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May 17, 2010
Travis
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Lord Tophet: A Shadowbridge Novel by Gregory Frost- This is the last book of a two book adventure. The first book is called Shadowbridge. Gregory Frost's other works include; Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Short Stories, Fitcher's Bride, The Pure Cold Light, Tain, Remscela, and Lyrec.
WARNING: Spoilers for Shadowbridge will be present.
The story picks up right after what ended Shadowbridge. We find Leodora, a shadow-puppeteer under the stage name of Jax who is growing in f More...
WARNING: Spoilers for Shadowbridge will be present.
The story picks up right after what ended Shadowbridge. We find Leodora, a shadow-puppeteer under the stage name of Jax who is growing in f More...
May 08, 2009
Clay
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"Lord Tophet" (Del Rey, $14, 216 pages) is a worthy conclusion to the Shadowbridge duology, but since it's billed as "A Shadowbridge Novel," Gregory
Frost may be only beginning his exploration of a world that consists of
spiraling bridges on an ocean planet, bridges that go nowhere but to other bridges and the occasional small island.
There are gods and magic and, of course, it's a pre-industrial society, but
Frost does quite a bit with the familiar More...
Frost may be only beginning his exploration of a world that consists of
spiraling bridges on an ocean planet, bridges that go nowhere but to other bridges and the occasional small island.
There are gods and magic and, of course, it's a pre-industrial society, but
Frost does quite a bit with the familiar More...
Nov 19, 2008
Terry
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Lord Tophet is the second and last book in the Shadow Bridge setting. This novel finishes telling the tale of Leodora and her past. I have to say I enjoyed the second book more than the first. In this novel there are not as many short stories told in the main tale, which means that there are not as many pause in the main story. The tale moves at a faster pace and has more action. I found myself enjoying how Leodora story and her parents past unfold in the novel. My only big disappointment
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Feb 26, 2011
Wm
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Lyrical and haunting and a fairly decent conclusion to the (two-book) series (and is more like three and a half stars than three). As with the first volume, my complaint is that the stories-within-the-story are more interesting than the main narrative. I enjoyed the atmosphere of this one more, though -- it really is a fascinating world. I would have liked it to have been sketched a little bit more transparently, and the ending is somewhat anti-climactic and rushed, but on the whole it hits that
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Jul 02, 2011
Michelle
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(review originally posted on my livejournal account: http://intoyourlungs.livejournal.com)
Back in February, I read Shadowbridge for calico_reaction's February Dare and really liked it. Before I even finished Shadowbridge I went out and bought Lord Tophet. I had originally intended to read Lord Tophet as soon as I finished Shadowbridge, but March got super hectic with school and then April was even worse. I suppose I could have read it a bit sooner than now, but oh well, it doesn't More...
Back in February, I read Shadowbridge for calico_reaction's February Dare and really liked it. Before I even finished Shadowbridge I went out and bought Lord Tophet. I had originally intended to read Lord Tophet as soon as I finished Shadowbridge, but March got super hectic with school and then April was even worse. I suppose I could have read it a bit sooner than now, but oh well, it doesn't More...
Sep 11, 2008
Juushika
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Continuing where Shadowbridge left off, Lord Tophet follows Leodora and her companions as they begin on a new spiral, storytelling and rebuilding Leodora's reputation. But this time, Leodora is marked by the gods and tracked by Lord Tophet himself, who seeks to destroy Leodora and will bring entire spans to ruin just to reach her. This sequel (more accurately, the second half of a single story) puts less emphasis on premise and world building and greater emphasis on plot and themes. As a result,
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Jul 29, 2009
lynne
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The second of the Shadowbridge "duology"; here we finally find out - sorta - what happened in the past that caused the assumed death of Lea/Jax's parents. I found myself being rather impatient with this book ("just get to the punchline already!"). Again 2 stars.
Jan 02, 2010
Isk
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Ugh. Absolutely no reason for the two books to have been split in two. Ugh.
The romance between Diverus and Leodora was absolutely awful.
The mirror city was stupid.
The evil chasing after them was dumb.
A lot worse than the first book.
The romance between Diverus and Leodora was absolutely awful.
The mirror city was stupid.
The evil chasing after them was dumb.
A lot worse than the first book.
Apr 13, 2009
Jocelyn
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The sequel to Shadowbridge. This book ties up the ends of the first novel and had more of a focus than the first. The settings of the world is great, but the ending is rather abrupt.
Aug 24, 2011
Craig
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I'm still not entirely certain how I feel about this series. On the one hand, I love the world it's set in - on the other hand, I'm fairly ambivalent about the story. It seemed rushed at times, and I didn't feel quite satisfied by the ending. I feel like my opinion might change after a reread, though...
Jul 26, 2010
Mary
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Very enjoyable. What I'm enjoying most about this series is the way Frost uses the embedded stories to tell us more about the world. Plus, it's nice to see a puppeteer protagonist with a fairly decent understanding of how puppetry works.
Jan 20, 2009
Jackson
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The ending was very sudden, but it was an amazing book still. I love the little romance between Leodora and Diverus, it's very sweet. Too bad we didn't get to see them expand that relationship.
Feb 02, 2009
Michelle
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For all the build up and twists, it just didn't satisfy my interest.
Jun 04, 2010
I want to read this but my library doesn't own it. The first in the series was very good. Hmmm, Holly?
Sep 19, 2008
Kelly
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This is the second book of the Shadowbridge series, and apparently, the final one, which is kind of annoying. Why couldn't this have just been all one book? It seems dumb to make it two. Anyway, it was good, consistent with the first one. Nothing crazy or outstanding, just pleasantly entertaining.
Oct 01, 2009
Ann
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Full review at Mostly Fiction: Mostly Fiction
Author interview at Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys http://sciencefictionmusings.blogspot.com/2009/07/gregory-frost-fantasy-writer-story.html
Author interview at Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys http://sciencefictionmusings.blogspot.com/2009/07/gregory-frost-fantasy-writer-story.html
Jun 20, 2009
Raja
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The ending fits, but it feels like about 3/4 of the way through this one Frost realized he had to wrap it up and gave us an infodump followed by an immediate conclusion. The pacing at the end was very different from the rest of the book.
Oct 03, 2010
Toby
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I really enjoyed these novels, though I think they could have been one single book.
Sep 03, 2008
Matt
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