Tigana in Reading with Style

Apr 07, 2012 Teddie rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook, fantasy, tt-esb

Since reading The The Fionavar Tapestry back in college, Guy Gavriel Kay has been a favorite author of mine. Tigana was written next, so it uses the same bardic language to spin the story. Some may find Kay's writing slightly on the dramatic side, but I see his books as tapestries - the story isn't always linear, and there are dashes of attention-grabbing color interspersed - but I could stare at it for hours in front of a fire with a glass of whisky, happy to be sucked into the tale.

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Jul 23, 2011 Snowtulip rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, own, paper-book, 4-5-stars

4.5

I love when I feel complete after I finish reading a book! I love that all the puzzle pieces eventually come together to complete the picture AND there are no extra pieces left over!

This was a well written, plot driven story with relatable characters. I especially loved how the author handled Dianora's struggle. This is a new author for me, so I'm anxious for other works! ...more

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Jan 05, 2010 Deedee rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, world-fantasy-award-nominee, mythopoeic-award-nominees, beyond-reality-fantasy, aurora-awards-winners, aurora-awards-nominees, scifi-and-fantasy-book-club, fantasy-book-club, scifi-and-fantasy-club-read, rws-group-reads-read

One thing that drove me crazy while reading this book was the author's overuse of the word: SHAPE. I found a program online and used it to count the occurrences:
shape: 62 occurrences
shaped: 20 occurrences
shaping: 14 occurrences

Making 96 occurrences of the conjugated "shape" in one novel. Grrrr.
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