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  <title><![CDATA[Banewreaker (The Sundering, #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>If all that is good thinks you evil.... are you? Once upon a time, the Seven Shapers dwelled in accord and Shaped the world to their will. But Satoris, the youngest among them, was deemed too generous in his gifts to the race of Men, and so began the Shapers' War, which Sundered the world. Now six of the Shapers lay to one end of a vast ocean, and Satoris to the other, reviled by even the race of Men.Satoris sits in his Darkhaven, surrounded by his allies. Chief among them is Tanaros Blacksword, immortal Commander General of his army. Once a mortal man who was betrayed by King and Wife, Tanaros fled to Darkhaven a thousand years ago, and in Satoris's service has redeemed his honor-but left his humanity behind.Now there is a new prophecy that tells of Satoris's destruction and the redemption of the world. To thwart it, Satoris sends Tanaros to capture the Lady of the Ellylon, the beautiful Cerelinde, to prevent her alliance with the last High King of Men. But Tanaros discovers that not all of his heart has been lost--his feelings for Cerelinde could doom Satoris, but save the race of Men....</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jacqueline Carey]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anybody with a pulse]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 18 22:05:08 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 18 22:48:08 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[(The date above applies to my most recent reading.)<br/><br/>If you're looking for epic battles, mighty and mysterious powers clashing in a fierce battle for survival, this book is a  great place to look for that.<br/><br/>If you're looking for a battle with clear-cut, cleanly defined sides of g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18071023">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who likes fantasy]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Sep 16 17:19:06 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book because I enjoy the author - Jacqueline Carey - and her other series, Kushiel's Dart.  She is an extremely talented author and I have not yet read a book by her that has not been wonderful.<br/><br/>This book, of course, is no exception and has not failed the high standards I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4539457">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63762405">
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jul 16 14:07:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished reading this book for the second time, and was glad to find that it was just as rewarding as the first time.<br/><br/>Carey undertakes the astonishing challenge of braiding together &quot;Paradise Lost&quot; and &quot;The Lord of the Rings&quot; and does so with surprising success....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63762405">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1901032">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people who want to subvert lord of the rings]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 12 17:14:21 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is not my usual kind of favorite, but I think the author does a brilliant job of telling a story from an unusual perpective. Of course this story is the quintissential lord of the rings group adventure story, but the perspective is from the dark side. She gives this classic epic a great de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1901032">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72127025">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 22 11:05:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 10 06:36:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love and miss Robert Jordan and he recommended reading Jacqueline Carey. I read Banewreaker and Godslayer together and thoroughly enjoyed them. <br/>Seven shapers formed the world, Urulat, named after the world god Uru-alat whose death gave birth to it. Haomane, the Lord-of-Thought was the first ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72127025">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68964344">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 26 10:15:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 26 10:32:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been probably 10 years since I last read an epic high fantasy novel, especially one that begins a new series.  Especially one that's not designated 'trilogy' or something else with a foreseeable ending number.  I don't know if the tropes in this novel will feel stale to those who've been devour...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68964344">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63639959">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 15 15:46:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 08 16:30:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Banewreaker is the first novel of Jacqueline Carey’s sundering epic tragedy.   Seven shapers created the present races of beings on the body of Uru-Alat.  The story mentions all of the shapers in regard to their gifts, birth, and created children, but the three most important are Haomane First-Bor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63639959">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52064317">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 09 08:58:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 09 09:01:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow!  This book was definitely different.  I got it at Value Village for like $2 as it sounded interesting, particularly in light of the high fantasy novel I've been trying to work on for the last 7 years now.<br/><br/>As I read <em>Banewreaker</em>, I was really struggling initially because it seemed like...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52064317">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71129252">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bradleyb]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Louis, MO]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 13 20:30:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 13 20:37:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First, it's the Lord of the Rings retold.  That is both an asset and a problem, as you know the story is going to be iconic and riveting.  However, it could never live up to the original.  The main divergence (and really the only reason to read this book instead of LotR) is that the book follows the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71129252">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41030925">
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    <name><![CDATA[Geoff]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 27 14:59:18 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 08 17:15:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Where Terry Brook's &quot;Sword of Shannara&quot; read like an embarrassing  echo of Tolkein, Carey is clearly doing what she is doing with deliberation:  Haomane's children are the Elves, the Charred Ones the ignorant-yet-wise hobbits.  Sartoris Third-Born is Morgoth, and more.  Carey even echoes T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41030925">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35619916">
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    <name><![CDATA[Eris_discordia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Starkville, MS]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 18 06:03:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 18 06:03:50 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved Carey's Kushiel series (I can't wait for Imriel!), so I was really looking forward to reading The Sundering books. Banewreaker is the first book in that series. Once again Carey creates a rich pantheon of gods and demigods to populate a fictional version of an actual place--from the map at t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35619916">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32509182">
    <user id="223837">
    <name><![CDATA[Nikki]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cardiff, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 10 05:21:08 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 25 16:51:57 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jacqueline Carey's Banewreaker is nothing like her Kushiel books. It's written in third person, not first, which brings a lot of differences right there. You're not as close to the characters, for one thing, which makes it slightly less intense. The writing is still lovely, though. Less personal, mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32509182">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30474686">
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    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Stow, MA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 18 13:22:31 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 18 06:02:51 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book.  Carey presents a deep and rich mythology that had me reading the prologue over and over again because there was so much buried in that that I kept finding something new.  That is not to say that it was difficult to read, just that there were deep, juicy layers.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30474686">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14349817">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tess]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Madison, WI]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[epic fantasy lovers]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[George RR Martin]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 02 05:49:41 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 16 11:07:18 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book because I loved Ms. Carey's books about Kushiel, and I read a review by the author George RR Martin.<br/>This is very different from Kushiel's Dart, and a very good high-fantasy in the manner of Tolkien, Martin, and Eddings.  As all the plot summaries and all the other reviews...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14349817">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5392313">
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    <location><![CDATA[Bellingham, WA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a review for the series. The other book is <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40220.Godslayer_The_Sundering_Book_2_" title="Godslayer (The Sundering, Book 2) by Jacqueline Carey">godslayer</a>.<br/><br/>If you hear &quot;Jacqueline Carey&quot; and think <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153008.Kushiel_s_Dart_Kushiel_s_Legacy_Book_1_" title="Kushiel's Dart (Kushiel's Legacy, Book 1) by Jacqueline Carey">Kushiel's Dart</a>, you may be mighty tempted to pick up this series based on that.<br/><br/>Don't.<br/><br/>There are no subby women with bottomless capacities for pain in thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5392313">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 04 15:01:41 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting perspective--sort of what the lord of rings would be like if we watched it from Sarumon's POV instead of Frodo's.  Though, I think that I felt far more for Satoris and his band of merry men than I ever think I could feel for Sarumon.  You don't like the men fighting the good fight much n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40963645">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A not-so-very subtle retelling of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy from the point of view of Sauron--in this case, Satoris.  Though, obviously, evil is given a much more empathetic background story. It's really quite good, written in a more Tolkien-esque high fantasy prose than some of the genre's rece...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49341822">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jacqueline Carey constructs a classical fantasy setting here reminiscent of Norse myth and Tolkien, and gives equal validity to the point-of-view of the &quot;evil&quot; side in this world.  However, the world-building is not as fully-realized and resonant as I would like, and I never connected as w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2806027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was very good. It shows how sometimes the bad guys aren't all bad and the goodguys aren't necessarily all good.  It also maks it clear that history is written from the victor's perspective.  IA good fantasy, interesting characters, worth the read.]]></body>
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