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Summary: Deeper into the past...
Review: With every new book of Myst seria, as Atrus is growing older and wiser, we are more and more introduced to the history of D'Ni. In all of us there is a little wish to be special, to explore and to create, and all of that we can find in the people of D'Ni - a proud, wise and inteligent people.
Finally, in this book, Atrus has found survivors of the accident wich happend in D'Ni 70 years ago and with them he's trying to rebuild the city. It's not an easy task, but he has more and more helpers each day, and, as always, there is Catherine at his side. During the repairs of the city, they have found an old chamber filled with books and writings on some ancient language, different and familiar at the same time. As they link to explore that age, the adventure begins...
A book you shouldn't miss, and it's even better if you have read 'Book Of Atrus' and a 'Book Of Ti'anna'.
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Summary: the after Myst
Review: This book is one of the best I have ever read. The details and descriptions were all I needed to FEEL the story around me. The desriptions of the rooms, books, people, ages and especially the city of D'ni was spectacular! I would stongly recomend that ANY myst fan would not only read, but buy all 3 books, and read them in order from top to bottom. I can only hope more is to come.
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Summary: Beautiful book, even if not a Myst fan
Review: Not usually a fan of video games, I was at first reluctant to read this book. However, I'm glad I did. It is a beautiful story, involving moving themes and wonderful insites into civil rights issues. Both well written and well paced, the book ranks as one of the best I've ever read, along with Tehanu (Ursula LeGuin) and The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenger). It shows a stroke of brilliance not demonstrated in either of the other two books before it, so if you could not stomache the second (as I couldn't), still read this one.
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Summary: A Less Than Stellar Myst Book
Review: This book is a wonderful book; I love it! But...I'd have to admit (and this is hard for a hardcore fan of Myst and everything D'ni) this has to be the worst Myst book in the series. And that's not bad; the other two were the best books I've ever read. And this is a good book in its own right, but overall it does not live up to the high standards the other two put upon it. The beginning was a bit 'disorienting' as one of these fellow reviewers put it, and you had to read it over again to actually let it sink it where the characters were and who the characters were. The middle was absolutely wonderful, with its descriptiveness of the Terahnee culture, and it moved on quite well from there. But... The ending, although a great one, was incredibly succinct, almost to the point of completely killing the story. It was almost as though the authors, who have taken monthes before to do the extensive plot, took a week to rap it all up. I felt as though I was gypped, and after reading all of the series, the hundreds of pages, building up to a point...I was angry. The ending was good, but it could have been written better. And, hopefully, the authors know this. I'm not going to even blame the analytical Atrus stepping out of character. And I still love the series. And I have read worse books, believe ME on that. But this book could have been better. And that's kind of sad. On another note, even after all of this bad press, this book is still worth buying, if only to finish off your Myst collection.
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Summary: Light-reading
Review: Though I enjoyed reading, Myst: The Book of D'Ni, there are a number of problems with the story. The book itself is rather pretty physically, with gray parchment-like paper and embossed cover. It is well written in the general sense of being easy to read, having good dialogue, and a smooth flow throughout. The main problem with the book is that not much happens in the first two-thirds of it. Not until then does the primary crisis of the book appear. Prior to this there are a few minor challenges and even the death of a colleague. But the death is treated rather cursorily and the poor person makes his exit from the story without much memory of him afterward. When the crisis does come it isn't all that unique and Atrus, the main character, never seems to be in serious peril through most of it. The one or two points at which he, and his party, seem in danger of their lives the authors let them off the hook rather too easily. Those might not seem criticisms at all to some. David Gerrold's advice to writers in, Worlds of Wonder, is appropriate here: "[challenges/crises] require that the person at the core of the story grow teeth big enough to chew [them]." That is also how the reader grows. Atrus never really seems to have problems big enough to be interesting, or worthy of stretching his abilities to the utmost, until the end of the story. Even then the situation never really feels out-of-control - partly due to the fact that the crisis is somewhat of an overused device with the rather predictable "surprise" setbacks. I don't mean to be too harsh. The characters are likeable, and sometimes memorable. If you are interested in light reading, I could easily recommend this book.
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Summary: Great book.
Review: I read this book at a very young age, probably around eleven or twelve, and it has stuck with me ever since. I've probably read it about twice. The hardcover edition is amazing, with fully designed pages and everything, it really helps the enviroment of MYST sink in. Summaries of what happens in this books are in other reviews, so I wont bother with that here. Out of all the other MYST books, I always thought that this one was a best one... But it is unlike the other two in subject matter and basic concepts. At it's heart is a "what price will you pay for perfection? and would you throw it away if you had to?" sort of story that might be a little heavy handed... But if you enjoy the videogames a lot (and this was before Riven) then you'll love this one. Locations and things described in this book have stuck with me for the last six years.
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Summary: Myst: The Book of D'ni great book or waste of time?
Review: This book is definitely a well written and very descriptive one however after getting over half way into the book I wanted to call it quits. This book is time-consuming and tedious I wouldn't recommend it to people that want to just cruise along quickly through a book. If you do choose to read this book I propose this to you that you are a person that pays attention extremely strong to every last insignificant facet of the book. Even though the worlds are well described and very comprehensive they are somewhat exhaustive in the level of detail and lack of a good story line. Yes there is of course the dark evil twist to the story, but still it is my personal opinion that unless you are completely enthralled in all of the Myst related paraphernalia and have lots of vacant time to burn then yeah go ahead read the book. Best of luck to you... hope you enjoy.
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Summary: The Myst series is a must if you enjoy the game
Review: This book is a wonderfull mystery about the rebuilding of D'ni and an incridible find while sifting through the ruins of the ancient city. Another realm is found to explore....a land of great wealth, beauty, plenty, which holds such wonderfull promise for the survivors who the inhabitants of this land invite to join them in thier land of plenty.....but a dark secret soon turns everything upside down.
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Summary: Wow!!
Review: I played the games and loved them. Thirsting to know more of the Di'n and all I then bought this book it was great but read the first one first.
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Summary: Not as good as the other two
Review: This book is a good book to add to your Myst collection. But it wasn't as good as the other two. It seemed like they rushed to finish it throughout the second half of the book. If you haven't read Myst: The book of Tiana or Myst: The book of Atrus, I recomend you read them first.
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