and the feeling they have for one another. The songs and legends work ...more
YA Fantasy. Moril and his family are travelling singers, one of the few groups allowed to travel between the warring North and South. Moril plays the cwidder (it's like a lute), but he's beginning to suspect the instrument he's inherited is magic.
Book one establishes the land and characters. I want to say nothing happens, but some very big things do happen. They're just resolved without raising clear questions for the next book, yet in a way that also fails to make this book satisfying.
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Book one establishes the land and characters. I want to say nothing happens, but some very big things do happen. They're just resolved without raising clear questions for the next book, yet in a way that also fails to make this book satisfying.
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I read it while I was sick with Strep Throat so I don't know if my lack of enthusiasm for it is the fault of the book or just from my being miserable and not being able to focus on anything. Have the second book in the cycle, "Drowned Ammnet" waiting to be read.
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Jun 07, 2007
rachelish
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really liked it
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Jun 27, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
marked it as to-read
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Apr 25, 2015
fin
marked it as to-read
