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Summary: Wonderful!- a review by a 13 year-old Wild Road fan
Review: This book is one of my favorites. I loved going through the story with the characters. Although parts were hard to understand, it was fascinating and never lost my interest. I loved the ending, and can't wait to read the sequal. The character are wonderful and well defined. The book is an exciting look into the animal's mind.
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Summary: A book you CAN put down
Review: This book is, well... all I can say is FLAT. The plot is too hyped up, the characters flatter than a pancake (and just as interesting as one), and the whole thing just monotonous beyond belief. I love fantasies AND cats, and thought this would be a good one, but... well, I have to admit I put it aside many a time to re-read other novels of mine. This was ONE SLOW READ.
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Summary: Red-eyed but content.
Review: I just finished this book, and even though my eyes are red from weeping throughout, I think this is one of the best books I've read this year. (I am usually *very* harsh in my reviews.) The writing is exquisite, and the storyline fresh and unique. It is in the style of Watership Down and Tailchaser's Song, but it has its own integrity. Word of warning: there are LOTS of sad bits. If you can't bear the thought of animals being hurt, don't read this book.
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Summary: Wonderful cat characters, overkill in areas
Review: The cats in this book are real cats. The mystical elements it proposes concern their history and their ability to travel the Wild Roads of the title. If you like cats, you'll love the way these talk and think.The villain is very vaguely drawn, and the first part of the book is hard to understand. Tag's viewpoint is used: that of a young, inexperienced kitten. Once he learns a little, and meets some of his friends, interesting individual stories begin to emerge & the persistent reader is rewarded. A bit monotonous on the horrid weather, how hungry and skinny everyone is, and how valliantly they fight, but the quest formula works. There are riches to be found here.
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Summary: Contrived, boring, silly.
Review: I've always loved cats - we have three - and I still found this book contrived, boring and silly. After trudging through the first third, I realized life was too short to waste additional time, and left the book on a restaurant table for somebody else to salvage. After all, unlike a cat, I don't have nine lives. I wish I could have rated this novel with "0" stars instead of 1.
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Summary: Good Character Development
Review: Good Things: Enchanting characters, interesting situations and a good 'quest type' theme. Criticism: This novel has some great character development. However, the over-reliance on magic and the alternatively ridiculous/horrific villian made it hard to take seriously at times. Some parts were vague and lacked direction. The purpose of the cats quest seemed lost amidst other underlying sub-plots. Book would've been better with a tighter plot and less reliance on the supernatural..
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Summary: CY RULES!!!
Review: I LOVEthis book! The only thing I don't like is they make fun of dogs too much and I love dogs. My favorite charachters are Cy, Loves A Dustbin, and One For Sorrow. I love Cy! ::giggles:: She's actually a whole lot like me.=)I'm hyper and high-strung and weird, but I don't got a spark plug in my head(thank goodness) I think anyone who loves animals should read this book. I can't wait for the sequal! "Kings and queens and jumping beans; Nothings ever what it seems!"
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Summary: Excuse me while I cough up a hairball
Review: I am a cat lover and a lover of good fiction. This book fails to do justice to either subject. King gives us no reason to care about his flat, uninvolving and derivative characters. There is nothing new in this so-called tale and it appears King felt compelled to repeatedly reach for a thesaurus to pad out the gruel-thin narrative. No discernable threat or villain is made clear within the first few chapters. If the so-called protagonists's mission is ever explained, it must be past the first few chapters I managed to wade through. Tell us who the "King and Queen" are and why they are so important, for instance. Nothing any of the characters do within the first 60 pages shows any sign of backbone or heart, nor compelled me to care. Comparisons to Richard Adams or Paul Gallico here are just plain pompous. The author earns one star for finding someone willing to publish this tedious morass.
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Summary: Wooo! What a book!
Review: I picked this up thinking it would be a fun book about animals. I put it down having been brought through some of the most profound revelations I've even encountered through reading. Everyone will have their own response to this tale, but the least you can say about it is that it's beautifully written (up to the Tolkien standard, even), it's a great adventure on an epic scale, it has unforgettable characters, and it's more real than real. There are so many things to praise in this book that I can't even start. Finally, on a personal note: as someone who has a very hard time dealing with cruelty (or even indifference) to animals I still put my faith in the author and my trust paid off with some epiphanies that might just change my life. I'm very glad I found this book and hope it finds all the readers who can love and fully appreciate it.
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Summary: a heartwarming "tail" of cats
Review: This is right up there with Tailchaser's Song, another great book. I laughed and cried, and I was reluctant to put the book down. I especially loved the characters "Marsebref" (Mousebreath), Sealink, and little Cy, as in "Sign here" or "Cyber". It is worth reading just for Cy's dialogue! lol! She calls Tag "Jack" and "Silver" and acts strange, mostly because of the spark plug in her head (one EVIL DOING of the ALCHEMIST!!) This is great for cat lovers and especially animal rights activists who HATE people like the Alchemist (read the book to find out who he is!). This book is "the cream of the crop" in my opinion, like Tailchaser's Song. Read it!
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