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Summary: Her Fiction is Even Worse!
Review: First I like the author. I read this story a while ago, but my impressions that I remember are that the story was nicely woven together in a few strings, a few of the sideline story plots seemed a little thin and the main plot was about two hereditary lines of traditional witches where one was the good line (the main charactor) and the other (obviosly the bad line) was on the hunt to destroy the good line because of some hard feelings starting a century ago... (OK, so I will have to admit that I thought that was a little juvinille for a plot, but at the same time I suppose the world could produce more strange real life plots and therefore not completely unbelievable).... What really caught me in the book was the main charactor being a Witch who is on the hunt to figure some strange things out..I really really enjoyed this woman!!!! Even with its flaws I enjoyed it and I enjoyed experiencing through the heroine and some of the side charactors(as truth being implied in fiction, I believe Ravenwolfe put a lot of true witchcraft in this book) I recommened this book and I might be rereading it someday (something I hardly do with books :)
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Summary: the cover is what caught me and the story line netted me in
Review: First I like the author. I read this story a while ago, but my impressions that I remember are that the story was nicely woven together in a few strings, a few of the sideline story plots seemed a little thin and the main plot was about two hereditary lines of traditional witches where one was the good line (the main charactor) and the other (obviosly the bad line) was on the hunt to destroy the good line because of some hard feelings starting a century ago... (OK, so I will have to admit that I thought that was a little juvinille for a plot, but at the same time I suppose the world could produce more strange real life plots and therefore not completely unbelievable).... What really caught me in the book was the main charactor being a Witch who is on the hunt to figure some strange things out..I really really enjoyed this woman!!!! Even with its flaws I enjoyed it and I enjoyed experiencing through the heroine and some of the side charactors(as truth being implied in fiction, I believe Ravenwolfe put a lot of true witchcraft in this book) I recommened this book and I might be rereading it someday (something I hardly do with books :)
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Summary: Raven
Review: First off I must say that I am an avid reader of all of Silver's works and am looking forward to her next ficticious work, but I believe she should have included more of the true side of the Craft and have made the villian a bit more 3-demensional. I was able to fall right into the book like a comfey couch and re-read many times over. It is a lovely book and I would recommend it to anyone interested in a tale about the Craft by one of its most well-known practioners.
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Summary: Overall Quite Good....
Review: I agree alot with the other comments. Sure some of this is pretty hoaky, but most of it is very good if only for a good read and not to learn by. after all thats why it is fiction. I am not to accepting of the dark side of the book, however i guess all good books have the bad side for the good fight. but ANYWAY, she really wrote an excellent book regardless of if its fact or fiction. I look forward to more from Silver Ravenwolf.
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Summary: RavenWolf's non-fiction shines brighter
Review: I am a reader of Silver RavenWolf's non-fiction books, and a member of the Pagan community. The other reviews here have called "Beneath a Mountain Moon" realistic -- but I beg to differ! The book is pure fantasy, serving to make me more dissapointed in the practicality of the Wiccan and Pagan community than I already am. As a community, we are trying to make the world see that we are not "freaks," and yet, the few pieces of fiction that contain a Wiccan character focus on their Wiccan-ness; their difference from regular society. I'd like to see a book where the lead character is a real person that happens to be Wiccan; that -- heaven forbid! -- has REAL LIFE problems that they solve with REAL LIFE, non-fantastical, delusions-of-granduer solutions. Of course, it's not RavenWolf's writing this book that I object to -- it is a decent piece of fiction, though predictable and too dramatic.
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Summary: RavenWolf's non-fiction shines brighter
Review: I am a reader of Silver RavenWolf's non-fiction books, and a member of the Pagan community. The other reviews here have called "Beneath a Mountain Moon" realistic -- but I beg to differ! The book is pure fantasy, serving to make me more dissapointed in the practicality of the Wiccan and Pagan community than I already am. As a community, we are trying to make the world see that we are not "freaks," and yet, the few pieces of fiction that contain a Wiccan character focus on their Wiccan-ness; their difference from regular society. I'd like to see a book where the lead character is a real person that happens to be Wiccan; that -- heaven forbid! -- has REAL LIFE problems that they solve with REAL LIFE, non-fantastical, delusions-of-granduer solutions. Of course, it's not RavenWolf's writing this book that I object to -- it is a decent piece of fiction, though predictable and too dramatic.
