A Fine and Private Place in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Feb 01, 2010 Alice Lee rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Beagle surprises me again with his poetic capability. This book is a lot of things - enchanting, romantic, intensely poetic and whimsical. Why not 5 stars then? It would've gotten a 5-star from me. I loved the talking raven, the two ghosts, the setting; the tone is both realistic and fantastical in a wonderfully dreamy yet relate-able way. Overall it has a romantic, wistful sentimentality that I enjoyed. It's the actual romance that "blossomed" seemingly out of nowhere towards the end that I fou ...more

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Sep 21, 2007 Sarah Sammis rated it liked it

Shelves: borrowed, read-in-2010, exwishlist, fantasy

A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle was his debut novel at the age of nineteen. I wish I could say I read it with that fact in mind, but I only discovered it while writing the reviews. The Black Gate blog post has more information on the history of the novel.

The truth of the matter is I don't remember why I added the book to my wishlist. It was an early book on the list and one of the first to come off as I started my wishlist reading project.

The book follows a very small group of charac ...more

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Sep 28, 2009 Jacqui Ainsworth rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

A warning to future readers: Do not read before sleeping, you will be thinking about it all night long. It leaves some things up in the air for you to figure out and it stays with you for awhile.

I wouldn't say it's the best book I ever read or close to it. But it is meaningful, enjoyable and makes you think. Definitely worth reading! ...more

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