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Summary: I loved it!
Review: This is really a good science fiction book! Wow, simply deep and in line with the Myst series.
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Summary: Fantastic trilogy
Review: I have purchased ALL 3 books & they are absolutly mesmorizing. I couldn't put any of them down. Very well written. I also recommend buying the CD-Rom games. We have them & they are beautifully done as well.
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Summary: Excellent storyline and beautufully written...
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It gave me such a solid understanding of the computer game Myst, as well as Riven, and I'd suggest this book, as well as the Book of Ti'ana and The Story of Atrus to anyone who is as obsessed with Myst and Riven as I am. It was captivating and I couldn't put it down. When I finished this book, I was on amazon.com looking up other books involving the Myst storyline.
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Summary: Want to know what happens after RIVEN?
Review: MYST: The Book of D'ni is an even better book than the starter of the MYST novel Series, The Book of Atrus! Great for all fantasty lovers! This book tells the story after the best selling PC game RIVEN, but before the story of the new PC game MYST III: EXILE. Here, Atrus and Cathrine lead an expedition into D'ni, and find D'ni surivors on other AGES!!! After this they find the decivingly beautiful Age of Terahnee, lost for milleniums! I'll let you descover the story from there! Another MYST series MUST READ!
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Summary: OK....but....
Review: I thought it was very good. There is one problem. It did'nt get into the details of D'ni. It simply told a story about a culture who knew the D'ni. I liked MYST: the book of Atrus better. It did not get into Atrus and his feelings like the other book did. This will give you some preety darn good hints on MYST 3:Exile though. If it got into the D'ni culture a little more, I think I would have loved it. It also told the story with other people that we don't know of. I wish they would stick to the regular characters insted of confusing you even more. The problem in this book was not really about D'ni. I liked the culture nontheless. Enjoy!(if you liked my review, please hit YES below, thanks!)
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Summary: disappointing
Review: The overall problem with all of the Myst books is the authors' distinct lack of negative capability - that is, the ability on the part of the authors to give each character their own voice. This is particularly a problem with The Book of D'ni. I can find no distinctions, even superficial, between characters that are introduced at the same time. Catherine, ever Atrus' foil, has such a minor place in this book that it seems as though she's there only to give some dimension to Atrus' character.Which is the central problem with the book: Atrus has absolutely no self-journey in the book. He surfaces, after 400+ pages, a relatively unchanged man, which is unfortunate considering the possibilites that are set up at the very outset (a man returning to the land of his ancestors after 40 long years determined to rebuild that fallen culture). I did give the book two stars because I found it readable and I finished it - and for one notorious for getting halfway through a book and not picking it up again, I feel that it deserves some merit. It is, however, a miracle that I did get more than halfway through the book as the central conflit isn't introduced until about 2/3 into the story. The rest of the book is concerned with a rather cyclic chain of events which, given the fact that the first half of the book is so repititious, makes even the fantastic points of the story seem mundane. I loved the games, especially Riven. I urge anyone intending to play them to do so before reading any of the Myst books, as so much of what you will discover during game play (especially Riven) will be revealed to you prematurely in these novels.
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Summary: Very good end of a story, but there is room for more.
Review: I have read the first two books of MYST and I thought I would go on ahead and read the last one. This one is the best book out of the three. This book describes the lies that split D’ni from her sister world. Most of the story takes place in a world of deceiving wonders that are beautiful at the surface, but if you look under the top layer, all you see is cruelty. The Terahnee nation is made up of three different people from three different ages. The Terahnee are, of course, from Terahnee and are wealthy people that don’t ever fight amongst themselves. The second group is the stewards, whose job is keep track of slaves and administer pain and punishment. The last group is the slaves. That structure of the society creates Terahnee that can’t see the slaves. By the time a person is five, they literally can’t see the slaves. A bacterium that is carried in the D’ni is passed to the Terahnee. What is harmless to the D’ni is deadly to the Terahnee. By the end of the sickness, all of the “masters” are dead and most of the stewards are dead, but almost none of the slaves have died. Atrus tries to help the slaves become a nation and rule themselves, but there is a man, Ymur, who wants to rule the country with himself as king. He even wants to keep some of his fellow former slaves as slaves. The makings of a civil war are present (....) This is a exceptional book and I wish Mr. Miller would write some more.
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Summary: Ask no more...
Review: If you've played the wonderful game, Myst, and the dazzling mystery, Riven, then you must read these books! They all answer so many questions you might have. I was inspired by the games, Myst and Riven to become a 3D modeller and animater. The books furtherly inspired me to become a writter. I have now created worlds on the computer and written a puzzling story. This book of the three, I found was most interesting. I strongly encourage you to venture the land that is newly discovered! It is full of detail; as much so as the game itself.
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Summary: Very good, but disappointing
Review: This book reveals the surprising history of the D'ni people. Basically, it's about the rescue of a subjugated people, and the fall of the magnificent yet corrupt nation of overlords. The imagery is marvelous, but rather long in the telling and takes up the majority of the book. The storyline, while interesting, is a bit lame, but shows how even the greatest of gifts of invention can be turned to evil purposes. Simply put, it's the story of Ghen on a wide-range scale. A good read, but only a must if one truly wishes to discover the finality of the fall of D'ni, which is what was disappointing. At least, to me.
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Summary: A very great book!
Review: This book brought me to a unique world of wonder. The detail it put in my head was wonderfully intruiging. I would recommend it to anyone with an imagination. I have also read Myst: the Book of Ti'ana and am in the process of reading the book of Atrus. Please, if you are an open minded person, READ THIS BOOK.
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