Tigana in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Jun 03, 2009 Jamie Collins rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

This is the first Guy Gavriel Kay book I've read, and I enjoyed it very much. It has a pretty standard Swords-and-Horses setting with a nicely subtle system of magic. It's a character-driven story, with flawed heroes and multi-faceted villains.

The plot revolves around the fact that during a war 19 years ago, a sorcerer's beloved son was killed in battle, and the sorcerer took his revenge by erasing the very memory of the country where his son was killed. Now a handful of patriots are trying to r ...more

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Nov 28, 2011 Andrea rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Usually you can give me a set of likable, oppressed rebels, and you can pretty much automatically sign me up for the revolution. The kinds of heroes who fight for freedom in these stories were always celebrated in my home, in the kinds of media my family was excited about. I liked the characters in Tigana well enough, but some of the actions that they took in their fight for freedom made me question whether I would be that resolved. So I was surprised to survey myself, and then realize that I ha ...more

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Dec 28, 2008 Amy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, read-in-2009

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This is an amazing epic fantasy, complete in one volume.
The Palm is a peninsula consisting of 9 provinces. It is geographically located between three countries. In the prelude, Brandin, a wizard and the ruler of Ygrath, is about to defeat the last army standing in his way to gain control of the western palm. And this army will feel the full impact of his wrath, because their leader, Prince Valentin of Tigana, has killed Brandin's son, Stevan, in battle.

The story starts over a decade later. Bran ...more

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Sep 09, 2010 Velvetink marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: sf-fantasy

*note to self. (copy from Al).

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Dec 08, 2011 Bianca rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

this book leaves me with a feeling of sadness, a feeling of longing.. of how memories can be a dangerous thing, and how love transcends even to the deepest darkest corner..

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