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Summary: THE HERO AND THE CROWN-ROBIN McKINLEY
Review: Aerin is the youngest princess in all of Damar. She is frowned upon when having fun and considered ugly. But when she tries to train her father's old horse, she sets off for an adventure. She has found an ointment that protects against burns. So she sets off to defeat the "last" dragon. But will she survive?An OK book. Definitely not the best. It seemed to go on for too long and was WAY too complicated. I recommend it though. But don't read it's prequel, "The Blue Sword", unless you gave this book five stars.
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Summary: Best book ever!
Review: WOW! I am a 13 year old girl and I found this was an amazing book! I loved it! I would recommend it to any girls (or boys) who appreciate strong female characters and good literature. With the media like it is, books like this should be cherished for having girls who are not just items. I really loved this book! I think Aerin is a very developed character and there should be more like her. Robin McKinley does a very good job of writing this, but it is hard to understand if you are not a very good reader. If you are, though, you will appreciate this very much.
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Summary: 100% Amazing!!!
Review: A great book, full of unexpected twists. This is the story of Aerin-sol, the Witchwoman's daughter. Aerin has never fit in, but she turns out to be the best hero Damar ever had... the finder of the crown! Many unforgetable characters, including Tor, Luthe, Arlbeth, Galanna, Talat,Maur, and of course, the dragon slayer Aerin.
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Summary: This book swept me off my feet!!!
Review: Anyone who put down this book obviously didn't have a strong grasp or understanding of Aerin. Aerin has to be my favorite heroine of all times. A lot of people complain that she lacks a strong personality, and there is some truth behind that. Aerin, at the beginning of the book, is quiet and without much audacity. But that is the result of years and years of being shunned by her own people. The cold of living like that will eventually set into anyone's minds. Imagine, living you're entire life without the flutter and fun of friends and the enjoyment of parties. Aerin remians, throughout the book a humble person. I think this is the part that i love the most. she's so down to earth, and yet she's witty and sarcastic. Aerin proves you can be the protangonist of a novel and not make it all flash and glamorous, unlike the heroine of The Anita Blake series.
Aerin's ability to fight dragons stems from a genuine interest and curiousity that only adds to her personality. I don't know about anyone else, but I was completely warmed by the characters of Tor and Aerin's father. In Aerin is the moral conviction to know what is right and what is wrong.
Don't miss this wonderful book that will introduce to you one of the greatest heroines since Scarlet from gone with the wind!
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Summary: Good short read
Review: Pro - Just finishing a 1500 page epic by another author when I realized it has been a long time since I read a single story compressed to 200 pages. Robin McKinley does a fine job getting all the necessary components into this small space. Pro - Enjoyable characters, interesting plot twists and a great world has been created Con - Felt the "villian" was snuck in there as an after thought. Kind of felt robbed by this and didn't have a sense of real danger for our heroine. Pro - Different outlook on dragons and how they pose a threat. Believable idea and entertaining. Con - The romance story seemed forced and anti-climatic. Aeirn-sol doesn't seem to notice Tor at all because she is so distracted by her experiments, but at the end she suddenly "loves" him?!? Made for a forced happy ending. Pro - Interesting and entertaining concepts of magic, who has it and how it comes to fruitrition. OVERALL - good story, worth reading. I liked it enough that I'm already on the sequel, The Blue Sword.
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Summary: Alway's loved this book
Review: I've been reading this book since 5th grade. I think it's a very good fantasy & good characterization. I'm 27 now & still read it once in a while. Love the dragon! And it's nice to have a heroine killing a dragon.
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Summary: Great!
Review: This is truly a wonderful book. The language is crisp and vivid, the dialogue witty, the environment is very life-like and real, considering it's a fantasy. This is a very entertaining book that all fans and non-fans of fantasy should read. It is one of the best and most entertaining Newbery books out there.
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Summary: IT IS MY FAVORITE BOOK IN THE WHOLE WORLD
Review: THIS BOOK IS FANTASTIC IT IS THE BEST OF ALL TIMES ROBIN MCKINLEY CREATES A WHOLE WORLD AND TELLS ABOUT THE STRUGGLES OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO FINDS HER DESTINY AND CAN EASILY BE RELATED TO AN AVERAGE TEEN OF THIS TIME - THERE IS ACTION LOVE AND SOO MUCH CREATIVITY AND FANTASY ALL IN ONE BOOK ITS SO INTRIGUEING (I DIDN'T SPELL THAT RIGHT) AND I COULDN'T SET DOWN THE BOOK AND ITS NOT THE TYPE OF BOOK THAT ENDS WITH A CLIFF HANGER I LIKED THE ENDING YET I WANTED TO STAY IN THIS BOOK FOREVER AND LIVE IN THAT WORLD THE ONLY THING THAT WAS BAD WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS GOOD AND IT ENDED EVENTUALLY - I DONT' WANT TO TELL MUCH BECAUSE IT IS MUCH MORE FUN TO READ AND FIND OUT YOURSELF!!!
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Summary: An amazing mix of action, drama, magaic and love.
Review: I first read Robin McKinley's Beauty which I adored, then the sequel to Hero and the Crown, 'The Blue Sword'. I loved this book, I had never read anything like it. I knew I had to read the prequel - and I was amazed. It is about a king's daughter, Aerin, whose mother was a witch woman from the north. Aerin has always hidden away in her castle, believing the people dislike her. Her best friend is Tor, whose feelings develop for her over time. When Tor teaches her how to use a sword, Aerin befriends the lame war-horse, Talat, and makes an ancient recipie to protect her from dragon-fire. She kills many small dragons, and gains much respect in her father's court. But when the Black Dragon, Maur, returns she faces him alone, and kills him, which no other warrior could. But she pays the price, and is called to the mountains by a mysterious man in her dreams. She realises her destiny has not been fufilled.
This is an amazing tale. McKinley is a genius! It is full of mystery, joy, sorrow, pain, beauty, magic, action, wars and love. Arin has some difficult choices in her life, and has to be determined and strong after she meets Maur. When she realised she had to choose between Luthe and Tor and almost cried, and I felt her pain when she returned from her fight with Maur.
Anyone would love this book, it is essential if you have read others by the same author.
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Summary: Pretty good
Review: This is the story of the Princess Aerin. Her mother, who people thought was a witch, died right after she was born. With only her father and the first sola, Tor, as friends, it's really hard for her.
One day after recovering from eating poisenous leaves, she finds a book with a recipe for a fireproof ointment. During the times she tries to make it, she starts to form a bond with her fahers former war-horse, Talat.
Soon after she sucsesfully makes the ointment, there is a complaint about dragons in a small village. She goes with Talat and kills the dragons. After that, whenever there is a dragon, they ask her to go.
One day, just as her father is leaving for battle, a messenger runs in asking for Aerin, for the last real dragon, Maur, has awoken and is wreaking havok on the countryside. Aerin goes and starts the adventure of a life time.
This book is really good, but a little confusing because it jumps around a little to much. But overall, this is a great book for Tamora Pierce, Sherwood Smith and Tanith Lee lovers.
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