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Summary: 5th book please!
Review: "Wolf Wing" is the forth and final book in the Claidi journals, a quartet of books that narrated the young heroine's journey from slavery to freedom, and her untangling of the many mysteries and conspiracies around her, all in diary form. After many adventures in the first three books, Claidi is finally reunited with her beloved Argul, and together they plan their marriage and the return to Claidi's previous home, the House, in order to release the slaves.
But once again, nothing is what it seems. On returning to the House Claidi and her new husband find that the slaves do not need their help - on the night of Claidi's escape, the slaves overthrew their former masters and now live in relative peace and harmony. The spoilt Jade Leaf, who once threatened Claidi with a vicious whipping, is now servant to those she once bullied mercilessly. But the Old Lady Jizania Tiger, who instigated the whole thing seems to have something more up her sleeve: calling Claidi, Argul and another slave Dengwei (who led the revolt) to her, she reveals that the famous Ironel - matriarch of the Wolf Tower - has summoned them to her home, promising to reveal more information concerning the enigmas surrounding them.
Once there, readers are treated to a reunion, as major characters from all the previous books turn up: Nemian, Winter Raven, Venn and Ngarbo arrive in order to hear Ironel's news. And the news she reveals is shocking: Venn and Argul's mother, the famous sorceress Ustareth that has meddled in these characters lives from beyond the grave with her plans and charms...is in fact alive. Astonished by such a fact, these characters (with the exception of Nemian) decide to travel in Yinyay (the moving tower) to her land in order to confront her...
For the final book in the series, it's a satisfactory conclusion - giving us wrap-ups to all the main characters, and finally letting us meet the figure that's been behind all their confusion and grief. Tanith Lee continues to create vivid, interesting and beautiful settings as well as intrigue in the form of the (quite spooky) moving statues and the way in which all six characters separately approach Ustareth's citadel. The diary entries are once more realistic, thoughtful and poignant and you can tell Claidi herself has grown as a character when compared to her writing in "Wolf Tower" - the changes were never obvious, but are definitely there.
Throughout the entire series I was often frustrated with the lack of coherence and grandeur in the plots concerning Claidi and those around her: rather than any dark and deep meaning to them, the `bad-guys' do what they do out of pettiness, personal gain and family issues. My grievances that these plots weren't clearly drawn out or explained remain, but my feelings on the fact that the reasons behind the ongoing `mystery' were somewhat shallow have changed. Tanith Lee is a wonderful author, and I have to admire the originality in creating a fantasy series that wasn't about good or evil, world domination, tragic romances or myriads of fantasy races. This was simply about a young girl who was caught up in the selfish designs of others. Once you understand this, I think you'll be able to appreciate these books better.
Which is not to say these four books are completely without their flaws - they can get quite confusing at times and it's tricky keeping track of all the clues and mysteries that Lee gives us, and some of the revelations (concerning Ustareth's decisions and Claidi's powers) at the end didn't seem to make much sense. I also dislike the way they are divided into separate volumes - it makes it immensely difficult to track down all the books in order to get the complete story (and rest assured, you cannot read them out of order). The Claidi quartet does not have my highest recommendation - if you have too much trouble understanding or even finding these books, then don't get too worked up. However if you want a light, but interesting read, then you could do worse than "Wolf Tower", "Wolf Star", "Wolf Queen" and "Wolf Wing."
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Summary: Wolf Wing was not complete
Review: First of all, I love the Claudi Journal Series. I found each book hard to put down. Though, the fourth book, Wolf Wing, did not completely fill the reader in on what happened with Argul and Claudi, after Argul made his decision to return to the Hulta.This is why so many people are kept to wondering if Mrs. Lee will be writing a fifth book. Well, you see what I mean. Is she? Otherwise, the Claudi Journal Series is great!
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Summary: 5TH BOOK?
Review: I haven't read this book yet, but I just got it. Just by reading the inside flap it is obvious there will be no 5th book, unless she does a spin-off and it's no longer Claidi's thoughts we hear, but instead someone like Venn's. On the flap it said, "In this thoroughly satisfying FOURTH AND FINAL installment of the dazzling adventures of the Claidi Journals. . . " So I don't know the book says no, but some people say there will be a fifth book. From the other reviews it seems this book is ok at best and rather boring, but I won't judge it until I've read it. the four stars are because it is the fourth book. You can't very well judge something you haven't read.
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Summary: I'm Confused About The Final Book Thing...
Review: I haven't read this, but gave 4 stars as that's the average and I didn't want to ruin it with anything. Ok, the third book said that it was the final and concluding volume in the trilogy. Now there's a fourth one that says it, too, is the final, yet everyone is saying there will be a fifth. Do the publisher people just want to create more interest or something by saying it's the final one?
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Summary: great book yet too slow
Review: I read up to about half of it and some parts just go by too fast and too confusingly. Other parts go so slow I was tempted to skip them. There is however some wickedly good humor in it.
Argul and Claidi are finally married and find that quiet life is too quiet for them. So Claidi remembers her fellow slave friends from when she still served in the House and decides to rescue them. They get there but it is totally different. (This is one of those confusing parts. all worried intrigue and yet it seems to come to nothing)
They come out of that adventure, with one other character, Dingwe. Then Ironel sends for them and tells them that Argul's mom is still alive. She invited Venn, Winter raven, and Ngarbo too. So they all set off together to find Ustareth.
