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Summary: This are the best books I've ever reed.
Review: I have reed this books twice and will do it again. I just love Diarmuid. It's a wonderful story and i think Guy Gavriel Kay is a great author.
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Summary: better'n sex
Review: I just recently recommended this series to a friend, and I couldn't help it. I reread it for the 5th time. It's so damn good. I can't get over it. This guy is EERIE...the way he can delve into emotions. I rarely cry over books but I cry EVERY SINGLE TIME when I read The Tapestry. Mr. Kay, hats off to you for the best damn literature I've ever read.
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Summary: Way too much crying going on in this book
Review: Don't waste your time with this one. Instead read Kay's Tigana which is an exceptional five star novel. Even if you don't like the fantasy genre, Tigana is still a great book in its own right.
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Summary: Wonderful! Book One of my favorite fantasy trilogy!
Review: This engrossing and moving novel begins what is my favorite fantasy trilogy to date. I love the way the author's emotional dialogue and description constantly evoked in me feelings of love, tragic sadness, satisfaction, etc. What sets this fantasy apart I think, is how well the main characters (five normal college-age men and women) are brought into a world with ancient powers, gods, magic, etc. As each character discovers his or her part to play in this drama, discovers also new power and ability, the reader can't help but get drawn deeply into the story. Add to that wonderful bits and pieces of Arthurian Legend, and you've got a fantastic story!
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Summary: so-so. I was expecting more.
Review: I read _The Lions of Al-Rassan_ first, and was deeply moved by it, so I was expecting a lot, and must confess to feeling let down. I didn't even finish the trilogy. The problem, I think, is that at this point, Kay was still aping Tolkien a bit too much-a lot of the devices and characters are obviously derivative. And while the character development is good, it's somewhat less than subtle. I got sick of people bursting into floods of tears every five pages, and there were times when I felt like the author was trying to manipulate my emotions rather than stepping back and letting me identify with the characters on my own. And while his attempt to incorporate real-world mythology into the book is interesting, and sometimes produces excellent results (like his usage of the Summer Tree), it generally lacks finesse and feels clunky and artificial. Kay is an excellent author, but this is not his best work. Go read _The Lions of Al-Rassan_ or _Tigana_ rather than thi! s.
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Summary: This book touched a chord within me.
Review: I have read many fantasy series; Rosenberg, Tolkien and Donaldson, but none match the emotion and depth of this sweeping epic. Quite simply the best series I have ever read, and the only one that moved me and touched my soul. Even his other works fail to match this one.
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Summary: Its beauty me weep...
Review: Rare in my life have I found books that could touch me with their magick as much as the Fionavar trilogy did. So, this review is not a comment on Kay's literary skills. It's a simple and heartfelt "Thank you" to the author whose imagination created such beauty.
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Summary: this is a great book!!!
Review: a little gross at times but very good.
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Summary: Heartbreakingly beautiful
Review: I first read this book when I was 14 and on vacation in England, and it took me ten years to find my own copy of it and the others in the trilogy. I still remember the way the language flowed and changed, the shifting shapes that made my breath catch at their sheer beauty and the depth of pain and longing they often carried. That hasn't changed: I feel the same way every time I go back to the books. The broad themes are familiar: good and evil, laughter and loss, power and responsibility. Many of the legends are from cultures on our own world. Familiarity need not, however, breed contempt: we humans like our tales told and re-told, we find comfort in old stories with new faces, and this book loses nothing by drawing on our collective childhood memories. To me, the book that this one (and the others) most closely resemble in spirit is The Silmarillion, another book that explores archetypes with passion and with a sense of the aching loss that comes from the realisation that to make a record of beautiful things is to acknowledge their passage into history. The author's love for the characters and their complex personalities is evident, and the world they inhabit is richly textured yet finely drawn.
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Summary: Better than the Lord of the Rings
Review: I read Lord of the Rings. It was great. I read The Summer Tree. It was greater. It is magical. I couldn't put it down after reading two pages. The story that continues with The Wandering Fire and The Darkest Road is magnificent with the true description of every inhabitant of Fionavar. It's a sad, beatiful story... Another one of my favorite books :)
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