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I'm updating an old review of this, as I read the book again yesterday afternoon. I can't even begin to count how many times I must have read this over the years but it's been at least 4 years since I read it last, so the time was ripe!
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| I had never heard of Phil Rickman before picking this up - for no particular reason I'm not a big Thriller or Mystery reader. However, I saw this listed in the Kindle chart, and could not resist the lure of a story about a mathematician in Tudor Engl...more | |
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| I'd never heard of this book - nor of Michael Morpurgo - until I worked at the Edinburgh Book Festival a couple of years ago. I'm not sure why such a prolific and popular author passed me by when I was little (some of my co-workers at the EBF were ho...more | |
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This was one of those 'Why haven't I read this before?' books. I was given a beautiful edition for my birthday last year - so pretty, in fact, that I didn't want to read it in case I dropped it in the bath or something.
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Fantastic book. Funny, moving, intelligent and a pleasure all the way through.
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I actually enjoyed this more than I have the last couple of books, as it finally felt like it was moving away from the Harry Potter theme and into a realm of its own.
Some major developments in this version, and a brilliant short story at the back. ...more |
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Loved this - such an original and thought provoking idea.
The Noise - thoughts of men projected vocally - is a fantastic concept, and having the first person perspective of a main character who cannot control his Noise provides an interesting angle ...more |
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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