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The Windsingers (Windsingers #2)
This is the second novel of gypsy characters Ki and Vandien. When Ki first encountered Vandien she very nearly slit his throat, yet it was he who saved her when terror fell from the skies. The cycle continues as Ki rescues Vandien from the windsingers despite wizard troubles of her own.
Mass Market Paperback, 392 pages
Published
2002
by Voyager
(first published 1984)
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...I'm not entirely sure which novel I would rate higher. Harpy's Flight is more frantic, I liked the tension in that novel and the plot better. The Windsingers is definitely better structured though. I felt some of the tension in the sections with Ki and Dresh was lacking a bit although some readers might appreciate the surreal surrounding Ki finds herself in. I guess it is a matter of taste, there is something to be said for each novel. Whichever you prefer, The Windsingers is a solid entry in...more
Robin Hobb is one of my favourite authors. Having read all her books I've been heading back through her back catalogue and through her work as Megan Lindholm. I loved the Reindeer people books and I enjoyed the first book in the Windsingers series. This the second I wasn't so sure about.
I love the relationship between Ki and Vandien the two main characters. I love the characters themselves, flawed and multi faceted and so very human. I enjoy the world Lindholm has created. But I didn't really g...more
I love the relationship between Ki and Vandien the two main characters. I love the characters themselves, flawed and multi faceted and so very human. I enjoy the world Lindholm has created. But I didn't really g...more
This book is better structured than Harpy's Flight, and I love it quite a lot. It continues everything I like so much from the first book, and builds on it -- developing the rich world-building, developing the undemanding partnership between Ki and Vandien, drawing the two of them into deeper plots.
Dresh is a horrible character, slimy as hell and rude and crude and, well, an attempted rapist. Having read this book before, it's hard to sympathise with him at all -- so much easier to like Rebeke a...more
Dresh is a horrible character, slimy as hell and rude and crude and, well, an attempted rapist. Having read this book before, it's hard to sympathise with him at all -- so much easier to like Rebeke a...more
Het speelt iets later in de tijd dan deel 1, met dezelfde hoofdpersonen. Het is een beter verteld verhaal, de diverse volken komen wat beter uit de verf en er zit wat meer spanning in. Ze heeft blijkbaar wat tijd nodig om je duidelijk te maken waar je mee te maken hebt. De schubben waar ze het over heeft komen later ook voor in de ‘Boeken…’: de vraag is of ze er hetzelfde volk mee bedoelt, maar dan in een andere tijd.
I was so eager to get to the end that I missed a few, sly details in the final scene... And when I re-read the ending, was quite impressed. It all seemed so random, but that was what made the book fun.
Not a great fan.
Lindholm/Hobb has a somewhat postmodern take on hero's quests in most books. The heroes can fail, or succeed poorly. Be careful what you wish for, and all that.
The concept and description of different species/societies in the world of Ki and Vandien is interesting, without being over-explained to the reader.
The concept and description of different species/societies in the world of Ki and Vandien is interesting, without being over-explained to the reader.
Liked it :)
Not as good as her later series, but still :)
Not as good as her later series, but still :)
There's too much time spent in plotlines separating Ki and Vandien, who are most interesting when they're interacting with each other. On the other hand, their reunion makes the wait worth it, and I particularly love the ending.
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Full review: http://oyceter.livejournal.com/665693...
A darker story than Harpy's Flight, but it helps to fill in the story of the Romni teamster Ki, and why her entire family was murdered.
Ki and Vandien meet women who control the weather.
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The author also writes under the pseudonym Robin Hobb. Her real name is Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden.
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