Relationships are complicated. Dingwe and Venn seem to hate each other at first sight. Any friendship between Claidi and Winter Raven shown in the third book has dissappeared. Venn still likes Claidi. Claidi is constantly worried that Argul doesn't like her any more, and they all argue a lot.
On top of that none of their power rings and other inventions will work anymore once they land on Ustareth's land, and so they go on their journey...
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Summary: Well I haven't finished it yet
Review: I read up to about half of it and some parts just go by too fast and too confusingly. Other parts go so slow I was tempted to skip them. There is however some wickedly good humor in it.
Argul and Claidi are finally married and find that quiet life is too quiet for them. So Claidi remembers her fellow slave friends from when she still served in the House and decides to rescue them. They get there but it is totally different. (This is one of those confusing parts. all worried intrigue and yet it seems to come to nothing)
They come out of that adventure, with one other character, Dingwe. Then Ironel sends for them and tells them that Argul's mom is still alive. She invited Venn, Winter raven, and Ngarbo too. So they all set off together to find Ustareth.
Relationships are complicated. Dingwe and Venn seem to hate each other at first sight. Any friendship between Claidi and Winter Raven shown in the third book has dissappeared. Venn still likes Claidi. Claidi is constantly worried that Argul doesn't like her any more, and they all argue a lot.
On top of that none of their power rings and other inventions will work anymore once they land on Ustareth's land, and so they go on their journey...
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Summary: Eh...maybe a better name for the book could be Wolf Waste
Review: Okay... I'm now a Jr. in high school and I like Tanith Lee a lot. Yes, it's really sad that I'm reading a book that is for fifth graders, I know. Anyway, we had to read a book and do a chart thingy and write a review of a book. The last time we did this I did The Devil's Armor... it's like five billion pages... so I decided to tone it down.The book in short: Claidi gets married and it sux. Claidi must go to Ironel's house b/c Argul and Claidi are tired of sittin' around doin' nothing. They meet up with Venn, Winter Raven, Dengwi, and Ngarbo. Then they all go to Summer, a continent, to get some straight answers. The ending is kind of like your regular everyone lives happily ever after thing. It took too long to get to the good stuff!! BAH!! Why it isn't a five: I really like the dialogue Tanith Lee creates, and there isn't enough of it. She describes things in too much detail. Come on, who cares how the water on Summer smells like a mixture of flowers?! If she cut out 1/2 the description she would have a 150 page book. I would have also liked to see more action. There was none. Finally comments: I really hope there is a fifth book because I really want to see what happens with Venn and Dengwi. I also want to see how powerful Claidi gets now knowing that the ring doesn't provide her with power. I want to know more about the Hulta and Argul. Was it just me or did Argul and Claidi's relationship seem to be on the rocks?
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Summary: Eh...maybe a better name for the book could be Wolf Waste
Review: Okay... I'm now a Jr. in high school and I like Tanith Lee a lot. Yes, it's really sad that I'm reading a book that is for fifth graders, I know. Anyway, we had to read a book and do a chart thingy and write a review of a book. The last time we did this I did The Devil's Armor... it's like five billion pages... so I decided to tone it down. The book in short: Claidi gets married and it sux. Claidi must go to Ironel's house b/c Argul and Claidi are tired of sittin' around doin' nothing. They meet up with Venn, Winter Raven, Dengwi, and Ngarbo. Then they all go to Summer, a continent, to get some straight answers. The ending is kind of like your regular everyone lives happily ever after thing. It took too long to get to the good stuff!! BAH!! Why it isn't a five: I really like the dialogue Tanith Lee creates, and there isn't enough of it. She describes things in too much detail. Come on, who cares how the water on Summer smells like a mixture of flowers?! If she cut out 1/2 the description she would have a 150 page book. I would have also liked to see more action. There was none. Finally comments: I really hope there is a fifth book because I really want to see what happens with Venn and Dengwi. I also want to see how powerful Claidi gets now knowing that the ring doesn't provide her with power. I want to know more about the Hulta and Argul. Was it just me or did Argul and Claidi's relationship seem to be on the rocks?
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Summary: great book
Review: The claidi journals are great!tanith lee has truely outdone herself on this book!I e-mailed about 50 people asking whether there is gonna be a 5th claidi journal and all of them,but 1 said they had no idea. The one that knew wrote to the c/o publisher of the book and they wrote back saying there is gonna be a fifth one!! but tanith lee is taking a break from the claidi journals for a little bit so it won't come out for a couple of years.but anyways YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Not to be missed
Review: the conclusion to this series was very good, although shorter than expected. It ties up all the loose ends and provides us with a satisfactory ending.
Storyline: learning that the infamous sorceress parent of her husband is NOT after all dead, Claidi and he set out to find her, resulting in a rather interesting family & character reunion.
All sorts of interesting new gizmos and concepts are introduced and I felt could have been more thoroughly explored. It is possible there will be a spinoff to the series, based on the figure of the second "Claidi". I wouldn't be complaining.
This set of four is probably one of the most enjoyable about, so I would definately urge them upon you.
If you havent read them already. If you have, I am sure you wouldn't even consider mising the final!
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