The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Apr 12, 2008 Mir rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

I read this when I was 7 or 8, after being taken to see the film. I enjoyed it although it was too advanced for me. I remember being confused in places and should really reread it.

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Jan 12, 2016 Tani rated it liked it

Shelves: sff-explorer-2016, sff-2016, male-author, fantasy, 2016-novels

I feel like I talk a lot about being apprehensive about older scifi, but the same actually holds true for fantasy. I really like the modern day character sensibilities, and so the older stuff doesn't tend to measure up for me. There's just not the emotional connection. I've also never seen the movie that was based on this book, so there's no childhood nostalgia involved. Just my own biases.

I will say that the writing was lyrical. The author has a beautiful turn of phrase, and it gave the book t ...more

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Sep 19, 2007 Bianca rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

i saw the cartoon when i was little. a few years ago i found out that the cartoon was made based on a book with the same title by peter s. beagle, so i just had to get my hands on it. :p as usual, reading the book is so much better than watching the movie. :D
a wonderful story about a unicorn that sets out looking for her kind, but instead being captured and were magically turned into a human being. she then were called lady amalthea, to whom a certain prince lir fell in love with. (off course, m ...more

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