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Summary: Great ending to a great Series!
Review: Nita dosen't really like it when she's forced to leave her wizard partner and take a trip to Ireland, but when she gets there inbetween tea time she discovers that something major is going on in the Wizarding world. And it's all starting on the country of Ireland. Nita knows she has to stop it, but what about Kit and her sister? Can she do it without them?Being Irish myself I was suspecious at first on how Ireland would be portrayed (you know the stero-typical pub-filled country with drunk people everywhere). I was surprised to see that it was shown in a good light, it really shone light on some of the old legends also. I was very pleased when I read it. It's a good book. So if you have read the rest of the series read this one!
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Summary: Even 2nd-level Duane is better than first-rate from others
Review: Number 4 in the Nita and Kit series is perhaps the lest of the group, but still a good read and just about the best young-adult fantasy stuff going. It occurs to me that Duane has written herself into a corner. The young human wizards of this world suffer from diminished powers as they grow older, so as Nita and Kit mature they become more interesting as characters but less interesting as wizards. In fact, they do very little wizarding here (as in HIGH WIZARDRY, Nita's little sister Dairine remains the champion power spellcaster). Nevertheless, Duane's picture of contemporary and legendary Ireland is fascinating, as are her incidental characters. Did anyone else figure out who Aunt Annie is?
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Summary: By far the best
Review: Ok, i loved it. it's my favorite in the young wizards series, of which i've read everyone but the first.(dont ask.) it takes place in irlend, which rocks, and has cool history in it. it's got lots of Darine, ho is cool, but not quite enough Kit, who is the best. Nita is the main charecter, for those who have read the others. PS i know I'D be jelous if i were kit!
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Summary: Awesome Book!
Review: One day I was looking around a local store when I noticed a book that looked interesting. It was titled "So You Want to be a Wizard". After reading the description, I figured I might as well try it even though it wasn't really my type. I loved it! After that I was totally hooked and bought the entire series. Wizard Abroad, the fourth in the series, is just as wonderful, if not better than the rest.
In the book, Nita's parents send her to stay with her aunt in beautiful Ireland. There she discovers a huge problem. The layer between their time and dimension and others is so thin that things are beginning to leak through! With the help of some new friends and some old, she goes to battle with her old enemy, the Lone Power, who is stronger and more powerful than ever.
Wizard Abroad showed some of the emotions real teens go through so that it seemed extremely realistic, yet was very imaginative and fun. Nita's time away from Kit in the beginning of the book gives Duane some time to focus on her character a bit more so that we understand more than ever what she is going through. Nita also finally meets a guy who sparks her fancy, the handsome, but arrogant, Ronan.
Duane's extensive description of Ireland and skill in writing make this book one of the best I have ever read and I would recommend it to anyone who loves a good book.
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Summary: It's good, but terrible in context with the others.
Review: The first three books in the series are based on personal tragedy and struggle, where great things happen all across the world and it personally affects the characters lives and loves. After High Wizardry, where the battle was waged on behalf of the whole universe, it seems a little weak to suddenly be concerned with the fate of a single country again. Of course, the whole world is at stake, but the point is that the action takes place in Ireland, and the characters are primarily concerned with Ireland. It just seems so small scale after High Wizardry. It's like watching Star Wars Episode IV and then watching Episode 1. The scale is just far different. Another thing that bugs me is the lack of personal tragedy and struggle. The characters really don't seem to have anything huge happening to them that changes their characters or anything. The events of High Wizardry seem to have been forgotten or glossed over. Character Development seems to have simply halted in this story. Basically, the plot boils down to this formula: Nita goes to Ireland, discovers evil there, helps to fight it while discovering Irish Lore and Wizardry. If you like Ireland, you will enjoy that part of this book, because Duane puts a good chunk of Irish-ness into the book. It's Ireland meets Wizardry, which is good so long as you don't want anything new in the Wizardry department. In that regard, Duane has just taken things out of the previous books, stirred them up, and then redelivered them. Nothing really new to talk about here.
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Summary: I loved the other books, but . . . .
Review: The first three books of the Wizard series are three of my all-time favorite books. They are extraordinarily well-crafted and wonderfully intriguing. It's easy to sympathize with the characters. Imagine my surprise when I read #4. Ugh. The characters have lost their individuality. The plot is thick, convoluted, and unexplained. If you don't own the first three books, BUY THEM RIGHT NOW! But don't waste your time on this one.
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Summary: I loooove the Wizardry Series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This book is excellent! i read it first when i came across it in my library, then i read deep wizardy, high wizardy, and so you want to be a wizard, ( i know, out of order!) and i think all are great. all i can say now is: WHEN IS THE NEXT IN THE SERIES COMING!!!!!!!!!??????????
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Summary: A teenage Fantasy & Sci-fi fan
Review: This book is great! It happens to be my favorite in the series, and I can't wait for the next one! It's great to be able to pick up a book that you can relate to entirely and that has magic thrown in. i also like the way Duane makes things dealing with magic have limits, it makes it more real somehow. Also, I just like things dealing with Ireland & the USA.
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Summary: PLEASE write more of these!
Review: This book is probably my favorite book in the whole world (except for probably Deep Wizardry.) Diane Duane is the best fantasy writer in the world, at least to me, right up there with J.R.R. Tolkein, E. Nesbit, and J.K. Rowling. My only complaint is that there's no sequel. PLEASE, Diane Duane, write more of these books! And that's all I have to say.
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Summary: Good, but not up to par
Review: This book was good -- but compared to the first books of the series, it was a disappointment. High Wizardry was a little anticlimactic after Deep Wizardry, but A Wizard Abroad . . . just didn't quite have the same sparkle. There was too much focus on Nita's relationship with a boy she meets in Ireland, and not enough on the main plot. Are we really that interested in Nita obsessing over the guy she met at the chicken place? Personally, I'd rather see her more focused on her work. Nevertheless, the story was still good, combining science fiction with mythology and fantasy. If you've read the other books, you ought to read this one anyway.
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