Through Wolf's Eyes

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Summary: Through a Fantasy-Lover's Eyes...
Review: I LOVED THE BOOK. I would recommend it for anyone and everyone. The history behind Firekeeper and the wolves who raised her is believable and a visible factor in the story. Many other fantasy books have the same baseline but cannot make it real for the readers. Through Wolf's Eyes, however, transports you right into the middle of the pack.
Jane Linskold has a perfect balance of plot and characters- the characters are intriguing and well brought out, and the actual story is a satisfying length for those who love to read, but does not drag on for those who don't. The unexpected twists of plot and agonizing dramatic irony keep the pages turning!

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I loved this book. All the characters are fasinating, (especially Firekeeper and Derian!!) They take you on a journey you won't soon forget.

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Summary: Through wolf's eyes
Review: I loved this book. It is full of both nature and political intrigue, with much fantasy involved. The hints about old magic and the history that came before the story is told is very intriging.The book wonderfully weaves into its tapestry; animals, & fantasy. I would really love to know more about the stories that came before, and what will happen after.

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Summary: Dull dynastic politics
Review: I never thought I'd find a Jane Lindskold book that I didn't like, but I have to say (sadly) that I really couldn't get on with Through Wolf's Eyes. It starts out excitingly enough. Firekeeper is a feral child, brought up by wolves. The descriptions of her life with the wolves are utterly fascinating and quite wonderful (Lindskold out-Kiplings Kipling here). But all too quickly the story degenerates into soap opera when Firekeeper comes back into contact with humanity.

Years ago, it seems, Prince Barden led a colonising expedition out into the wilderness. Nothing has been heard from him since. However, if any of the Prince's children are still alive, they could be heirs to the kingdom. The throne is vacant and a claimant is needed. Earl Kestrel goes searching in the wilderness.

You can write the rest yourself, and you won't be wrong. Dynastic politics and aristocratic intrigues are dull as ditchwater. Even Jane Lindskold can't make them interesting.

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Summary: Promising
Review: I picked up this book after reading all the rave reviews on it. I must say this author does, did, whatever, have promise. The story has a great opening that truly catches the readers attention, but then drags all through the middle. I found myself getting bored with all the court life talk; all the nuances of the back-stabbing court life. After all, it has been done over and over in many such books. I was looking for something different and unique to this one, but didn't find it. Even the Jungle Book scene (girl raised by wolves) is over done. Ya, ya, we get it--move on! About three quarters of the way through I skipped to the end to see who is put on the thrown and then sighed because I couldn't get myself to bother reading the unread portion (strange for me, since I normally want to read it anyway just to see how it led to that conclusion). Also, it pretty much grossed me out, this unspoken IN LOVE thing the herione has with her wolf partner.

Basically what I saying is that I was bored for most of the story. I heard book two and three are better and I'm thinking of trying the next one. I'll keep my fingers cross that the author worked out all the kinks.

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Summary: Sharp decline from interesting beginning...
Review: I read the first chapter or two of this book before buying it. It caught my interest and held it for the first 200 pages. However, from that point on the book loses focus on the most interesting character, Firekeeper, and moves through several other characters points of view. Why the author chose to do this is puzzling. None of the other characters are much more than cardboard cutouts. Why leave a strong, interesting female lead (when there are so few) to interact with several rather typical "also-theres"?

I struggled to finish this book and was very disappointed with the second half. Went to the bookstore and read the first couple of chapters of the sequel. Also very disappointing. A shame really. A nice (if not original)concept, but poorly executed.

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Summary: Badly needs editing and focus
Review: I'm a fan of Lindskold's earlier books, and expected this 550+-page to be perfect long-weekend reading material. But it's without focus (too many charactors and plotlines and you never know which ones the story is really about), without rythmn (the author stops action near the very end of the book to detail a tertiary charactor's genealogy for several pages) and without specific detail (behaviour, morality, religion, architecture, you name it) that would make anyone believe they are in another world (aside from very general, this is a vaguely medieval court stuff.)

I expected a book focused on a feral child learning human ways. I got a sub-standard monarchy-succession intrigue.

With a tight edit, this could have been turned into an ok-enough book on any one of the many characters. Without it, it's a messy bore.

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Summary: Court Intrigue
Review: If you like court intrigue--who's going to get the throne?--then this book is for you. Linskold crafts a good yarn, with an unusual main character: a woman raised by wolves. This girl can talk to them too, full conversations with dialogue. I rated this a three because I expected romance and didn't get it.

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Summary: Very intiguing. A good fantasy medieval book
Review: If you're looking for a book with magic, animals, and castles, this is the book for you. Not much focused on romance as it is more on adventure and war and the ongoings of Fireseeker. Fireseeker is a young woman who was raised by wolves and learns to adapt to human life with the help of Derian Carter (her peer as well as her teacher). Fireseeker is believed to be the long lost daughter of a Prince. Throughout the story, she learns the human way of life and the social structure of royalty. A very long book, but interesting. Kept me going while on a flight back home. There's a sequel for this one called Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart, but I've yet to read it.

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Summary: Through Wolf's Eyes
Review: It's a fascinating adventure with a complex plot and many characters. Fortunately, there's a geneology chart at the front and a glossary of names at the back. Basically, it's a story of a king in need of an heir. All his relatives want the position. It's the story of Firekeeper, a brave young girl raised by wolves who can communicate with animals, who might be the heir he seeks. Through Wolf's Eyes was hard to put down. I look forward to reading the sequel with great anticipation.