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Summary: Surprising, but fascinating
Review: David Eddings is maybe the best fantasy author, but with him the world miss very good author of main-stream fiction. "Regina's Song" is wonderful book, written with beautiful, vivid style and great characters. The book is both sad and funny, and proves himself as real master.
Thank you again, Master Eddings!
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Summary: Polgara is not here (or is she?)
Review: This was not a typical Eddings book. To start with is was a contemporary murder mistery with just enough magic in it to take it from the thriller shelves and into the Fantasy/Science Fiction ones. Then for once the characters pretty much stay in one place, not travelling around for miles on end to discover that they should have stayed at home to begin with... On the other hand the usual cast of characters is here: The small and sharp kid too smart for his own good, the big, silent warrior, the cutesy girly with hidden depths, and of course the dominant female that insists in mothering everyone without loosing her imperiousness. Nevertheless they are engaging funny and lovable and you can't help but liking them (as usual). If you are looking for a 'whodonit', well I have to say that I knew from the beggining who did it (it's almost spelled in the jacket of the book). No magic swords or god/godesses either. It's just a very entretaining book spiced with scenes from the academic life I couldn't help but to identify myself with.Oh! and their patented "be nice" is only repeated about a dozen times...
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Summary: Fast Passed and Intriguing
Review: Ok I will admit eh dialog was a little cutsie-poo and they did ignore some possible ways of identifying the twins. But that aside this was a gripping novel. I had a hard time putting it down. The Eddings effortlessly weaved the mystery, science, ghost, and horror story into one whole that keeps you coming back for more. This is truly a departure for the Eddings but they've done it again. You really get to know the charchters and root for them. The Eddings have always had a talen for fostering that. If you like horror and mystery or the Eddings this is a must read!
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Summary: A Well Written Story From My Favorite Writing Team
Review: This book is written very well. Mr. & Mrs. Eddings polished this story until it shined. I was very impressed with their prose. It was almost as if they were teaching a class in the mechanics of how to write the English language.
Anyways that doesn't even begin to describe a thoroughly engaging story. The only problem I really have with it was the Catholic priest was Irish, literally. Come on, that could have been a little more original, but then again, there are reasons for stereotypes. Another aspect of this book that is of note, was that I was left with a lot of questions at the end of the story.
I don't think the author's intentions were to leave you hanging. I believe what "really" happened is left to your own interpretation to make you think.
There are going to be people who don't like this book because of that. Much like those people who don't like movies that actually have a point.
I also got the feeling that Mrs. Eddings had a stronger influence on this book than on any other previously except of course, Polgara the Sorceress.
If you are a fan of the Eddings' previous work, you will not be disappointed.
If you are a new fan I recommend starting with the Belgariad or the Elenium, but this is a fine story, and is as good as anything they have written previously.
I enthusiastically look forward to reading anything else they put out.
I take my hat off and bow in their general direction once again.
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Summary: Thrilling, Wonderful, Mysterious, Enchanting
Review: Alright, alright, I am a David Eddings fan, but seriously this book is based on reality and bent on revenge. I thought that putting in psychology was a really neat trick for eddings cause thats what fascinates most people, and with james raising ideas at the end of renata/ regina's personality was really good that left doubts in everyone's minds. mark was a really good character for this book as he fitted all the needs in his character. also, the language is continuous and the characters somehow familiar ( if you have read the belgariad series )
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Summary: Intense and dramatic
Review: In Regina's Song, twins Regina and Renata are so identical that they speak a secret language: their entwined lives end suddenly on the murder of one twin. The remaining is to traumatized she reverts to a cryptic childhood language and even her parents aren't sure which girl was the victim. She lives in an institution until a family friend's visit frees her from a dark world and begins to reawaken her past. Intense and dramatic.
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Summary: The Case of the Overlooked Dental Records
Review: I was looking forward with great interest to this thriller, being a great fan of the Eddings' highly-readable fantasy novels. Unfortunately, I found Regina's Song highly implausible. The cutesy-poo dialogue of the opening chapters came straight out of a 1940s children's adventure story. The novel is set in the 1990s. Do teenagers and 25-year-olds really speak this way? I think not. And then there's the major plot device - the seemingly impossible problem of identifying whether Regina or her twin sister Renata has been murdered - they're identical and don't have fingerprints or footprints to identify them. Come on, that's no problem at all. The newspapers are always full of bodies being identified by . . . dental records. But David & Leigh Eddings ignore this option, because the entire plot hinges on not being able to identify the dead twin. Some good woodworking tips in the novel, though . . .
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: When I read the blurb in the jacket about this book I was intrigued and trusting enough of the Eddings to buy it. Unfortunately this book was not up to their usual caliber. The writing style was at grade-school levels and the dialogue outdated and out of place for the characters. Some side issues and ideas discussed were sexist or racist, and I still can't figure out why they were relevant to the story at all. Many pages and narratives seemed like mere filler.
The end was completely out sync with the rest of the story. It was as if the Eddings couldn't stay out of the fantasy genre for a few hundred pages without jumping back in, cannonball style!
Overall this was a shallow, non-fulfilling read. I expected more and was disappointed, especially because the idea had good potential.
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Summary: Original, but with a few flaws.
Review: Unlike many of the reviewers here, I have never reading David or Leigh Eddings before reading "Regina's Song." While I am a fan of fantasy, Eddings just hadn't grabbed my interest yet. However, the plot of "Regina's Song" sounds intriguing. The book started out very quickly. The first 20 or so years in the twins' lives were summed up in a couple of paragraphs. I, for one, would have enjoyed reading more about their past. "Regina's Song," however, does not continue the frenetic pace. Immediately after the murder of Regina, the book slows to a snail's pace. While the plot is interesting and the dialogue very well-written, I felt that some of the book was "padded" too much and many of the meaningless conversations could have been left out. The last 100 pages, however, made up for the slow pace as it once again takes off like a racehorse. The ending, while completely unbelievable, was satisfying. My biggest beef with "Regina's Song" is the author's tendency to ramble on about subjects that didn't connect with the plot. I have a feeling that I was reading quite a few of David or Leigh Edding's _personal_ opinions about current events and issues. Also, the main characters dislike of Milton, and his many declarations of such, was utterly pointless. "Regina's Song" was, by the end, a decent thriller. The plot was original. But this is not a book to read *in depth* - skimming it would suffice, and then you could skip over all the meaningless parts.
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Summary: Regina's Song
Review: I wasted my time reading this book. It was a lot of useless words for a really terrible story. I don't know in what genre I would place it because it certainly wasn't a thriller, nor a mystery in the usual sense, nor a character study. I thought it was awful, and I was very disappointed.
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