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  <title><![CDATA[Ysabel]]></title>
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  <default_description>Saint-Saveur Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence is an ancient structure of many secrets-a perfect monument to fill the lens of a celebrated photographer, and a perfect place for the photographer's son, Ned Marriner, to lose himself while his father works. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; But the cathedral isn't the empty edifice it appears to be. Its history is very much alive in the present day-and it's calling out to Ned.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">2</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2007</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Ysabel</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Guy Gavriel Kay]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure wtf is going on w/ Kay. He's always had William Shatner-esque tendencies towards the overly dramatic statement. (KHAN!!!) I find it annoying but bearable if the plot and characterization are decent (See his Fionavar Tapestry trilogy for example). Here he introduces a 2nd element that’...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17928856">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4485966">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Aug 15 07:40:14 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can see both sides of the debate people seem to be having about this book. Yes, it's not as rich and deep as his other work. Yes, sometimes it felt like you were trapped in the shallow end of a swimming pool, when you know that, if you could just get there, there's a dazzling, deep lagoon just bey...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4485966">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1660716">
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 04 17:55:46 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is compelling - and it's a YA book, by the way; I don't <em>care</em> what the publisher says - with  characters I liked, an unusual approach to the usual YA book Parental Dilemma (for once, the YA <em>tells his parents</em> about his problems; that hardly ever happens), and a plot that I enjoyed. It was a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1660716">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28433255">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Aug 03 08:36:11 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Warning : I am not going to mark it as containing spoilers, because I think all examples I give are vague and do not give away plot points. But they are probably spoilerish about specific details, so if you are very careful about spoilers, better avoid this till you have read it. <br/><br/>Back to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28433255">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="9018924">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 12 14:04:45 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[When fifteen-year-old Ned Marriner accompanies his famous photographer father to a town in the south of France, he expects some time off from school and a nice vacation.  He doesn’t expect to meet Kate Wenger, an American exchange student who he likes instantly.  And they don’t expect to meet a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9018924">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1885897">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 12 10:38:33 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit of warning: Guy Gavriel Kay is only my most favorite author in the entire world. Given how many different authors I admire and follow, that's a pretty big honor for me to bestow. His novels evoke a certain range of emotions that no other author has ever been able to achieve, and without a doub...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1885897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1877872">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Jun 17 17:17:29 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[it seemed, at first, as if prayers had been answered.  my immediate thought, that this novel would more closely resemble the motifs of fionavar, seemed vindicated.  ned, the 15-year-old protagonist, was interesting enough (although i felt that GGK was a bit too glib with his time-dated references to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1877872">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39412313">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 05 19:01:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 05 19:04:08 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel just a few weeks ago, and since I've liked other stuff Kay has written, I decided to try this as well.  I was very impressed.  The characters are strong and believable.  The situation was contemporary, but also very magical, and the way the characters ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39412313">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45896508">
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 09 20:36:39 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 05 22:14:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Disappointing. Protagonist has lame taste in music- I would have prefered if the author just wrote: 'he put on his mp3 player and started running.' Characters from the Fionavar Tapestry show up, then do next to nothing.  I Listened to this as an audio book. The woman narrating it made the teenage ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45896508">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37183284">
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Dec 27 18:26:19 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Ned and his photographer father are in Provence to shoot a book when Ned sees something he shouldn't be able to see and gets involved in an ancient story he shouldn't have any ties to. But when a member of his father's staff is drawn into the story because of Ned, he'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37183284">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49725605">
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 18 19:20:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 18 19:27:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Guy Gavriel Kay has gotten somewhat away from writing long, complex, interwoven stories and started writing shorter, quicker reading ones. The work suffers a bit simply because Kay is so good at what he does that the books are finished all too soon, you end up wishing there was more there to be had....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49725605">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75324751">
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  <date_added>Wed Oct 21 20:15:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ysabel is the story of a fifteen-year-old Canadian boy who is traveling with his photographer father in Provence, and who trips over a Story, getting pulled into something that has been recurring for 2500 years.  Then his father’s assistant is pulled in even further, and the only ones who can get ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75324751">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68617876">
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  <date_updated>Sun Aug 23 18:25:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was disappointed and frustrated by this book.  I usually really enjoy this author.  His other books take place in Medieval settings.  This one took place in the present, with echoes of a story from the past.  The problem was that he put a lot of energy into describing the present.  He mostly did i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68617876">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62980933">
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an incredibly evocative novel. I mean that it really gives you a feel for where it is set and makes you want to visit there. This book is a Celtic/Modern Day ghost story set in Aix En Provence, France. The author has obviously spent a lot of time there, not only figuring out where things ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62980933">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54439502">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[         “Ysabel” is a book that tells a story of a young boy’s self discovery linked with the unusual elements of ancient mythology and perpetual love. It illustrates both a sophisticated historical aspect along with a modern touch to bring together a compassionate read that appeals greatly t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54439502">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While accompanying his father on a photographic shoot in France, fifteen-year-old Canadian Ned stumbles into a powerful love triangle originating in early Celtic-Roman history that became such a pivot point in history that it has been cyclically replayed over and over again throughout the centuries....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46775434">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ysabel is an amazing story that, in typical G.G.Kay style, blends the past and the present - and does it beautifully. Reading Kay's prose is such a treat - it's so beautiful and effortless, and the plot is fascinating and original. I always feel that his characters are living, breathing human beings...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42093443">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This feels to me to be a more realistic &quot;harry potter&quot;. IF there were magic in the world hidden from most people, I feel more it would take the form of this than a society which so isolates itself it doesn't even know how &quot;muggles&quot; live. Another way it parted from the cliche is t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44007684">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well Kay continues to not be an author I can take from my youth. He fails with choosing a 15 year old protagonist. The plot is basic and he never sells me that the south of France is important. Add to it an unnecessary appearance of two of the main characters from Fionavar (and tying up a loose end ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5303246">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the latest Guy Gavriel Kay book. I have read everything else he's written (except his poetry) and always enjoy his books. Most of his novels occur in an alternate Europe. His first trilogy began in modern day normal world but the primary events took place in another place. Two of those chara...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57735206">more...</a>]]></body>
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