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  <title><![CDATA[The War Of The Flowers]]></title>
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  <default_description>A fascinating stand-alone novel by the &lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt; bestselling author of the &lt;i&gt;Otherland&lt;/i&gt; series &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Theo Vilmos' life is about to take a real turn for the worse. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; He is drawn from his home in Northern California into the parallel world of Faerie, for, unknown to him, he is a pivotal figure in a war between certain of Faerie's powerful lords and the rest of the strange creatures who live in this exotic realm.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">5</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2003</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The War Of The Flowers</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tad Williams]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 11 13:16:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting story with a fairly unique view into the world of Faerie. The journey from earth to Faerie is one that has sparked many a tale, working off the Gaelic myths of old. This book does the same, taking an out-of-work rock band singer and thrusting him unwillingly into the beautifu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15169536">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48784814">
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    <location><![CDATA[Bedford, A5, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A mixture of two worlds<br/><br/>It is OKeish...<br/><br/>If you have read all the books on your ASAP list and you are looking for something short and different, you might give this book a try. It is easy going one with a good sense of humor. By no means it was boring. I enjoyed it to a certain degr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48784814">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57478194">
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    <location><![CDATA[New Brunswick, NJ]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 27 06:24:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 27 09:03:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Its a shame how far DAW has fallen from its glory days of the yellow covers and the crappy paperbacks it used to publish. Back in the day, DAW, under the auspices of the untouchably-awesome Donald A. Wollheim, sure seemed to shy away from any book over 400 pages; in fact, can you write a book about ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57478194">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51601496">
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    <name><![CDATA[Annis]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kalmar, 09, Sweden]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 05 13:57:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 07 06:09:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Taking on the changeling myth, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28692.The_War_Of_The_Flowers" title="The War Of The Flowers by Tad Williams">The War of the Flowers</a> is a fascinating romp that takes us from the everyday life of Theo, a rock band singer that never got really famous, to the political unrest of Faerie, where it quickly becomes evident that something ties Theo to Faerie and it won't let him leave...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51601496">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51601496]]></url>
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    <review id="75567371">
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    <location><![CDATA[Hellemmes, France]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 24 02:14:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 17 12:57:28 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dans ce roman, on s'attache aux pas de Theo Vilmos, musicien en devenir depuis trop longtemps pour qu'il devienne autre chose qu'un raté.<br/>Dans les cent premières pages de ce roman, Théo va perdre sa copine, sa mère, et peut-être même plus que ça.<br/>Une fois qu'il aura tout perdu, on l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75567371">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68302484">
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    <location><![CDATA[Berlin, 16, Germany]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 20 23:53:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 20 23:59:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tad Williams wrote a phantastic novel - nothing new, I know. This time, he takes us to the Elves and they are very different from what we think! It's such a fun read you won't know that the book has about 900 pages. You'll live and suffer with the heroes and the one, very important, small heroine wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68302484">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="53588372">
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    <name><![CDATA[Deval]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Paul, MN]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 22 08:47:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 29 08:52:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not someone who is a book snob. The only things that I'm interested in when reading is a good story that grips you from the start and keeps you interested till the end. Having said that this book was not interesting enough for me. The concept and the plot are quite imaginative and I give Tad Wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53588372">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23939995">
    <user id="1098143">
    <name><![CDATA[Debs]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Thornhill, ON, Canada]]></location>        
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Lauren]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 07 12:40:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 12 06:28:50 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely adored this book, it was delicious in every sense of the word, and I couldn't wait to get home from work each day to spend time with it.  Though I found it a bit slow at the beginning, the pace picked up quickly, and I finished it in a few days because I *had* to know what was going to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23939995">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23707811">
    <user id="223837">
