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Summary: A Great new Anthony book. Full of puns. Old and new cast.
Review: I've been a fan of Piers Anthony for a while. This knewest addition to the Xanth series will please and delight old and knew Xanth fans everywhere The book is about a young girl from the black wave who accidentially stirs up the zombies. With the help of some famous Xanthians. This is the story of how Breanna got into an adventurefilled with plenty of puns.
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Summary: The BEST Xanth novel so far...
Review: I've yet to read a Piers Anthony book that I didn't like but this one surpasses them all. Breeanne was a great and very original charecter and I think I'm in love with Justen Tree. Definately a must read.
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Summary: The BEST Xanth novel so far...
Review: I've yet to read a Piers Anthony book that I didn't like but this one surpasses them all. Breeanne was a great and very original charecter and I think I'm in love with Justen Tree. Definately a must read.
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Summary: Ambivalence
Review: In the past twelve years, I've gone to being a rabid, enthusiastic and proselytizing Anthony fan to being... well... sorta lukewarm. (My first Xanth book -- and thus my favorite of the series for a long time, just for sheer exuberant silliness -- was "Crewel Lye.") To compare the style and scope of "Zombie Lover" to, say, "A Spell for Chameleon" or other earlier books is just begging to be depressed. The series has gone from being always gripping, often moving and consistently hilarious to merely amusing. (I've been noticing a constant, half-hearted resurrection of older characters from the series' "glory days," before Ivy's adolescence and before the Adult Conspiracy became such an annoyingly inescapable plot point.) And like many of today's mainstream authors, Anthony means well, but his interpretation of, for example, racial prejudice (in this book at least) is superficial and clueless. (I would be interested to guess the number of black women fans (yes they do exist) who, not having green eyes and straight, rump-length hair, might be more than a little hurt by his interpretation of black "beauty." Black Barbie, indeed. No offense meant to the Halle Berrys of the world who actually look like that.)I was sad to realize that this will probably be my last Xanth book. Mild amusement has its place, but if you want a *real* taste of Anthony, let Xanth die a quiet death already and go directly to the "Incarnations of Immortality" series, or the first two "Geodyssey" books.
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Summary: Just when you thought it couldn't get any better in Xanth
Review: Now look, I know Piers Anthony is a great author. I've read his Incarnation of Immortality series, all the Xanth books, the Mode books, and the Apprentice Adept series. But this, I have to say, is the best of the bunch. What do you get when you cross a young black Mundane with a magical talent, a 130 year old man who was transformed into a tree, three kings, and a mess of zombies? Believe it or not, one of the best surprises to come into Xanth in years, thanks to the devious plotting of Good Magician Humphrey, Clio the Muse, and everybody's favorite elf, Jenny of the World of Two Moons. For all of us raised on fairy tales, this one beats them all.
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Summary: Just when you thought it couldn't get any better in Xanth
Review: Now look, I know Piers Anthony is a great author. I've read his Incarnation of Immortality series, all the Xanth books, the Mode books, and the Apprentice Adept series. But this, I have to say, is the best of the bunch. What do you get when you cross a young black Mundane with a magical talent, a 130 year old man who was transformed into a tree, three kings, and a mess of zombies? Believe it or not, one of the best surprises to come into Xanth in years, thanks to the devious plotting of Good Magician Humphrey, Clio the Muse, and everybody's favorite elf, Jenny of the World of Two Moons. For all of us raised on fairy tales, this one beats them all.
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Summary: Attention all Xanth fans...
Review: Once again the master has done it, romance, comedy, (lots and lots of puns) a bit of danger, and anything a person could ever want in a good book. In a world shaped suspiciously like Florida, magic rules and pigs actually can fly; anything is possible. In this newest Xanth saga, Breanna, a not so-average mundane girl is given the adventure of her life with the promise of more to come. She is smart, sassy, beautiful, and willing to grasp the chance of a life-time. And our dear friend Jenny Elf is back, and just wait till you find out what happens to her. I stayed up all night reading this book and lost lots of potential beauty sleep. A pure delight to any Xanth fans, a must have for any collection. I have my copy, do you have yours?
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Summary: Enough with the Adult Conspiracy!
Review: The Xanth series is what got me reading sci-fi and fantasy novels. Its a shame this series has turned into unreadable mush. Zombie Lover was the last book I've bought in this series and I don't think I'll continue with it. I can't take in anymore stories of adolescents thinking about who they want or don't want to have sex with.
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Summary: Ok
Review: This book is alright but I feel that the author shouldconcentrate more on the plot and dispense with the puns... they'regetting irritating... I started reading xanth when I was 8 and was hooked instantly- I couldn't wait for the next book to come out! But now I think the books are getting worse and worse... frankly this is sort of a disappointment... I much prefer the earlier books.
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Summary: Whats next?
Review: This book is just yet another great showing of Anthony and his spectacular land of Xanth...only question i have left after reading this book...is what will he think of next?
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