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how to express how much I love Patricia McKillip and her books, how much her stories move me, how they slowly and invisibly transform from enthralling fairy tale to a genuinely emotional experience? how to describe the prose: so refined and elegant, so expressive, so light and delicate, so deep and beautiful, and yet often so simple? just so: her arrangements are perfect, my own kind of perfect. how to describe all of that, to make into something as plodding as a book review? love is a subjectiv
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Somehow, from the midst of feeling dreadful because of this cold, I realised that what I really wanted to read was something by Patricia McKillip. It’s so strange how I disliked the first book of hers I read; I feel like I appreciate her work more with each book I do read. And this one… it’s fairytale-like, mythic — a review on GR said ‘parable like’, and yes: that too. It’s full of epic fantasy elements but the real struggle is between taking revenge and being true to who you really are and tho
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Mar 17, 2009
Simon
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy-masterworks,
fantasy
Beautifully told story of love, betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness. Filled with emotional tension that will keep you gripped until the end.
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Above is what I wrote after reading this book for the first time around 9 years ago. I don't read much fantasy these days but do from time to time like to dip my toes in. I'm on a bit of a re-reading roll at the moment and this jumped out at me from the bookshelf. I think if anything I enjoyed reading this more this time than I did the first.
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Above is what I wrote after reading this book for the first time around 9 years ago. I don't read much fantasy these days but do from time to time like to dip my toes in. I'm on a bit of a re-reading roll at the moment and this jumped out at me from the bookshelf. I think if anything I enjoyed reading this more this time than I did the first.
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Wow, where has Patricia been all my life? Exquisite writing, moving story, I was so transported into her lush world, oh yeah, over the next year I'll be on a marathon catching up. But my library is sadly lacking her books, WTF????
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Jul 08, 2010
Rob
marked it as to-read
