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Summary: "We've Never Met. Probably Never Will..."
Review: "The Wolf Star" (also published as "Wolf Star Rising") is the second of four books known as the Claidi journals, stories told in the format of a diary by the young escaped-slave Claidi and her travels throughout a fantasy world in search of her origins and a home of her own. In the first installment "The Wolf Tower", which you really must read if you want to understand what's going on in this story, Claidi escaped the confines of the House with the handsome Nemian, only to find that his intentions for her were less than honourable. Taking her to his dismal city and the matriarch Ironel, Claidi found that the inexorable Law of the Wolf Tower made her the new distributor of the cruel and unnecessary rules that governed the land.
Destroying the mechanisms that put the Law in place, Claidi made her escape with the handsome bandit-leader Argul - her betrothed. At the beginning of this new part of her diary, Claidi is immensely excited about her approaching wedding to the man she loves, and her acceptance into the extended family of the Hulta. But as she prepares on the wedding day, a catastrophe occurs - she is kidnapped by men of the Wolf Tower in a great balloon, and taken across the sea to a strange place known as the Rise. With only clockwork figurines for company, Claidi desperately searches for a way to escape the confusing and dangerous moving rooms of the Rise, a huge palace and garden carved into the side of a great cliff.
Soon she discovers that she's not alone - the Rise is the home of the elusive and confusing Prince Venarion (or Venn for short), who is just as bewildered at Claidi's presence in his home as she is. Abandoned by his mother Ustareth at a young age, Claidi suspects that somehow she is connected to the events that are now unfolding: the hidden designs of the House and the someone who has plans for them both without either of them knowing, someone who mysteriously signs their letters as "we", and who has a secret agenda going on. Wanting only to uncover the mystery of the higher interest in her, and to return to her beloved Argul, Claidi talks Venn into undertaking a trek deep into the Rise to find the library - the one place where they might both find the answers they're looking for.
Unfortunately in continuing the story, Tanith Lee raises more questions than answers, and many of her ideas come across as confused and contradicting. She possibly has a master-plan in mind for the completion of the story and the unfolding of the mystery, but she is unravelling it in a very muddled way - it's almost as if she's making it up as she goes along and later figuring out how all the clues fit together, rather than the other way around. Despite this however, the characters, the story and the mystery of Claidi's role in the world is interesting enough to keep one reading.
There are also complaints concerning the setting of the book - "The Wolf Tower" was a journey that took place over a large area, whilst here Claidi is stuck almost entirely within a single house. Granted, it is an exceptionally fascinating house, with moving rooms and clockwork servants, but much of the appeal of the first book was the scale and freedom of Claidi's travels. Here, that is gone.
But "The Wolf Star" is a good follow-up to the previous book, and most will be interested enough in picking up the next one "Wolf Queen," even though I am always frustrated at writers/publishers that split books into more than one volume needlessly. Claidi's journal is one big story - it should be presented as one large volume, not lots of little ones. There are overviews of the previous book at the start of each new installment, but I'd recommend reading them in order.
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Summary: Wolf Star
Review: After reading the first book, Wolf Tower, I didn't really like it. But I wanted to finish the series anyway. This book was more, well, boring, than the last one. And came someone tell me WHY she fell for Venn again? Beacuse it's like, wherever she goes, she falls in love with whoever's there, just because they were there. I mean, really, she fell in love with Nemian, Argul, AND Venn. That's really sad. I don't like this book at all.
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Summary: Wolf Star
Review: After reading the first book, Wolf Tower, I didn't really like it. But I wanted to finish the series anyway. This book was more, well, boring, than the last one. And came someone tell me WHY she fell for Venn again? Beacuse it's like, wherever she goes, she falls in love with whoever's there, just because they were there. I mean, really, she fell in love with Nemian, Argul, AND Venn. That's really sad. I don't like this book at all.
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Summary: THE GREATEST BOOK EVER!!
Review: I loved this book!!! I can't wait till the next on comes out in the states! I feel so bad that the 3rd on is already OUT IN UK!! I wish it was published here already!
Oh well, guess I have to wait longer!
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Summary: Where's the fun of the first book?
