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Summary: MUST read it!
Review: The Silver Gryphon is a really really great book, though you should read the other two before it. (the Black Gryphon and the White Gryphon). It goes into detail about my favorite things from the mercedes lackey books...wyrsa. ::shudders:: wouldnt want to meet some of those face-to-face! e mail me..
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Summary: 2 people are lost in a forest with something stalking them!
Review: This book is incredible! Amberdrake's and Skandranon's children are lost in the forest when their flying basket crashes. All their magical tools are no longer magical. Both are injured. Somebody or something is stalking them
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Summary: Not up to her usual standards
Review: This book seemed very out of synch with the other two books in the trilogy because the main characters are the offspring of the two main characters of the other two books. Taken by itself, however, it was entertaining but it was not up to Misty's usual standards, I felt. The plot dragged and was full of inconsistencies. I have read worse but The Silver Gryphon was a bit of a disappointment as I expected better from Mercedes Lackey.
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Summary: BAD!
Review: This is the worst book in the entire series, it is repetitive and absolutely nothing happens in it until the end, it does not match up to the work she normally does. My advice to anyone thinking about reading the series, go to this book and then read the the first two chapters and the last two chapters and you won't miss anything.
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Summary: Growing up ain't easy!
Review: This story of youth and maturation under stress is an incredible bridge between being 'child of fame' and 'famous child of'. As per the standard we have come to expect, this exceedingly well-written and descriptive novel is certainly one worthy of shelving alongside the other two volumes of the series, right next to the other shelves of Lackey's work.That is, if you can let it go long enough....
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Summary: Great book
Review: This was not the best of Mercedes Lackey's books, true, but it was better than most of the people have said. I think it explains some qeustions I've had about the wyrsa, like why the ones that Tylendel summoned in "Magic's Pawn" were different than the ones in the Winds series that Skif and Wintermoon (?) fought. I think that there should be a sequel to it, but that would upset the balance of her series of trilogies. ;-) The idea of magic being sucked out of something is a good one, and I think that by making Tadrith and Silverblade's stalkers have that power and also draining the magic from the surrounding area was a nice touch. I did want to see the Outpost, though . . . The descriptions are wonderful. They let me feel the exact feeling of the forest and air around me. I think that Skan captured a real parent's feeling, but I wouldn't know having never been a parent. :-
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Summary: Weak sequel
Review: Welllll, I'm sorry to say this particular book doesn't live up to the previous two. Though I think it's worth the experience to read, it won't help the reader gain any particularly good insight on well, anything, like the other two Mage Wars books did. It's a lot more shallow, action-oriented, appealing to people who like wilderness survival and fighting books.
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Summary: Not worth buying. She blew it on this one.
Review: When I finished this book, I asked myself the following question: "Why did she write this book?" The only answer I could come up with was "for the money."
Mercedes Lackey has always been for me an "automatic buy". Not any more. This book doesn't advance the story of the Mage Wars (or its aftermath). It doesn't tell us anything interesting about the characters from the rest of the series, and really doesn't even tell us anything new about the Valdemar "Universe".
I wish I had not bought this book, and strongly suggest that you do not buy this book, either.
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Summary: Better than the first two!!
Review: While many other readers felt that the first two books in this series where more interesting, I beg to differ. If you like wartime strategy, politics and lots of description then you probably would prefer the first two. If, on the other hand you like action and suspense, than this would be of more intrest to you. The characters are fresh and interesting, and though the "bad guy" was sort of predictible, the story is well written. And a bonus--this book can be read several times and it gets better every time.
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