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  <title><![CDATA[Athyra (Vlad Taltos, #6)]]></title>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">4</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1993</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Athyra (Vlad Taltos, #6)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Steven Brust]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I missed Athyra the first time it came out, and the paperback annoyingly was not printed again. So this reading is a bit hampered by knowing, more or less, how the book ends.<br/><br/>Nevertheless this book is only for those who have read most or all of the previous books, or it will be impossible...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65101271">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42422991">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jan 08 21:01:39 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great book by Steven Brust.  This one was written in third person, and yet he still managed to add that light touch that is in all of his books.  Vlad, the main character, befriends a young boy named Savn and has many philosophical discussions with him that apply not only to the fantasy worl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42422991">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55942289">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book threw me off a little when I realized it was written in third person. All the previous books were told from Vlad’s point-of-view, and I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed that until I didn’t have it (life’s lesson, huh?). The book was good, but not up to par with past entries. I hop...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55942289">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54975844">
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  <read_at>Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Athyra is the story of Vlad's second fight with the undead Athyra wizard Loraan.  We meet Savn and his sister Polyi.  Vlad is missing a finger by this point although we don't know yet what happened.  Savn is damaged, mentally, during the battle with the wizard and Vlad assumes responsibility for him...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54975844">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67709789">
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 17 04:34:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 17 07:00:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had gotten so used to the first-person narrator by the time I got to this one, that I was very confused by the new point of view...and somehow the whole book felt like a preparation for the ones to come. i just wasn't too thrilled by this one. I quite liked Savn though.]]></body>
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    <review id="45423980">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the weaker Vlad stories. It's told entirely from the point of view of a young farm boy who meets Vlad. It's kind of interesting to see Vlad from the outside, but the book is slow and we don't get much insight into Vlad or character development.]]></body>
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    <review id="74441393">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book comes off as something of a reboot for the series, with Vlad heading off to a new locale and taking on what appears to be a sidekick.  I guess the old guy (whose name I can't even remember...starts with a K) wasn't interesting enough.  The story ultimately seemed out of place, perhaps beca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74441393">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40627335">
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    <body><![CDATA[When I reread the Taltos books, this one generally gets skipped.  Told from the third person, it lacks Vlad's voice and his banter with his familiars--some of the best elements of the other novels. ]]></body>
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    <review id="38817156">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading a Vlad novel narrated by someone else. Throughout the climax, I kept wondering when Savn would remember to try to make psionic contact. It's strange to me that this book was not called Teckla, as it seemed to show more about their life then that of the Athyra. I liked the ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38817156">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21497319">
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  <read_at>Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[the narration made me miss vlad's wise-cracking tone, but it was great being able to see him - and the world itself - from the perspective of a teckla.  did think it veered a little too much towards vlad hero-worship, but hey, i can't say i ever stopped rooting for him.]]></body>
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    <review id="1070086">
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  <date_added>Sun May 06 18:35:42 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The greatest thing about the Taltos books is Vlad telling his story.  This book is not told in Vlad's voice but instead the third person.  The result is a book lacking the humor and side stories that made the others so great.]]></body>
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    <review id="376850">
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 21 21:06:51 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 14 07:47:19 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brust is a great writer and all his Vlad Taltos books are filled with intrigue, cleverness, and a fair share of dry wit.]]></body>
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    <review id="32638871">
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    <body><![CDATA[Due to the change in pace and narrator, I didn't like this or the next book as much as the rest of the series.]]></body>
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