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false <![CDATA[Enchantment]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165651995m/7973.jpg 7973 13 Enchantment is the story of a Ukraine-born, American grad student who finds himself transported to the ninth century to play the prince in a Russian version of Sleeping Beauty. Early in the story, he muses that in a French or English retelling of the tale, the prince and princess would live happily ever after. But, "only a fool would want to live through the Russian version of any fairy tale." Although his fears turn out to be warranted, as he and his cursed princess contend with the diabolical witch Baba Yaga--easily Russia's best pre-Khrushchev villain--to save the princess's kingdom, Enchantment is ultimately a sweet story. Mixing magic and modernity, the acclaimed Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game) has woven threads of history, religion, and myth together into a convincing, time-hopping tale that is part love story, part adventure. Enchantment's heroes, "Prince" Ivan and Princess Katerina, must deal with cross-cultural mores, ancient gods, treacherous kinsmen (and fianceés), and ultimately Baba Yaga herself. 506063 1984 Enchantment total:5186|5:1518|4:1954|3:1327|2:318|1:72| 5186 20083 6732 775 4 9 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Jan 05 23:11:40 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 23:26:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 6 false false Fri Jan 18 11:10:51 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 07:32:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 10 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 21:41:44 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 21:41:44 -0700 2008
This book is awful! If it were a movie, I should have walked out hours ago. Instead, I just wanted to know what happens. And when I actually got to the end of the book about 3 minutes ago, it wasn't even a very good ending!! It ...more...]]> 4 5 false false Tue Oct 02 22:35:31 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 08:36:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:02:50 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:45:01 -0800 2008
However I found the characters so unlikable that the story was ruined for me. The main character abandons a fiancee that he was very happy with...*until* he met the...more...]]> 2 2 true true Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Wed Jul 04 23:21:16 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 09 21:36:11 -0800 2008
I first read this shortly after it was published. Unlike most other OSC books, I had not reread it . . . until now.

The problem is, that even though it is a marvelously written book, and I usually enjoy retellings/retoolings of old fairy tales, I find Enchantment ve...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 14 10:01:07 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 10:42:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Oct 29 06:33:51 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 06:38:53 -0700 2007
A professional runner studying dead languages - happens to take an internship... being about the only person in the entire world who could survive what happens to him.

The thought of reading ancient stories and having them be about your mom, ...more...]]> 3 3 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 25 23:03:15 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 20 22:43:56 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 21:32:09 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 11:59:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 20 07:25:28 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 21:46:52 -0700 2007
As a child, Ivan happens upon a sleeping woman in the forest of Russia. She both frightens and bewilders him. He returns as an adult grad stu...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 28 23:49:07 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 23:56:26 -0800 2008
A few irritants though. Card gets a little preachy through his characters' thoughts. I normally don't mind some preachiness. Clearly you've got something to say or you wouldn't be writing, so by all means, say it. It jus...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 29 06:41:02 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 06:41:09 -0700 2007 Card, and he does not disappoint! I have always liked stories about
travel to alternate universes, and tieing in Russian folklore is a
nice touch. Baba Yaga is the antagonist, and I recognized her because
I h...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 10:33:41 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 11:12:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:05:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:22:56 -0700 2009 something coming closer and closer to him under the leaves, ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Aug 03 15:38:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 15:38:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat May 02 22:34:37 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 22:41:02 -0700 2009 3 Artemis Fowl series, Ever After is among my favourite movies, I've seen the Sci-Fi Channel's Tin Man series in one sitting, and I waited desperately for Wicked to come to Broadway. Enchantementis part novel, part russian folk tale, and party ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 18:43:55 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 18:51:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 16:58:52 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 17:04:49 -0800 2008
Enchantment is really creative and fun. I really enjoyed all the history and linguistic research that went into this book. The story kept me in it the whole time. I'd love to find out where the author g...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 14:43:14 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 14:51:57 -0800 2009
Modern scholar Ivan Smetski returns to his native land of the Ukraine to work on his Phd dissertation on Proto-slavic fairy tales. But instead of studying the old stories, he ends up living one when he stumbles upon an ensorcelled, beautiful woman lyin...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7973