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To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #3 part 1)
by
Tad Williams
A novel of vast scope, detail, and complexity, To Green Angel Tower is the momentous tour-de-force finale of a ground-breaking series. Replete with war, deception, adventure, sorcery, and romance, To Green Angel Tower brings to a stunning and surprising conclusion Tad Williams' monumental tale of a magical conflict which fractures the very fabric of time and space, turning...more
Mass Market Paperback, 815 pages
Published
April 1st 1994
by DAW Fantasy
(first published 1993)
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This book was very well done. Though lots of people die and it is kind of sad, everyone can tell that things are starting to look up. The prince has an army that won't be defeated because this is a fairy tale. Simon and Miriamele left and are going to fall in love. That is kind of obvious. I can't wait to see how the author makes Simon and Miri deal with the fact that she lost her virtue to Aspitis. I can see a lot of possibilities with the next book. Joshua is going to go to Nabban and take ou...more
Once again, To Green Angel Tower: Siege ticks all the boxes for character development, plot line,scenery, and deep thinking. Once again, the narrative can be a little slow in places.
This book was originally, I believe, one book before it was split into two parts, so for some the ending of this book/part may seem a little bit anti-climatic. The flip-side of that, of course, is that is should leave you dying to know what happens at the beginning of the next one (To Green Angel Tower: Storm).
I love...more
This book was originally, I believe, one book before it was split into two parts, so for some the ending of this book/part may seem a little bit anti-climatic. The flip-side of that, of course, is that is should leave you dying to know what happens at the beginning of the next one (To Green Angel Tower: Storm).
I love...more
Just FINISH it already, Tad, seriously, you're killing me here. Its not bad/boring enough for me to give up on it & is only *just* interesting enough to keep me reading.
Originally, To Green Angel Tower was one book and that's how I read it the first time. Separating it into two parts seems a bit off but is understandable because a paperback that size would last until you got it out of the store.
As to the book itself, I really enjoyed it. Of course, in many ways it's just a set up to Part 2. Characters are reunited and events transpire to lead us to the ultimate conclusion. I found Simon to suddenly be a much more mature character, though still growing.
Definite...more
As to the book itself, I really enjoyed it. Of course, in many ways it's just a set up to Part 2. Characters are reunited and events transpire to lead us to the ultimate conclusion. I found Simon to suddenly be a much more mature character, though still growing.
Definite...more
2/1/2003 - 9/10
much better. very fast paced and difficult to put down. lots of plot turns and action.characters are well done - maybe overly lucky but doesn't detract from story.
Series 3/2/2003 - 8/10
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn is a fantasy series somewhat similar to George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. It's kind of a Martin-lite, but it does get some props for coming out earlier. If I had read this before aSoIaF, I think I would have liked it a lot more. MSaT is well written with g...more
much better. very fast paced and difficult to put down. lots of plot turns and action.characters are well done - maybe overly lucky but doesn't detract from story.
Series 3/2/2003 - 8/10
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn is a fantasy series somewhat similar to George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. It's kind of a Martin-lite, but it does get some props for coming out earlier. If I had read this before aSoIaF, I think I would have liked it a lot more. MSaT is well written with g...more
The first book in this series was just okay- just good enough to make me curious about the rest of the story. The second was better- I was actually excited to move on to the next book (which is SO HUGE they had to split it into two parts). Part one of book three has all the throat gripping, can't-put-it-down excitment that the first two installments lack. That speaks highly of this book, but not so highly of the series in general. If a story is around 3000 pages long and it takes all the way unt...more
This is a general review for the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series.
These books came highly recommended, and I'm glad they did, as (IMHO) the series starts weak, but finishes quite strong. For all the extraneous fluff you have to wade through, the world is not quite as rich and real as I would hope and I always wanted the characters to be a bit more three dimensional. Trying to figure out what was going on was really the only thing that kept me reading, which may be why I appreciated the end of th...more
These books came highly recommended, and I'm glad they did, as (IMHO) the series starts weak, but finishes quite strong. For all the extraneous fluff you have to wade through, the world is not quite as rich and real as I would hope and I always wanted the characters to be a bit more three dimensional. Trying to figure out what was going on was really the only thing that kept me reading, which may be why I appreciated the end of th...more
Part I of To Green Angel Tower is easily the best part of Memory, Sorrow, Thorn to date (I thought the first two books were relatively equal with some similar faults and some very different faults). This book flowed much better than either of the first two...each plotline that was followed was interesting in its own right (though I think Meagwin had the least interesting plot). Everything that was established at times rather slowly in the first two novels was prominent and worked very well in th...more
Jul 13, 2012
Carl Timms
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review of another edition
Shelves:
epic-fantasy,
fantasy
Terrific first part of the finale. Truths become known, twists are fulfilled and the hero's journey takes a big step forward. Contains possibly the finest description of a battle I've ever read, told with an immediacy and realism that most authors cannot manage. Probably my favourite book of the series.
To some, this story may seem to be 'sprawling', but I found it to be lengthy for good reason: it allowed for good character development. If the story were significantly shortened it would lose a great deal of its depth. I thoroughly recommend this author.
This is the first half (800+ pages) of the third piece of the trilogy and it’s one of the most amazing pieces of science fiction I’ve ever read. In many ways even better than Tolkien. If you’re a fan, this is a must read series. On to the final volume!
If you read Fantasy novels and you haven't read this one, what's your excuse? You might as well go ahead and get all three in the series because you'll be pulled into the plot and the wonderful characters and won't be able to stop!
