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17 ratings, 3.35 average rating, 4 reviews
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published
1982
by Delacorte Press
binding
Hardcover, 320 pages
isbn
0246117281
(isbn13: 9780246117281)
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Read in October, 2008
This book isn't typical of what I expect and love about Ford's writing. Even as a vegetarian, aspects of the novel struck me as propaganda, or close enough to it. The characters don't have much depth, and the attention to scenery was so detailed it bored me. Imagine the Redwall series, only with humans and goblins as enemies, and none of the cuteness. Only its graphic and violent nature spares it from complete mediocrity. Perhaps I am being too harsh, but what it comes down to is that if not for...more
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Read in February, 1999
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This was kind of cool like "Watership Down," but it had a much more pronounced "humans are evil, animals are good" agenda, plus some fantasy elements. (Can't actually remember it too well.)
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I read this years ago, but it is one of my favorites! Fantasy with animal characters that anyone could relate to. Made a big impact on me and the way I feel about all of God's creations.
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My son is starting to get into some bigger chapter type books. This was a good one with wordy chapter, followed by a comic book style chapter
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