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Summary: Changed my life...it might change yours.
Review: This book has got to be one of the best written books that I have ever read! It has a terrific plot and very interesting characters. This book was hard to get into at first, but I wouldn't give up on it. Something just told me to read and stick with it, that it would get better...and boy did it ever! I laughed and cried (wept is more like it), was happy and angry...but most of all, I felt for the characters and what they were going through. I have never read a book like this one and I never will again. This book changed my life, it made me realize all the things that were good and right. It took away my self pitty and gave me a renewed sense of life and direction. I can't really explain it, I just know that once I was through reading that book, my life took on a whole new meaning. At any rate, the book was superbly written and well rounded. The characters were well writted and explained, which left little room for wondering on who they were when they popped up in the story line. My fav's were Alin and Val, never before has a book showed such dedication in two book characters. I felt that those two helped to make the book very popular. On the sad side of that, not only were those two killed off in the book, but sadly, many people tend to forget them in their review of this book...most likly because they were gay. Trust me, buy this book. Maybe it will do for you, what it did for me. Thanks for your time.
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Summary: Ouch! couldn't make it through this one.
Review: I was introduced to Melanie Rawn through the Dragon Prince trilogy which I had received as a gift one year. I only made it through the first book before vowing never again to touch another by this author. Well, to my shame, I broke my vow and bought this book. I didn't make it all the way through. I found it difficult to follow and boring with an erratic pace. The background history is not interesting and without anything to interest the reader the temptation is there to skip entire sections, which unfortunately, while it will preserve the reader's mental health, it will leave him totally lost. Don't spend your money on this book.
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Summary: The Best Book Ive Read!
Review: I got this book 2 years ago when I was 14... the pretty girl on the cover <Sarra> was what caught my eye, but when i opened the book and started reading, i could not stop! There was so much in the plot and characters that it was hard to put down. I have also read "the Mageborn Traitor" and am still waiting for the third part to come out. This series truly is great!
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Summary: To much politics and to little prose!
Review: As a long time fan of Melanie Rawn, I am sorely dissapointed in Exiles. The plot not only has to many twists and turns to keep even the most dedicated reader engrossed. Character development is extremely poor and takes a back burner position to political development. And speaking of politics, I for one do not think it mixes well with fantasy, and Rawn proves my point. I must be honest, and I only made it 3/4 of the way through the book and I do not know the outcome or ending. And I must also inform people that I began the book 5 times before I decided to sit down and read it. It lacks the spark of the Dragon Prince novels. To many characters, too many plots and subplots, too little character development, too much political machinations and no spirit! Altogether, theses qualities make for a very poorly created book!
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Summary: Fun and very unique
Review: I have nothing but admeration for an auther who can write a book as "deep" as this book was. She gave a distenct and complex personality to every single one of her characters and managed to keep every personality differant and unique. Although she did manage to kill many of my favorite characters very affectivly. I've also noticed many complaints about the complexity of the beginning. I liked it. It was fun reading the book again and picking up on little details you missed before. Besides, it's not like you stade confussed very long. All in all, i enjoyed the book a lot and can't wait to get my hands on the rest of her books. I just wish she would hurry w/ the 3rd one.
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Summary: Fantasy at its best! Melanie Rawn makes you live the dream.
Review: Witout doubt this was one of my favorite reads ever. If you are a woman, and you like fantasy, you simply must read this book and the rest of the trilogy (third book forthcomming). I don't know when I've had a better time!
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Summary: Gripping entertainment.
Review: The book is excelently written but got really confusing because a part of the book was repeated without explanation. Apart from that the novel was extremely entertaining
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Summary: Fantastic book, not the best but fantastic
Review: Melain Rawn did made an excellent effort to make a complete storyline. It is really worth to read, and make sure you read the rest(Mageborn traitor).
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Summary: Definitely a decent book, but.....
Review: I'm the first to admit it: I'm a romantic at heart. However, I also love science fiction, which tends to generally kill off all love (ie, "Dune" and "WOT") so maybe I shouldn't read it. HA! That bit of nonesense over with, I have to say this is a decent book. ACtually, it's a WONDERFUL book, as all the first books of my favorite scifi-fantasy series were (ie, Dune, WOT, _Wizard's first rule_ trilogy, _The Baker's boy_ trilogy, _The Dragonbone Chair_ trilogy, etc); they gave me the promise of romance, intrigue, and magic, something I find to be to my liking. But then I look back on Melanie Rawn's past books: she kills off all the good characters. I **LOVED** her first Dragon trilogy, but I really wish she'd left well enough alone. I didn't want some of those characters to die; I didn't want to know how they suffered. Call me weak; I don't like watching favorites die, and she killed them off. Most of them, leaving the weaker ones to rule or whatever. I'm so scared she'll do it in her next book, I'm seriously considering not reading it! But this is a review of THIS book, so I'll review. DEFINITELY a must read book if you're into fantasy! I'd almost be willing to say it's a stand alone book, but it leaves some loose ends to tie up, so it's good there's another book. I just know she's going to kill off some of the characters though, and I don't want her to do that. She has a bad habit of doing that.... Man, I'm rambling! I gave this book 4 stars because it deserves it. :) I'd give it 5, truly I would, but I don't think it's an accomplishment on par with some of the other fantasy books I've given 5 stars too. Maybe 4 1/2? :) Sarah
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Summary: The book was wonderful
Review: Even though the beginning was hard to get into first, I would say it was worth it. The book is amazing. I could not put the book down!! This book is an unforgetable book.
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