I read this trilogy, and enjoyed it. It was fun, but I kept thinking how LONG it was. The first book took forever for anything interesting at all to happen. The second book really seemed like nothing happened at all, just lots of people traveling, and then the third book was more of a lot not happening for a long time. It was a fun story, a good story, but I got very bored for long stretches. That's just me, though, my husband and another friend really love this series, and my husband says that...more
'To Green Angel Tower' is book three of Tad Williams 'Memory, Sorrow & Thorn Trilogy'. Originally one hardcover it was split into two parts for paperback, this being the review of part 1 (sometimes known as Siege) only. There are basically two major story arcs in this segment: the journey of Miriamele from the Wran and the the siege of Prince Josua's forces at Sesuad'ra.
Although this is enjoyable novel it has a very high words to action ratio. There are some books you wish were fleshed out a...more
Although this is enjoyable novel it has a very high words to action ratio. There are some books you wish were fleshed out a...more
The weakest book of the (not so great)series so far. Too many descriptions of the cold weather, questions of the type "Why, oh why can't I understand the women and the world" and only one battle are not the best way to fill half of a 800 page volume. Good that at least one of the plot lines was more interesting to follow. It was not really interesting. It was just more interesting than the other.
I really hope the last book will do justice to this series because none of these volumes has captured...more
I really hope the last book will do justice to this series because none of these volumes has captured...more
The plot thickens. A really long showdown begins in this first part of the third book in the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy. I love how Williams brings all the threads together. Also that his characters aren't just good or evil. The good ones do stupid things as well and the evil ones (apart from Pryrates) also have their very human moments which almost make you feel with them (okay, sometimes they really do). This to me is the biggest and best difference to Lord of the Rings. Tolkien's charac...more
Een trilogie waarbij het laatste deel zich nog eens splitst voor meer leesplezier en uitstel van het einde: perfect!
I suffered through the recap of the previous books, and the last chapter. That was the best I could do.
Vom Titel her bin ich davon ausgegangen, dass ich viel mehr über die Nornenkönigin, den Sturmkönig und die Nornen überhaupt erfahren würde. Dem war leider nicht so. Es wurde schon einiges erklärt, aber ich fand die "böse Seite" kam einfach zu kurz.
Spannend war es auf jeden Fall wieder, obwohl einiges leider auch sehr vorhersehbar war. Schön, wie alles miteinander verflochten ist und langsam zusammenfindet. Nur vom Titel hatte ich mir eben einen anderen Erzählstrang vorgestellt.
Nun gut, auf zum l...more
Spannend war es auf jeden Fall wieder, obwohl einiges leider auch sehr vorhersehbar war. Schön, wie alles miteinander verflochten ist und langsam zusammenfindet. Nur vom Titel hatte ich mir eben einen anderen Erzählstrang vorgestellt.
Nun gut, auf zum l...more
Good again it does nothing to dramatically change the Fantasy genre and is too long.
Can't wait for the concluding book! been a real joy reading this.
Good start to the last book of the trilogy. Continues plot and character development in straight forward manner, not padding for length. I have high interest to finish the story.
My version of the book has a printing error where page 97 follows page 48, up to page 144 then page 97 repeats itself onwards :(
I got this from the library and found it good up until the last third where nothing happened and it was so boring. Im confused by the title... where was the siege? and where does Green Angel Tower feature in this seige?
Disappointing third book at 796 pages could have been easily half that.
I will be taking a siesta from fantasy before finishing the series, i expect the n...more
I got this from the library and found it good up until the last third where nothing happened and it was so boring. Im confused by the title... where was the siege? and where does Green Angel Tower feature in this seige?
Disappointing third book at 796 pages could have been easily half that.
I will be taking a siesta from fantasy before finishing the series, i expect the n...more
I need to retread this series!
The best one in the series :D
Still reading Part 2, and will review content there. The Kindle edition is printed very poorly - looks like they used subpar scanning software and didn't bother editing. "rn" is frequently shown as "m", and there are so many other failings that pull you out of the story. And you want an extra $8 of my money for this crap? I won't hesitate to find free copies of Daw eBooks - if they're not going to put any effort in, why should I pay?
So I wrapped up this series. Finally. Not that it took an inordinate amount of time, but I just had to rush to the end. Unlike some other series I've read lately, I think that the last book is by far the best. Everything that has built up over the last three books winds tighter and tighter until it comes together in a great finale. I am glad I went back to this series, and have planned a few more re-reads because of it.
Feb 21, 2012
Lisa
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To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Book 3) by Tad Williams (1994)
Quicker pace to the plotline than previous books in the series, less wordiness & excessive description. Just as many pages as the first 2 books, but seemed much shorter because the story moved along much better. Characters also seemed more developed than in first 2 books, & actually started to empathize with & like many of them. If you're struggling through books 1 & 2, stick with them because this one makes it worthwhile.
Note: To Green Angel Tower Parts 1 and 2 were supposed to be a single book, so I'm going to copy-paste this same review for both.
This whole series is the meter-stick by which I judge "high fantasy" novels. Williams manages to pull all of his many, dynamic characters back together and end with something other than a Deus Ex Machina.
Re-reads are equally rewarding as there are many "I see what you did there" moments.
This whole series is the meter-stick by which I judge "high fantasy" novels. Williams manages to pull all of his many, dynamic characters back together and end with something other than a Deus Ex Machina.
Re-reads are equally rewarding as there are many "I see what you did there" moments.
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Tad Williams has held more jobs than any sane person should admit to—singing in a band, selling shoes, managing a financial institution, throwing newspapers, and designing military manuals, to name just a few. He also hosted a syndicated radio show for ten years, worked in theater and television production, taught both grade-school and college classes, and worked in multimedia for a major computer...more
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