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The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)

Tad Williams

Start date: November 1, 2014

Finish date: November 30, 2014

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Oct 17, 2017 Clarita rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Много приятна изненада. Пропуснала съм някак тази история преди време, но все пак тя дочака своя момент.
По поетичност, размах на светостроенето, интересни герои и майсторски описани пейзажи е най-близкото до Толкин четиво, на което съм попадала.
Лекинко ме напрягаше само вездесъщото присъствие на Майката Църква и не зная дали греша, но прокарах някак доста директен паралел между Инелуки и Луцифер, и изгубването на Рая от страна на ситите... но това са дребни грижи. Пътешествието на героите, кое ...more

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Dec 30, 2017 Tom rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I'm sure I read this series when it was released (late '80s). I mean, I have the original first release paperback, so I must have? But I honestly have no memory of reading it. The story is so familiar (scrawny orphan kitchen boy is more than what he seems) and has been redone so many times after ... maybe that's why my memory is muddled.

In any event, it's a great book. It put Tad Williams on my "top authors to read" list 30 years ago. Great characters, great world building, epic fantasy copied m ...more

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