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  <title><![CDATA[The Singing: The Fourth Book of Pellinor (Pellinor Series)]]></title>
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  <default-description>The stunning conclusion to the epic Pellinor series &#8211; four books telling an extraordinary tale of another world.

The Singing follows the separate journeys of Maerad and Cadvan, and their brother Hem, as they desperately seek each other in an increasingly battle-torn land. The Black Army is moving north and Maerad has a mighty confrontation with the Landrost to save Innail. All the Seven Kingdoms are being threatened with defeat. Yet Maerad and Hem hold the key to the mysterious Singing and only in releasing the music of the Elidhu together may the Nameless One be defeated. Can brother and sister find each other in time to fight the Nameless One, and are they strong enough to defeat him?

September 2008 publishing date is for the UK.  In the US, it will be out March 2009.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">9</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Singing: The Fourth Book of Pellinor (Pellinor Series)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alison Croggon]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book ends the Pellinor series by Alison Croggon.  I thought she did a good job at ending the series.  She creates a world that is believable and has you questioning whether or not this world did exist here *before* our history started.  The bad guys are really, really bad.  But the hero and her...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48885369">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really want to give this book 3.5 stars, but it just doesn't make it to 4.  I appreciate the fact that the characterizations were stronger and more clear in this book than in the earlier volumes, but the plot was just... lacking.  As an &quot;epic journey&quot; saga, Croggon let large portions of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67258666">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thank you, Alison Croggon!  She gave me some worries with the travesty that was the third book in the series, but she came back brilliantly with this one.  Overall, I thought the character development moved along beautifully and that the conclusion ended the series nicely.  As others have mentioned,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56625082">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[     I've been waiting ages...for what turns out to be the weakest book in the series. The first, introduces the world and the lowly slave girl who will become a great user of magic--a Bard--. The second has her on a quest, and the third followed her brother into the regions of the Nameless One.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55042223">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Singing is the fourth book in the series The Book of Pellinor. It is the conclusion I have been waiting for since I read the first three last summer. It did not let me down, which makes me tremendously happy. (I hate it when endings do not live up to the book or series!) As with many endings, ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50435221">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52014902">
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    <body><![CDATA[The last book of a very good series! However, I was somewhat disappointed. There was a lot of descriptions of food, and how wonderful baths are, and how cold and tired everyone was. A lot of the story was really repetitive like that. Then, SPOILER ALERT it just felt like when she finally faced down ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52014902">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52490870">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Singing is the last book in a beautiful series by Australian writer and poet Alison Croggon.  I am notoriously stingy about buying books (a three-read rule, although different than Jasper Fforde's interpretation of that phrase!) but I bought the last three books in this series as soon as they ca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52490870">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53163334">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought it a good conclusion to a series that I only skimmed through after the first book, which was very promising, but the books seemed overly long and at times pedantic. Still, they had good characters, even if the background of the history and races was ambiguous.<br/><br/><br/>Fav. quote: ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53163334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45119850">
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    <body><![CDATA[It was nice to finally see the end of this enjoyable but somewhat limited series.  I once again found myself caring deeply about the characters, but the writing itself was problematic.  Most of the book is spent <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road" title="The Road by Cormac McCarthy">on the road</a>, so Croggon's habit of describing food and locations in dull detail is mitig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45119850">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68581413">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading all 4 books of the Pellinor series, I have to say that the fourth and last really let me down. This isn't the best fantasy series I have ever read, but I did like it okay, until I came to this book. I feel like the author just got tired and wanted to wrap everything up really quickly. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68581413">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65684916">
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this set at the suggestion of my sister. It's fantasy storyline interested me...and I am still confused about the fact or fiction part. All in all, I felt like the book was WAY to detailed with descriptions of land, clothing people wore, and food they ate. I think this series could have been ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65684916">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56646238">
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    <body><![CDATA[Is it just me or do series that stretch over three or four books always end disappointingly? Okay, not badly, but those last two books are never as good as the first book. Somehow I find that so many series start well and slowly head south. But really, that probably is just me since I know some folk...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56646238">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71376088">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this series!  I was so eager to read the last installment that I begged a friend to pick up the UK version (released months earlier!) while he was on vacation.  The characters were the biggest draw, particularly Maerad and Cadvan, for this book and the series as a whole.  I was definitely in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71376088">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60641590">
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    <body><![CDATA[A very enjoyable read! Her poetic style is so beautiful. I was disappointed with the ending, though. When you're that invested in a story, you really want all the loose ends tied up. Instead, it ended one minute after the literary climax, and then called the chapter containing the resolution the &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60641590">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38503391">
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Definately the best in the series, I loved this one!  It's been a while since the last one came out, and so I had forgotten a little how this world worked, a few times I realized that what I was thinking was actually something from Eragon's world, they are kind of similar.  This series I like better...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38503391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt like this book was better than the others because it didn't get <em>as</em> bogged down with the details of food and wilderness camping pains.  In fact much of the book took place in one of the Schools.  I thought the battle with the Landrost was ten times better than the final battle.  Though I actua...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35003318">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 15 09:00:01 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 15 13:00:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I reread the entire series before I picked up the newest book (yes, I know it's been out for a while, but I didn't have time to read it), and thoroughly enjoyed it. This final book didn't let me down. While it doesn't have the thrill of the first book, where Maerad was new to everything, it is still...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32919076">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 02 16:28:20 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 02 16:28:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I probably would've given this book a higher rating if there weren't so many chapters about her brother, Hem.  I know she was trying to tie them all in, but I just didn't care for them very much.  I know he is important, but I skipped two chapters about him, went back, read them, and then in the end...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48045580">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu May 14 12:46:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 14 12:51:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was so excited when the fourth and final book of the Pellinor series came out that I actually splurged for a hard-back cover. I was very dissapointed with the anti-climatic ending. I couldn't believe that I had actually reached the end of the story and kept thinking I must have missed something. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56083137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Katy]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 22 07:14:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 22 07:15:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[the closest to 4 stars of the series.<br/><br/>I actually really enjoyed reading this one. Maered wasn't quite as annoying, and since the views rotated between her and Hem, I didn't get overwhelmed by her whining. I thought the ending was a bit anti-climatic after a four book build-up, but it wasn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72102739">more...</a>]]></body>
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