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While there's a few places where this makes some debut mistakes, it's obvious that Kay's got talent and an eye for details and world building (sometimes to the detriment of his storytelling in this first novel).
Still, while it takes a while to get rolling, it's fabulous when it does so. Eagerly diving into Book 2!
Steven
who's started Tigana and Lions of El-Rassan but not finished either...this is the first GGK he's finished ...more
Still, while it takes a while to get rolling, it's fabulous when it does so. Eagerly diving into Book 2!
Steven
who's started Tigana and Lions of El-Rassan but not finished either...this is the first GGK he's finished ...more
I am a huge fan of Guy Gavriel Kay's writing, and this is the first book of his I ever read. I am just in love with the way he uses language, as well as the way he can take familiar elements of old stories and make them fresh and new again. I read all of his books over and over again, just to bask in his words and the worlds he creates.
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I just re-read this book because after reading Tigana and loving it so much, I decided I wanted to finish this trilogy. I didn't change my star-rating on the second time through--still four stars. The book owes a lot to Lord of the Rings (angry forests, elf-like race that is leaving to a distant land, etc..) but it also has a depth of character that Tolkien never really accomplished. Kay has a gift for transposing current themes that resonate onto a fully-realized fantasy realm (although this do
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I had a hard time getting into this one at first. The 5 modern-day, Canadian college students were barely introduced and were never really fleshed out as individuals, so I had a hard time caring about how they reacted to the fantasy world into which they are transported (which seems to be no big deal to them somehow). However, the situation in the fantasy world gets exciting pretty quickly and introduces a fairly interesting set of characters. I ended up really enjoying the middle part of the bo
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The me of 1997, still high off of Tigana, would have given it 5 stars. But I reread it recently, and it is now a little too flowery and over wrought for me to give a prefect rating to. but give it a shot-- overall it is lovely.
I love this trilogy. It's one of my absolute favorites. I still cry at the end of this series and I've read it countless times.
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Feb 15, 2008
Luzcasa
marked it as to-read
Sep 04, 2009
Cindywho
marked it as unfinished
Jun 20, 2011
Clickety
marked it as to-find
Oct 17, 2012
Lynne
marked it as to-read-fantasy
Mar 03, 2013
Dr M
marked it as to-read
Mar 10, 2014
Jennifer
marked it as dnf
