The Quartered Sea (Quarters, 4)

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Summary: A Must Have for Shkoder Fans
Review: A wonderful look at another side of Shkoder and the other side of the world. Written with finesse and understanding, Huff continues weaving the pattern of Shkoder and keeping the bards strong.

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Summary: Pretty good story
Review: I liked this book, but mostly because Bannon has been my favorite Tanya Huff character ever since I read Fifth Quarter. This story is about a young bard named Benedikt who can only Sing water. He starts as a whiney, immature, self-pittying brat. By the end of the story he has matured and gained confidence in himself. Benedikt is an okay character, but after reading the Quartered Sea, I can't help wondering when Ms. Huff is going to write a book where Bannon is the main character rather than a secondary one.

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Summary: Best of the "Quarters" series
Review: I think this is the best of her "Quarters" series. Benedikt is a bard who has an inferiority complex because he can only sing one quarter, water - never mind that he is the best who sings water that ever lived. He goes on an expedition to discover new lands, and disaster strikes in the form of a storm. He is stranded in a strange country, and soon finds himself embroiled in a political battle and in danger of his life. Tanya Huff is as good as ever. She puts you in the middle of the story and in the heart of the characters, and you feel and suffer along with the hero.

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Summary: Best of the "Quarters" series
Review: I think this is the best of her "Quarters" series. Benedikt is a bard who has an inferiority complex because he can only sing one quarter, water - never mind that he is the best who sings water that ever lived. He goes on an expedition to discover new lands, and disaster strikes in the form of a storm. He is stranded in a strange country, and soon finds himself embroiled in a political battle and in danger of his life. Tanya Huff is as good as ever. She puts you in the middle of the story and in the heart of the characters, and you feel and suffer along with the hero.

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Summary: Best of the "Quarters" series
Review: I think this is the best of her "Quarters" series. Benedikt is a bard who has an inferiority complex because he can only sing one quarter, water - never mind that he is the best who sings water that ever lived. He goes on an expedition to discover new lands, and disaster strikes in the form of a storm. He is stranded in a strange country, and soon finds himself embroiled in a political battle and in danger of his life. Tanya Huff is as good as ever. She puts you in the middle of the story and in the heart of the characters, and you feel and suffer along with the hero.

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Summary: another success for ms. huff!
Review: I wasn't expecting this book to be released, so when I saw it on the shelf I was psyched! Having read the previous three books in the series I just hoped that TQS could live up to my expectations. I read this book in one sitting. Ms. Huff has outdone herself again!! The great thing about this book was that even if you hadn't read the others, TQS can easily stand on its own. TQS now has a permanent spot on my shelf and after reading it, it will have a place on yours.

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Summary: The Best since Fifth Quarter
Review: Tanya Huff has really outdone herself this time! The characters are well drawn and the plot moves at an easy and exciting pace; not too convulated at the expense of the characters. Benedickt rather tormented teenage angst really got to me... I was so moved at the prose that described his maturing. *sniff*

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Summary: A good story, all things considered
Review: The main character works as an anti-hero. I didn't like his evident homosexuality--my own views in that regard are not liberal ones. But the story is interesting, the dialog natural, the characterization (usually) somewhat appealing, and the plot flows along smoothly, if slowly here and there. A far better book in this same general style is L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s "The Magic of Recluse." But The Quartered Sea is worth reading, say, when the electricity goes off in your house and you have nothing better to do.

Rating:
Summary: A good story, all things considered
Review: The main character works as an anti-hero. I didn't like his evident homosexuality--my own views in that regard are not liberal ones. But the story is interesting, the dialog natural, the characterization (usually) somewhat appealing, and the plot flows along smoothly, if slowly here and there. A far better book in this same general style is L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s "The Magic of Recluse." But The Quartered Sea is worth reading, say, when the electricity goes off in your house and you have nothing better to do.

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Summary: A Must Have for Shkoder Fans
Review: This book is excellent. I have not read any of her books, but I will now. The story had me crying all the way thru. Benedickt is soooo like an average person with our insecurities and doubts that he is very believable.