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Summary: hmm...
Review: i have a hard time giving an anne mccaffrey book such a low rating as two stars, as she is one of my all-time favorite writers, but this one just didn't do it for me. i loved the first two books of the trilogy, but something about this one was a bit too far-fetched. i know that sf is not necessarily supposed to coincide with reality, but it has to at least be believable, and the whole deal with killa miraculously recovering all her memories just didn't sit right with me - it was too pat and perfect. like i said, i loved the first two books of the trilogy, and the world of ballybran is fascinating (who wouldn't be intrigued by the idea of an entire mountain range singing harmonies at you? ), but my recommendation is to stop reading after the second book.
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Summary: hmm...
Review: i have a hard time giving an anne mccaffrey book such a low rating as two stars, as she is one of my all-time favorite writers, but this one just didn't do it for me. i loved the first two books of the trilogy, but something about this one was a bit too far-fetched. i know that sf is not necessarily supposed to coincide with reality, but it has to at least be believable, and the whole deal with killa miraculously recovering all her memories just didn't sit right with me - it was too pat and perfect. like i said, i loved the first two books of the trilogy, and the world of ballybran is fascinating (who wouldn't be intrigued by the idea of an entire mountain range singing harmonies at you? ), but my recommendation is to stop reading after the second book.
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Summary: A truely mind-blowing book
Review: I have never read anything so enthralling in my life. It instantly grabbed me, and I was unable to put it down. The story line is always eventful, and I never once got bored with it. It was always "What's gonna happen next?" A brilliant read.
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Summary: another wonderful book series by Anne MC caffery
Review: I listened to this series of Anne MCcaffery's workwith the same excitement I have given her books on Pern. She has amarvelous gift for the type of fiction that can keep you begging for more. Then no matter how much she gives you it still is not enough. I'm still begging for more.
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Summary: In Sci-Fi, there is intelligent life over 40
Review: I read McCaffrey when I want to be comforted by the presence of basically decent people. The plots don't matter to me much and the attempts at true sci-fi technology are something to skipped over as quickly as possible (eg. the workings of a Hive ship.) For that reason, I have also enjoyed McCaffrey's non-Sci-fi books, in particular "A Stitch in Snow". The Crystal Singer series is my favorite sci-fi trilogy and Crystal Line is my favorite of the three books. In Crystal Singer, we have the usual angry and mis-treated teenager who strikes out on her own and is attracted to the domineering macho types. In Killashandra, we have a woman who has matured enough to change her taste in men. But in Crystal Line we have one of the very few "middle-aged" (I know she's actually several hundred years old according to the plot) heroines in sci-fi. Her decisions about what she will do with her life, and who she will do it with, are long over. But she still has decisions to make about how she will deal with both the choices that she has made and the things that life has done to her.
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Summary: McCaffrey hits the spot-again!
Review: I truly believe this is one of McCaffrey's best collection of stories. The World of Pern was absolutely wonderful and this trilogy only improves my opinion of her. Killa is such a wonderfully diverse character and she comes to life in this last book! So does the world of the crystal singer! Its rewards, its costs, everything about crystal singing is so interesting and absolutely amazing! I was enthralled. Lars and Killa go through a lot and some of their experiences and feelings could have been elaborated on maybe but even as it was I was impressed. McCaffrey is a genius. To think of a story that's so diffrent but so very good is the work of a master!
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Summary: McCaffrey hits the spot-again!
Review: I truly believe this is one of McCaffrey's best collection of stories. The World of Pern was absolutely wonderful and this trilogy only improves my opinion of her. Killa is such a wonderfully diverse character and she comes to life in this last book! So does the world of the crystal singer! Its rewards, its costs, everything about crystal singing is so interesting and absolutely amazing! I was enthralled. Lars and Killa go through a lot and some of their experiences and feelings could have been elaborated on maybe but even as it was I was impressed. McCaffrey is a genius. To think of a story that's so diffrent but so very good is the work of a master!
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Summary: the best book in the trilogy
Review: I was less than inspired by the first two Crystal Singer books. Killashandra was a fun heroine, but not too appealing, and her adventures were somewhat...silly. However, I hate leaving loose ends, so I started reading "Crystal Line"...and was quite pleasantly surprised! Oh, the adventures here are still rather irrelevant. Killa and Lars could have been doing anything, that's not really the point. The point is, in THIS book, the profession of Crystal Singing, the joys and triumphs it brings and the hazards of the job are finally explored, and it's...haunting. Lars is sweet, though he still doesn't do much for me. Killa, however, finally stops being the diva and faces the past she struggled for so long to suppress and has to find what her heart is searching for. Through the course of the book, several loose ends are tied up (it's recommended that the reader not wait too long between reading "Crystal Singer" and "Crystal Line"), and the ending is...perfect.
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Summary: A fine end to a great serise
Review: Killasandra and the love of her life, Lars, have both become experienced crystal singers. They enjoy all the perks of the job, lots of credit and long life, but they also suffer the draw backs, loss of memory. But, while Lars wants to remember the past, Killasandra doesn't care. This will eventually come between them. This book is a fine end to the serise, even though we do see, or atleast realise, that many of the origanl minor characters have died. It also finaly confermes the hints we got in the other to books that the series is set in te same universe as the brainship serise (eg Helva) The end part of the book made me cry because Killasandra forgets Lars and just when she remembers what they had it looks like she has lost him forever. This book is a must!
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Summary: The third in the Crystal Trilogy --sci fi at its very best
Review: Killashandra, Crystal Singer, returns for a third novel in the Crystal Series. I recommend you read these in order as the events in the first two lead up to this novel. Killashandra is now a mature Crystal Singer. She enjoys the benefits of life on Ballybran as one of the rare and valuable miners of Crystal. The career of a Singer brings wealth, long life and a certain cachet in the Galaxy. But it comes at a heavy price; loss of memory and thus an inability to maintain any meaningful relationships. Singers are encouraged to document their lives with a recorded journal so they can pick up the pieces of their personality and not become shallow and venal. Killashandra and Lars Dahl, her new-found love from the previous novel, face new challenges for the Heptite Guild. But their relationship is threatened by forces behind the scenes. Is Lars working for or against Killashandra? This is a fine conclusion to the two previous novels and one of my favorite series.
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