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I found these stories slow to engage but mustering sincere feeling as they went along. Less so the third, though. First and third seem to be fables about the acceptance of death and I'm resistant to the lesson. Not her most unconventional work.
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I had not read this series for many, many years, and decided to see if it was worth keeping on the shelf. I was surprised at how unengaging the first two books were. There were very few characters that were really fleshed out in the first two books (Especially in Tombs of Atuan), and the world seemed far more desolate and, frankly, boring than it needed to be.
The writing style was lyrical and strong, but I did not care about the characters enough. Finally in book three we start to see a bit more ...more
The writing style was lyrical and strong, but I did not care about the characters enough. Finally in book three we start to see a bit more ...more
Dec 31, 2012
Mike
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a.g.e. montagner
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it was amazing
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