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Wonderful story that I read waaay too late in the game!
The Last Unicorn is a great quest novel with a driven character in search of the most sympathetic of causes, to find out if she is the last of her kind. It's filled with a bevy of almost Alice-in-Wonderland-interesting side characters...although I could've done without the names, especially Schmendrick, the bumbling wizard. Come on.
Honestly, that last point is what holds this back from being a truly great classic in my eyes. Let me explain.. ...more
The Last Unicorn is a great quest novel with a driven character in search of the most sympathetic of causes, to find out if she is the last of her kind. It's filled with a bevy of almost Alice-in-Wonderland-interesting side characters...although I could've done without the names, especially Schmendrick, the bumbling wizard. Come on.
Honestly, that last point is what holds this back from being a truly great classic in my eyes. Let me explain.. ...more

I've never read this before, seen the movie, nor have I been reading the discussion topic so I didn't really know what to expect. I expected something good, though. I've heard it was 'g-g-great!' for years. I didn't find it so. Half the time it read like a Mel Brooks movie (A wizard named Schmendrick!) & the other half like a ponderous fairy tale with a moral message.
“The magician stood erect, menacing the attackers with demons, metamorphoses, paralyzing ailments, and secret judo holds. Molly pi ...more
“The magician stood erect, menacing the attackers with demons, metamorphoses, paralyzing ailments, and secret judo holds. Molly pi ...more


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