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Summary: A good book with some problems
Review: I got my start in the Craft with To Ride A Silver Broomstick. I became such a fan of Silver RavenWolf's non-fiction work that I thought her fiction work would probably be just as good. It's a book that should be read in about 1 to 3 sittings, without tons of time inbetween sittings, so you don't lose track of who is who. There are a lot of characters to keep track of in this book, because nearly all of them have an important role to play. While Silver does a good job of juggling them throughout most of the book, I feel, as another reviewer did, that the ending somewhat fizzles. I can't help but wonder if Silver is planning a sequel to Beneath a Mountain Moon because of the way she ends the book. I could certainly see a sequel for a few of the minor characters whose fates we are left to ponder where there is no resolution. I found it hard at times to get behind Elizabeyta, the protagonist of this book. I would have liked to have known more about her as a person, not just that she's been coming to Whiskey Springs for two years on a regular basis, that she has this mission to defeat the evil forces who want to kill her family and that the minister next door likes her. I feel that the reader isn't given the chance to really get inside the protagonist's head (and I think a major reason for that was the focus on all the other characters) and while I wanted her mission to succeed, I found myself caring less and less what happened to her personally as the story went on. I started caring more about some of the minor characters who are fleshed out more emotionally than Elizabeyta ever is. I liked a lot of the elements of the Craft Elizabeyta practises. Some of it was quite fantastic, but I think it's all right to take some artistic licence with fictional writing, and Silver's fantastic happenings in this book are grounded at least partly in reality. I also liked the echoes of lessons from Silver's non-fiction books throughout this book. The only thing I didn't like with Craft practises in this book was how the Belladonna family was so secretive with the fact they were witches. I found it especially odd that Silver, who from her non-fiction seems so progressive in the Craft, would portray this as a norm for a family of witches. I think this book would have benefited from Elizabeyta fighting the evil forces with more members of her family; I think it would have allowed us to get to know her better as a person for we would have seen more of her emotional connections. I found a lot of things about the Belladonnas to be ridiculous, but I don't want to spoil the plot on anyone, so I won't mention them. But I'm sure you'll notice them if you read the book. To sum up, it's a good tale for the most part, with a few problems with plot endings and development of characters. But if you like Silver RavenWolf's work, I recommend reading this book.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I thought that this book was fantastic. She was so descriptive and vivid in her writing that I felt there. Her main character was very mysterious and her past was slightly obscure and that made me want to read more to know more. The villain was briliantly concocted and the vilians family seemes perfect to be trouble. There were quite a lot of minor characters but I felt it gave the story more. I especially liked how she brought them all in at the end (the way they didn't necessarily live but helped out the main character).She fleshed them out all through the book giving them quricks and fantstic personality. She did a wonderful job on encorporting the ways on the craft also. Another thing that I found really attractive about the book is the fact that in such a fast paced novel and wth the plot so serious she found the time to encorporate at least some humor in to it. I thought this was one of the best book I've ever read & I personally can not wait to read her other book, Murder at Witches Bluff.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I thought that this book was fantastic. She was so descriptive and vivid in her writing that I felt there. Her main character was very mysterious and her past was slightly obscure and that made me want to read more to know more. The villain was briliantly concocted and the vilians family seemes perfect to be trouble. There were quite a lot of minor characters but I felt it gave the story more. I especially liked how she brought them all in at the end (the way they didn't necessarily live but helped out the main character).She fleshed them out all through the book giving them quricks and fantstic personality. She did a wonderful job on encorporting the ways on the craft also. Another thing that I found really attractive about the book is the fact that in such a fast paced novel and wth the plot so serious she found the time to encorporate at least some humor in to it. I thought this was one of the best book I've ever read & I personally can not wait to read her other book, Murder at Witches Bluff.
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Summary: Could not get into it.
Review: I truly enjoy Silver RavenWolfs work, but I could not get into this book. I would sit down to read and quickly loose all intrest in it. I can say no bad thing about it, I just, personally, could not get into the story.
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