    <name><![CDATA[Nikki]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cardiff, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 04 14:08:16 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 16 11:53:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book a long time ago -- it was the first book by Tad Williams that I read -- but never wrote a proper review for it. Both times I've read it I ate it up in about two days. The writing was pretty good -- or it tasted good, anyway, from a synaesthete's point of view -- and the plot was int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23707811">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1137933">
    <user id="81710">
    <name><![CDATA[Amy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hayward, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed May 09 23:42:52 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 16 18:26:20 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My mom handed this to me to read, sounding like she was recommending it a lot. I started into it, and didn't really like it from the start. I kept going on the off chance that it got better, that the characters sucked less, or something good would happen, like one of the sucky main characters might ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1137933">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="79187062">
    <user id="2896070">
    <name><![CDATA[Christopher]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[OXford, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 28 05:17:13 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 28 05:23:44 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have found this an extremely entertaining, very original, and often (perhaps unintentionally) funny work of fantasy. It concerns a pop musician from contemporary America tranported to a &quot;fairypunk&quot; Fairyland. The Faerie of this boook is not what you would expect: it greatly ressembles th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79187062">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79187062]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="50423320">
    <user id="2161287">
    <name><![CDATA[Bill]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Huntington, WV]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 25 12:11:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 25 12:12:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I did enjoy this book it was my least favorite Williams novel so far; if only because Theo was so self-pitying for so long. Furthermore he seemed fairly slow-witted when he was earlier described as being fairly bright (but unmotivated). Overall the story doesn't hold any suprising twists or tu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50423320">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="41376398">
    <user id="1847390">
    <name><![CDATA[Jay]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Altos, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 31 00:17:12 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 31 00:22:13 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Got this book from a reputable source (wink, wink).<br/><br/>It felt close to some other fantasy authors' styles and plot lines while still navigating a slightly different story and spin on things.  I actually prefer that to &quot;something completely new and different&quot;, or a deadpan ripoff....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41376398">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31514496">
    <user id="1383186">
    <name><![CDATA[Joshua]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Binghamton, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 29 07:38:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 17 19:23:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt that this book was a good read, but had a few parts that were a little too slow.  It took me a while to get through the first 300 pages or so, simply because what occurs at first is rather grim, followed by a section once the main character travels to Faerie that just needed faster pacing.  H...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31514496">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58752169">
    <user id="2239286">
    <name><![CDATA[Roger]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Reidsville, NC]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 07 10:19:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 07 10:21:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Williams seeks to do a epic fantasy in a single volume as opposed to the typical 3 to 12 volumes.  It was an enjoyable read though not quite his best effort compared to the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn books.  The writing itself is the main attraction as he remains a consummate storyteller.]]></body>
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    <review id="8533493">
    <user id="211250">
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charlotte, NC]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Tad Williams fans, people who don't want to spend a year reading a whole fantasy series]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 01 15:12:51 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 30 16:33:52 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Tad Williams.  Oh, I do, I do!  This is the second time that I have read this book, and I realized that I really miss his longer series  (I was silly and started reading Shadowplay while finishing this one...I can't seem to read one book at a time!).  I guess I like a little more character de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8533493">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite the first third of this book being the most depressing thing ever, the rest of it is amazing and I keep coming back to it.  Theo is far from a perfect hero, but he grows and changes and becomes remarkably not as shallow as a puddle and how can you not like Applecore?]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Generally speaking, this particular novel was quite entertaining and engaging. The alternate universe Williams creates with his Faerie-land was fascinating. However, the protagonist was kind of dumb. I can't help but think that, had this been a real situation - an actual friend of mine who landed hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11229736">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 17 08:53:13 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is rare that I get more than 50 pages into a fantasy novel without wanting to throw it across the room. Which is a shame since I'm an avid fantasy gamer and feel like enjoying the genre should be my right and privilege. Too bad most of them are unreadable. (If I have to read how &quot;beautiful A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22584626">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 22 19:59:16 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Unique and interesting Faerie tale.  First of Tad William's books I've really enjoyed.  Lots of twists and turns kept me guessing.]]></body>
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