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Summary: Harmonious Fun
Review: I stumbled onto the first book of this series,"The Soprano Sorceress," in the library and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was even more pleased to see that Modesitt had made the premise into a series. Anna is a strong and likable charecter sent into hard, dry, gritty times. Modesitt paints almost too realistic a setting making me wish for just a little relief by way of greener scenery or ease for the main charecters. I personally do not care for so much carnage and war in what I read, but I cared enough for Anna to read nonstop to the end. More on minor charecters that actually live would be nice. Do not be deterred. This is a great and fun read. A natural for anyone who understands the power of music and loves fantacy.
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Summary: Contradictory and yet strangely compelling...
Review: I wouldn't exactly call Anna a particlularly likeable character. She's petty, ruthless and she almost hates all men. Although the book suggests that Erde is slightly sexist, the only person in the book who is majorly bashing the other gender is Anna. Yet despite this, she is a fascinating character. Because her beliefs drip hypocrisy, (Killing as many people as you want is okay as long as you have justifiable motives? Yeah, right!) she has a certain dimension to her many other heroines lack. However, I feel that supporting characters need more development. Also interesting is how the book questions the limitations of being a ruler, and lets us look into the mind of a conqueror. Fascinating read, albeit heroine can be irritating.
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Summary: An extra star for good intentions
Review: I'm sure Modesitt wanted to do a good thing by showing a strong female character in a world full of stupid sexist men. Certainly there is some truth to the fact that this happens. However, sometimes it's even worse to be patronizing, to make the woman a bitchy crab and the men consistently awful. This does nothing to span the gap between the sexes, and it makes for a boring, badly written book.In addition. as a musician, I have to take exception to the praise for the musical content. It stinks. I'm sorry. I don't care if Mr. Modesitt is married to a music professor. He has no sense of it in his plotting or writing. This is midlevel fantasy. I wish I liked it better, because I think he had the right intentions.
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Summary: The Further Adventures of the Soprano Sorceress
Review: In the follow up to The Soprano Sorceress, Anna finds herself and her adopted nation under siege from all sides. Using her powerful spell songs, Anna manages to pull through but not without some difficulty. I'd like to see this series explore her use of spell songs to control humans. She has used it innumerable times to force people to behave a certain way and it should have some dark consequences later on.
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Summary: The Further Adventures of the Soprano Sorceress
Review: In the follow up to The Soprano Sorceress, Anna finds herself and her adopted nation under siege from all sides. Using her powerful spell songs, Anna manages to pull through but not without some difficulty. I'd like to see this series explore her use of spell songs to control humans. She has used it innumerable times to force people to behave a certain way and it should have some dark consequences later on.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: It was a good book, but in the first book Anna and the other characters did not cuss as much as in this book. The plot was very good and it had some very good battle scenes. I also like the idea the book gave where it looked like Jecks liked Anna at times and then was afraid of her at other times. I liked how it worked out for them.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!!
Review: of course, being a sappy romantic i was hoping for a small love story in this book. Because usually stories of women heroines usually ends with a love story but not this one. It was serious and intriguing AND long but i was able to finish it in two days (i was just that enthusiastic!). I was hopin for a little more detail about the characters other than Anna but the author just left you with your imagination to figure it out for yourself. N-e wayz, i was hoping for a little more drama, it became a little dry at sometimes but i still loved it! So be off! And buy this book = )
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Summary: Not bad, but should be condensed. Annoying at times.
Review: Our protagonist, Anna, doesn't like bloodshed, but finds she cannot avoid it. L.E. Modesitt won't let us forget it - he repeats it over and over, as he does with Anna's need to constantly eat. He needn't be incessantly describing it! The book would make a better read if Anna were smarter - many of her solutions are plain brute force, where something subtler would have been more appropriate.
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Summary: A tallent well exploited!
Review: Since the sprano sorceress I have been an big fan of L.E.Modesitt, and this latest book has done nothing to belittle my admiration. I loved the book, and you cannot but like Anna and the strength determination that she shows in the difficult choices that she has to face. Also it describes admirably the terrible loneliness that accompenies great power and how it sets her apart from those around her. The plot also has some unforseen twists that are unexpected. I enjoyed this book very much and counting the days till the next book.
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Summary: Author pads book with repetion "ad nauseum."
Review: The premise of this novel could be wonderful but the author's constant repetion of the heroine's same thoughts become increasingly tedious. GET ON WITH IT!
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