The Wild Road

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Summary: "Lord of the Rings", cat style :-)
Review: This book is great! It's written in a "Lord of the Rings" style-full of details with beautifully intertwined plots. It leaves room for a sequel with many plots still not fully wrapped up. There is only one bad thing-this book does have PG-13 type violence-so it is *not* for young kids. Despite this, is has earned a place on my shelf of favorite books.

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Summary: Well written,could not put it down.
Review: I loved the way Mr. King used the written word to paint pictures in my head..P.s. I would like some information on " William Herringe,The diminutive tyger,1562" which was refered to in the prologue of this book. Thank You.

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Summary: This is a terrific book
Review: I love The Wild Road. It's my favorite book. When I first saw it, I thought it was going to be boring, but I gave it a try anyway because I love cats. I started reading it and I couldn't put the book down. I was so involved with the book that it made me cry at the end. I think this is one of the best books ever and I recommend this book to all cat-lovers and people with a sense of adventure. >^..^<

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Summary: Love the world and follow your nose!
Review: I picked up this book on a whim; I had read "Tailchaser's Song" a few years previous, and wanted to see how a more recent author would try to follow in the same vain. I was utterly surprised, therefore, to find something else entirely.

The story is one any cat lover would be familiar with: rich young kitten, content to be fed and played with by his "dulls," loses his way in the Great Outdoors (in this case, the London suburbs), and must make his way back home. However, it has a twist: home isn't where he left it. Instead, guided by the Majicou and his two splendid proxies, Loves A Dustbin and One For Sorrow ("Call yourself a cat!"), he instead makes his way on a journey of another sort, as he learns about the Wild Roads, life, and the nature of felinekind.

Though the narrative was a bit unlike what one is used to, it was used to good effect in describing the hardships of winter from a feral cat's point of view; if it seemed a bit stark at times, it clashed that much better with the second novel, "The Golden Cat." Unfortunately, I can't give this book five stars. Firstly, the character development should have been handled better, and secondly, the beginning was a bit rough around the edges (Two cats running away together?!). However, it was all in all a great book, if a bit graphic at times, and well worth reading. I look forward to further sequels (at least one prequel-style (I believe) is planned), and I hope to see One For Sorrow again (amd will we ever see a Two For Mirth?).

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Summary: Like Watership Down (exept with Cats)
Review: Good book is like Watership Down and has some suspence but it was well written.

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Summary: I LOVED This Book!
Review: I was browsing through the bookstore in my neighborhood, I saw this book and decided to try it. I finished it 2 days after I started it. I loved this book! it is posibly the best thing I've read this year. I would definately recomend it, but some parts almost made me weep. The characters are great! I particularly liked Cy and Sealink.

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Summary: The Wild Road is a captivating and thrilling storey
Review: The Wild road is a incredable story of bravery, friendship, and destiny.Tag (the main character,a cat)is at first ordinary house cat, but Tag is a cat with a very important destiny and heritage. For his destiny Tag will go through life and death, sadness and happines, and through fear and danger for his heritage; because his heritage is The wild Road.

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This book is a purrr-fect book for any cat lover who enjoys reading

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Summary: Excellent book with severe handicaps.
Review: It's been a few weeks since I finished reading Gabriel King's "The Wild Road" and I am still mad at it. First off, I have to say that if you like fantasy or cats, you will love this book so you might as well just go buy it. I read it in no time, but I was hot. It has two major drawbacks: First, There is an awful lot of violence and torture inflicted on cats in this book and it is VERY graphic. Be warned. Second, the lead character, Tag, doesn't seem to DO anything, even in the end he just stands by and since the book is told from his point of view, he does nothing there, too. We are told how important he is, but it is never demonstrated. The one time he does take action, it is with his 'Jedi master cat', Magicou and the battle doesn't really result in anything changing for the better. All in all, I was kind of mad. I hate cruelty to animals and this book has plenty. Excellent storyline though, if you can get by the violence. My two cents. BTW I AM reading the sequel if that tells you anything. :-)

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Summary: A long read but well worth it!
Review: One reviewer compared this wonderful book to Tailchaser's Song (another terrific book). I think it is closer in style of writing to The Lord of the Rings-full of rich decsriptions of everything. If you don't like that kind of book-don't read it or you will be dissappointed. If you do, it is well worth your time.