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Summary: cant put it down..but dont want to either
Review: Ok, first off, both books have lived up to the byline on the top of each.."from 2 of the most celebrated imaginations of our time..."I found it nice to see they concentrated on Elora... For if she were to fufill her role as Sacred Princess, they really deeded to develop the character quite a bit more. as you read each of the main dream sequences Elora had with Kieron ( the first one a lot more than the rest ) you get this urge to go back to the front to look at the illustration of the Great Realms and how Elora is connected to each of the circles.. Suffice to say..I eagerly await Shadow Star, and the eventual movies..(you dont think Mr. Lucas took the time to develop the story and put his name on it if he didnt plan to make them into movies eventually, did you??)
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Summary: cant put it down..but dont want to either
Review: Ok, first off, both books have lived up to the byline on the top of each.."from 2 of the most celebrated imaginations of our time..." I found it nice to see they concentrated on Elora... For if she were to fufill her role as Sacred Princess, they really deeded to develop the character quite a bit more. as you read each of the main dream sequences Elora had with Kieron ( the first one a lot more than the rest ) you get this urge to go back to the front to look at the illustration of the Great Realms and how Elora is connected to each of the circles.. Suffice to say..I eagerly await Shadow Star, and the eventual movies..(you dont think Mr. Lucas took the time to develop the story and put his name on it if he didnt plan to make them into movies eventually, did you??)
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Summary: WHY?!
Review: The prospect of a book series expanding the world of Willow, and seeing the rest of the story develop convinced me to buy this book without a second thought. I should have had a second thought. The beginning had some potential, and familiar characters were making appearances, and I felt like the world was coming back. Then it felt to me like the author just gave up. A lot of characters die for no apparent reason, the world changes without explaination, and I couldn't figure out why characters were doing what they were doing now. This aside, the writing did nothing to fill in the blanks for me. Flashbacks, spirit traveling, story lines, and dialogue all mashed together into a tangled mess. It felt like the author knew what was going on and expected the reader to make due with vague discriptions, and random encounters. I felt like I was reading an idea for a book, not the finished product. My hopes, expectations, and excitement for this series have been chopped down like so many spotted owls. Disappointing would have been too kind a word to describe my feelings toward this series. To anyone currious about this book series, I offer this advice. Leave this one on the shelf. Don't be the next victom of cruel inadequecy.
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Summary: WHY?!
Review: The prospect of a book series expanding the world of Willow, and seeing the rest of the story develop convinced me to buy this book without a second thought. I should have had a second thought. The beginning had some potential, and familiar characters were making appearances, and I felt like the world was coming back. Then it felt to me like the author just gave up. A lot of characters die for no apparent reason, the world changes without explaination, and I couldn't figure out why characters were doing what they were doing now. This aside, the writing did nothing to fill in the blanks for me. Flashbacks, spirit traveling, story lines, and dialogue all mashed together into a tangled mess. It felt like the author knew what was going on and expected the reader to make due with vague discriptions, and random encounters. I felt like I was reading an idea for a book, not the finished product. My hopes, expectations, and excitement for this series have been chopped down like so many spotted owls. Disappointing would have been too kind a word to describe my feelings toward this series. To anyone currious about this book series, I offer this advice. Leave this one on the shelf. Don't be the next victom of cruel inadequecy.
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Summary: Nice script, poor development into a novel
Review: The way I see it, George Lucas wrote a nifty script and Chris Claremont tried to turn it into a novel, but gave up after his first draft. There are so many disjunct segments that don't flow into the next segment. Lots of nice descriptions, but the plot isn't carried along well. There's even a cut-and-paste paragraph 3/4 through the book that was used 1/4 of the way into the book. And the Braveheart reference brought me right out of the book to roll my eyes. I just couldn't get into a book that uses another story from a totally different genre and can't carry the plot along. I faithfully read the whole thing, complaining all the while... my husband tore up the book when I finished it and threw it in the recycling box. I wasn't heart broken at all. I wouldn't want others to waste their time.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is excellent. I can't wait for number 3
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Summary: Excellent book from a movie that was vague
Review: This book is great can't wait for the third book since this one left you hanging at the end.Hopefully there is a third book to this series that explores a George Lucas property that didn't do very well. Chris Claremont shows he and Peter David are great Writers njo matter the meduim from book to comic book.
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Summary: A little slow to start, but a great and enthralling book!!
Review: This book was a little slow to start as the character analysis draged on for about half the book but once you pass the mid point the adventure really takes off. The imagry and description of fantasy creatures and magic was very good. I can't wait for the next one.
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Summary: Nice script, poor development into a novel
Review: This is like getting dropped into a fantasy world, an instruction manual on their magic or an encyclopedia on their culture or maybe a museum display of their creatures-Fun and Fantasies. George Lucas must have realized, though, that this would eventually bore many people, so he nicely wove it together with a lot of wild action and really dramatic magic; the outcome was a quite wonderful book, and a great chance to slip into another world.
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Summary: Extremely Cool!
Review: This is like getting dropped into a fantasy world, an instruction manual on their magic or an encyclopedia on their culture or maybe a museum display of their creatures-Fun and Fantasies. George Lucas must have realized, though, that this would eventually bore many people, so he nicely wove it together with a lot of wild action and really dramatic magic; the outcome was a quite wonderful book, and a great chance to slip into another world.
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