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Summary: An Amazing Story
Review: It made me laugh and it made me cry, this story is one I will remember for a lifetime.
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Summary: A Timeless Story not to be Missed
Review: As a child, my sister and I watched this beautiful movie over and over until the colour had faded and the sound was poor, but to this day my sister watches it still. The characters were unforgettable and the animation unique and exquisite. Was I surprised to find that there was a book, and that it had come first? Yes. I was sceptical at first, but my reservations melted as I fell in love with Beagle's story. His writing does my favourite characters more justice than the screen,. His story will take on new meaning for everyone who reads it and learns to love it. Not just a silly tale about a unicorn, Beagle's story is witty, daring, fun, and magical. A timeless book you'll regret not reading... again and again! There's something for everyone in Beag'es books. And, if you're interested, there is a history to the animation of The Last Unicorn that is simplyenchanting. I'm not sorry that I've spent hours of my adult life watching the movie and reading the book, and neither will you be. Find out and see! Remember: it is a very rare person who is taken for what he truly is. Enjoy!
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Summary: How to catch a falling star ...
Review: "The unicorn lived in a lilac wood and she lived all alone ..." So starts this enchanting tale, a line like poetry. The book and the film have sort of the same feel about it; only in the book, the mood is broken sometimes with a quirky jar of humour - like, did you know that the romantic Byronic figure of Prince Lear in the beautifully illustrated film used to be fat? Yes, I didn't really want to know that, or that he lost weight slaying dragons!Great imaginative ensemble of characters - people who role-play might recognise a touch of it in that aspect. The characters though are possibly embodiments of philosophical points of view. Some speculation on my part: Is the butterfly a satire of the educated man? "Butterflies only know songs and poetry and anything else they hear ..." He knows much, but cannot answer the Unicorn's question. And what of Schmenderick, the misfit magician? His unspoken wish which the unicorn cannot fulfil "I cannot make you a true magician" reminds us that there is no unicorn or magic strong enough to make us into what we are not - only we can fulfil our own dreams. And who hasn't been side tracked from a dream, eliciting the unicorn's scorn "He is no magician now, but the King's court clown." Then there is the greedy witch's "Illusions, deceptions, mirages. Your Mommy Fortuna cannot truly change things." And what of King Haggard who only gets happiness by keeping happiness from the world. What is Beagle thinking about our society? Or how about the burly robber baron with his band of merry men, who declares, "Robin Hood is a myth. We are the reality." This, from a story book character! And of course the big question is "What is the Red Bull?" - everyone has a personal Red Bull, even a Unicorn. And what of love and immortality; why "I will not love you when I am a unicorn." It seems simplistic when it is written out like that, but those themes and so many others are so intricately woven into the story, to engage us in our own wonderings. Like all best stories it is part myth and fantastic narrative.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: When I was about five years old, I saw the movie they made out of this book. I suppose that when you're five, you watch a movie like that because of the unicorn. When I was a teenager, I decided to go back and see what the book was like. It was amzing. I can't discribe how much I was moved. This is not the usual story of a unicorn falling in love. It's about our human emotions, and our limits all through the eyes of a creature who has just begun experiencing all of it.
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Summary: O! Unattempted Lovliness!
Review: Very few books combine grace, thought, and metaphor so beautifully as Peter Beagle's classic novel, "The Last Unicorn." His use of language is supurb, his plot line delicate and deep, his characterization poignant and humorous all at once. Certainly, one should class "The Last Unicorn" among those works, such as "The Prophet," that brush spirituality and show the merest achingly beautiful glimpse of the shrouded divine. While rereading this tale, laughing over remembered lines and shuddering at the phantastical scenes, I was frequently caught up with surprise at his light strokes of humanity - the reactions to lovliness personified in the Unicorn, the question of reality and legend, the true nature of joy and suffering - which I had missed when I had read the "pretty tale" years ago as a child. Is it too euphorically hyperbolic to declare that "The Last Unicorn" can only be appreciated by those who long for the beauty, purity and grace the unicorn represents to be once more present in the world? Is it too ridiculous to declare that those who wallow in the dreariness of the seeming day-to-day may not appreciate this novel, while those who have read this book, and the "Chronicals of Narnia," and all those tales that proclaim the True the Good and the Beautiful as more real than what we see about us will marvel at Beagle's tale? I hope not - for I should like to think that the divine spark Beagle has given us in "The Last Unicorn" is as vital to those who prefer Hemmingway as to those who dwell with hobbits.
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Summary: The Last Unicorn
Review: This story is about a unicorn who thinks man is worng when they say she is the last. So one night she sets off to find the other of her kind. One the way she meets a magition and a witch that keep her captive untill the magition stes her free.One the way to King Hagereds castle the meet molly who helps them find the way there.One night when they where sleeping a red light light wakes them up .When the light gets closer they find out that it is the red bull who is out to get her. The red bull chases her the way he chased the others to the water. The magition works up a spell to get her out of the sisuation and he turns her into a girl. They make the way to the castle to find the red bull . One night they skeleton help them find a way to the red bulls layer . They follow what he says and they see the red bull and it chasses the unicorn girl to the dead end of the cave, the magition works up another spell to turn her back in to a unicorn. The red bull chases her out of the cave but then the unicorn turns and chases the bull to the water where he goes in and the unicorns in the water are free! i think this book is good to read because of how the atuor puts how unicorn got in to the water and just the plot of it. What i dont like about this book is how the witch caches her other wise this is a pretty darn good book!
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Summary: ladder to the last unicorn
Review: I'm not typically a fan of science fiction or fantasy. Generally I think this plane offers enough material for me in my quest for readables. This book however, is a delectable indulgent, lonely, beautiful experience. It took me years of reading between the lines of the movie before i finally opted to open the book and I was predictably smitten with the prose form. Within the book i found a thousand treasure troves of what i had loved and sought after from the film through childhood and adolescence. Each familiar character and scene commands new evaluation in the book. There are many scenes and subtexts and sensations not present in the film which I now deem essential parts of the whole. I recommend slow digestion with a calm mind and a willing heart. its a book worth committing to for a deeper understanding of that other plane so rarely glimpsed.
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Summary: Spectacular!
Review: This book, with its poetic lyricism and outstanding depth, is a must read for anyone. A beautiful story of doomed love, fantastical adventure, and courage, this book is a superb tale! Beagle does a wonderful job on his character development; you get the sense that you're a part of the book!
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Summary: A Classic!
Review: The Last Unicorn is one of my favorite books. It's fantastic! Unicorns, Wizards, Magic...it's got it all!
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Summary: A Beautiful Tale
Review: The Last Unicorn is a magically beautiful tale. I love the way Beagle writes...smooth flowing narration in a calm tone, dotted with poetic and beautiful descriptions throughout. It's just pure fantasy. The ending is a bit sad though.
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