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Summary: The Tower of Geburah: Book 3
Review: I first read this book at the age of 10 and have read it over several times since in the past 19 years. The creativity and imagination used by White combined with his excellent descriptions create vivid pictures in the reader's mind. The Christian theme is very clear and is a wonderful reminder at any age of how God's son cares for us. An excellent book to get children started on the path to non-stop reading. Also a wonderful reminder to adults of what it means to be a child of God.
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Summary: A Truly Captivating Fantasy Adventure
Review: I first read this book at the age of 10 and have read it over several times since in the past 19 years. The creativity and imagination used by White combined with his excellent descriptions create vivid pictures in the reader's mind. The Christian theme is very clear and is a wonderful reminder at any age of how God's son cares for us. An excellent book to get children started on the path to non-stop reading. Also a wonderful reminder to adults of what it means to be a child of God.
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Summary: An odd time to say anything here, but...
Review: I haven't even read this book yet. But I bought an early printing over the internet recently, and I just had to let people know about the inspiring cover art. It features a dark haired girl and a boy on a blue background. It's pretty in an old world sort of way. I've not seen many other covers that are painted in this style. Only one set of three books that I own, three early fantasy novels by H.M. Hoover, might be by the same, possibly oriental, artist. I'll check them tonight when I get home. I've got to read the books!
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Summary: You'll read it over and over
Review: I think I'm currently on my fourth copy of this book. I got it when I was in early high school, and between reading it over and over, and reading to my dad, and having my dad read it to us kids, and loaning it to friends, it wore enough that the cover fell off, then the back cover fell off... We bought a new one, and read it and read it until the cover fell off...you see the pattern here? The whole series is excellent. It's not like The Hobbit, where he did really well on the first one, and you only read the rest to say that you did... Excellent author, and excellent set of books.
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Summary: Wonderful Christian Books
Review: I'm only a teenager (14) and I've already read this book along with The Iron Sceptre more times then I can count! You absolutely fall in love with the characters, and Gaal especially. You want to run into his arms and make him carry you away from everything, which is something you can't really do with Tolkein's Frodo (too short) or Lewis's Aslan (lion, hello!). But with Gaal you can just picture him and how warm and loving he must be. I can't wait to get the rest of the series...
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Summary: Excellant read.
Review: The Anthropos books are a series I place in higher regard than Tolkien's novels. I own the Iron Sceptre and the Tower of Geburah, each old, each with beautiful covers (what are much taped after falling off repeatedly) and indescribable imagery.John White wrote the Anthropos series with a style one never finds in books today. One can actually LEARN from the characters, and connect to them, unlike in most books. White also integrates familiar legends (ie. the Medusa) into his stories. Battles are realistic, characters are timeless, and everything is kept consistent. The Archives of Anthropos are on par with The Chronicles of Narnia. God bless Mr. White.
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Summary: Wonderful Book!!!
Review: The Tower of Geburah was pretty much a story about good against evil.
Three childeren:Wesley,Lisa,and Kurt are mysteriously sucked out of thier own world to be thrown into the country of Anthropos- a country in the middle of a war. The three help fight against the sorcerer, Hocoino,and his goblin army in an effort for King Kardia to regain his throne.
John White presented a very well thought out book that shows evil to be deceptive as well as bold and that there is always forgiveness.I really loved reading this book. It was a believable story -modeled after C.S.Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia
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Summary: Tower of Geburah
Review: This book has sword, sorcery, excitement, corruption, betrayal, redemption, war and . . . well, lots of nifty stuff. This is a great yougn adult book and really hums along. The only parts of the book that feel forced are the moments when the children should clearly be in grave, life-threatening peril but are protected by the authors desire to seem get through relatively unscathed. Still, he manages to avoid the peril of having his heroes constantly rescued and simply gives them unbelievable luck. A great book.
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Summary: If you like fantasy books you should read this.
Review: This book is about three kids that find some enchanted t.v.s that are doors to a world that is called Anthropos.The three kids pass through the doors, but one of the kids, named Lisa went through a different door then the other two, which means Lisa was in a different place in Anthropos. So as the kids find their way through many kinds of obsticles they find each other. Some of the obsticles are dangerous, but the three kids can accomplish them. Through out the book the three kids have to face obsticles that get harder each and every time. These are just some of the events that occur start off the story. This book is great, but the only problem is that some of the words and names are hard to pronounce unless you are good at pronouncing words and names. If you can say them the best you can it is a great book. If you like this book then you should read John Whites other books.
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Summary: I highly recommend!
Review: Though the style of this book appeals largely to children, my husband and I love every book in this series. We read them aloud to each other, and we will do so again when we have children. White's writing is what I might call simple and mature readers will notice small flaws, but the beauty of the character of Gaal touched me deeply, and it's simplicity is also it's beauty. Like the Narnia Chronicles, the Anthropos series can be enjoyed on many levels. We need more books like these in the world!
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