Review: I really liked 'Wolf Tower,' so I was excited when I got my hands on 'Wolf Star,' the second book in the Claidi Journals series. Unfortunately, this book didn't live up to the high expectations produced by the first book.Instead of the rollicking adventure of 'Wolf Star,' 'Wolf Tower' traps the reader in a monotonous structure called "The Rise." Claidi is trapped here too, and I suppose Tanith Lee wanted to get that imprisoned feeling across. Unfortunately, the author succeeded all too well. I kept wanting to skip ahead, to find out if Claidi would ever escape from the Rise's constantly moving rooms (an interesting concept at first, but continued to the point of redundancy). And then, after everything Claidi goes through to return to her true love, to find out you have to read the THIRD book to find out what happens is rather frustrating. 'Wolf Star' can not stand on its own like the first book did. I was also disappointed that 'Wolf Star,' which I thought was part of a fantasy series, seemed to dissolve into cheesy science fiction near the end. Case in point: Yinyay. She sounded like the silver hose one would find behind a clothes-dryer, and she's just the type of character that you might find in some bad 1950s sci-fi movie, complete with tinsel hair. I understand that Venn's mother was supposed to be a "scientist," but Yinyay was just too much. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this book. I just wanted the story to be over.
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Summary: Very pleased
Review: I was lured into reading Gail Carson Levine's 'Ella Enchanted" after hearing how wonderful it was... I was pleased with this book enough that I read it through twice... but I was still wanting for something. Going through my local bookstore I pulled book after book, till I noticed 'Wolf Tower' had a note from Kirkus Review recommending it for fans of 'Ella Enchanted'... I am so glad I picked this book up... however, this is the second, not the first of the series... The second picked up wonderfully from where the first left off... it flowed smoothly. The descriptions were very good, I can't bring myself to say wonderful due to the fact I felt left hanging at points, but I was able to close my eyes and see Claidi's world, or Ven'n's as it happened. I love the character's Lee has created... Claidi seems to be everything a girl wants to be- brave, fairly intelligent, leading her own life, it's very appealing- Argul is an interesting one, that I feel I don't know very well at all, and Ven'n, he was an interesting one.. I could identify with him more than the others, perhaps it is that his mother favors my father... a depressing thought. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who likes storys of the downtrodden who, through trials, come out top dog. ;-) Not my best summary, but ah well.
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Summary: Very pleased
Review: I was lured into reading Gail Carson Levine's 'Ella Enchanted" after hearing how wonderful it was... I was pleased with this book enough that I read it through twice... but I was still wanting for something. Going through my local bookstore I pulled book after book, till I noticed 'Wolf Tower' had a note from Kirkus Review recommending it for fans of 'Ella Enchanted'... I am so glad I picked this book up... however, this is the second, not the first of the series... The second picked up wonderfully from where the first left off... it flowed smoothly. The descriptions were very good, I can't bring myself to say wonderful due to the fact I felt left hanging at points, but I was able to close my eyes and see Claidi's world, or Ven'n's as it happened. I love the character's Lee has created... Claidi seems to be everything a girl wants to be- brave, fairly intelligent, leading her own life, it's very appealing- Argul is an interesting one, that I feel I don't know very well at all, and Ven'n, he was an interesting one.. I could identify with him more than the others, perhaps it is that his mother favors my father... a depressing thought. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who likes storys of the downtrodden who, through trials, come out top dog. ;-) Not my best summary, but ah well.
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Summary: 2nd Greatest Book (ist is Wolf Tower) EVER!!
Review: I won't give it away, but it is the greatest book ever!!!
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Summary: TOPS ANY BOOK I'VE EVER READ!
Review: I'm 14 years old. (today is my b-day, in fact! ^_^) This is the all-time greatest book I have ever read. I can't help but love the charachters... five stars isn't enough! I can't express to you how awesome this book is... I discovered these books on my own, but I think they'd be the perfect present for almost any teenage girl who loves fantasy, romance, and an all around great book! I can't imagine how anyone would find this book boring. But first you'll need to get WOLF TOWER. The first book in the series.
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Summary: No Sympathy, Empathy, or Descriptions
Review: I'm sorry, I just finished reading this book about a week ago after looking for it for a very long time, and I'm frankly disgusted. I can't believe I went through the trials I went through to get this book after reading the first one nearly two years earlier!
The plot is unsurprising and dull, and you will not once feel any affection or loathing for the characters or their goals. The characters, plain and simple, are laid out HORRIBLY! I knew how the book was going to end literally HALF WAY THROUGH! Along with horrible literary effort, the cover is also just plain ugly. I truly don't recommend you buy this book, nothing happens. It seems Ms. Lee's series went fully rank after Wolf Tower, the first and much better book in the Claidi Journals series.
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