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The Last Unicorn
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Jason Koivu
Feb 01, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, fiction
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..
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Jim
Jan 07, 2019 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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
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Robert Mullin
Jul 06, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Andrea
Sep 14, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jan 08, 2013 rated it really liked it
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