The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry, #2) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Jan 14, 2016 Mike rated it it was amazing

Shelves: with-erika, fantasy

This is a book to make you remember why we read. It not only takes you to a new world, it makes you want to go there, to know these people, to become part of their lives, to join in their quest. The second book in Fionavar is simply amazing. He can write so well, what takes Tolkien a chapter to paint, Kay does in a page or two. And he just plays with your emotions so effortlessly:

So it was amid laughter and joy that the company set forth to ride to Taerlindel. Where a ship lay waiting to bear fi ...more

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Oct 03, 2007 Peter rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

This is probably closer to a 3 1/2. The thing that made me enjoy it less than The Summer Tree was all the Arthurian elements. In the first book, they were just eluded to, but in this book they have become more front and center. I've never been that big of a fan of the story (or maybe I'm just a bit tired of it). The other thing I don't like as much in this book, particularly as compared to Guy Gavriel Kay's other books like Tigana, is the lack of nuance with the "evil" characters. The good chara ...more

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May 18, 2009 Amy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I cried several times in this second book of the trilogy.
Although almost plausible, I don't think I can understand how Jennifer gave up her son. I try to be charitable; she was being chased through worlds by the big bad wolf, he was born two months early, so she had to make a spur of the moment decision. This is the hinge on which everything hangs...he ends up a lonely child, balanced between light and dark. With all their combined wisdom, surely they could come up with something better than th ...more

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