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Summary: Good...Trilogy worth reading
Review: A friend recommended this book and the others in the trilogy. I enjoyed it. It is a good read for the most part. I like Rebecca Bradley's style.
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Summary: Refreshingly different
Review: An ordinary person thrust into the role of hero is a fantasy standard these days. But Lady in Gil stands out because of the originality of its plot and the depth Rebecca Bradley brings to her characters.
Tigrallef is one of the Scions of Oballef, one of the hereditary rulers of the island of Gil. When Gil was invaded by the Sherank, the magical artefact that guaranteed their power, the Lady in Gil, was lost and most of the Scions were slaughtered. Seventy years later, Gil is a hellhole under the brutal rule of the Sherank, and the Scions are well and truly under the control of the Flamens, the priesthood of the Lady in Gil. Every so often, the Flamens send a Scion off to Gil to try to find the Lady so that they can all return in triumph to Gil and reclaim their lost power. But now, the bookish Tig, who was so unpromising a heroic prospect that no-one ever bothered to train him, is the only Scion available for the latest mission.
Tig might not be a hero of the type the Flamens wanted, but he is well educated and has a very sharp mind. So when he arrives in Gil and realises how woefully underprepared he really is, he is more disillusioned with the Flamens and the Heroic Code than ever, and decides to do things his way. And then he meets some unexpected allies . . .
Bradley does an excellent job of bringing the clever, but oddly innocent Tig to life, and showing how he grows into the role of a hero without ever losing the qualities that made him so unique and likeable in the first place. Lady in Gil is very much a character-driven story, with the choices Bradley's characters make the source of the action and pathos in the story. It's certainly not just another find-the-artefact-and-save-the-world story. Supporting characters such as Calla and Hawelli, Shree and Lissula, are very well drawn too, and highlight the different responses people can make to the tragedies in their lives.
Does Tig succeed in his quest? Well, sort of . . . I was stunned by the ending - and then very glad to find that there was a sequel. Read this book. It's definitely a cut above the rest.
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Summary: Lady in Gil (Gil trilogy, Book 1)
Review: Beautifully written story;
Great characters, enthralling plot - I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Simple nice story
Review: Fantasy novels come with varying degrees of complexity. Plot, magic systems, characters, and character interaction with other characters.Lady in Gil is simple. This isn't a Jordan/Goodkind delving in layers of intrique and plot that leaves the casual reader's head swimming/drowning and it isn't a boring one layer book with overly predictable events. The author keeps to her story, there isn't any meandering on tangent plots, and the story is nice...with a goal that is reached by the end of the book with only small loose ends to draw you into the next book in the series. Personally I like more depth in my reading, but I don't mind a good simple story now and again. The book is worth a read...but it isn't one you will go back to a second or third time...I plan on getting the second book...or at least going to the library and checking it out for a day or three. ;)
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Summary: Simple nice story
Review: Fantasy novels come with varying degrees of complexity. Plot, magic systems, characters, and character interaction with other characters. Lady in Gil is simple. This isn't a Jordan/Goodkind delving in layers of intrique and plot that leaves the casual reader's head swimming/drowning and it isn't a boring one layer book with overly predictable events. The author keeps to her story, there isn't any meandering on tangent plots, and the story is nice...with a goal that is reached by the end of the book with only small loose ends to draw you into the next book in the series. Personally I like more depth in my reading, but I don't mind a good simple story now and again. The book is worth a read...but it isn't one you will go back to a second or third time...I plan on getting the second book...or at least going to the library and checking it out for a day or three. ;)
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Summary: This is a really good book!
Review: Gil started out a desolate desert island. Until the Lady changed it. Then it became a paradise, until it was invaded by the bloodthirsty -(I can't remeber what their called) . Some of the royal family escaped to a small island near by. Hear they have spent 70 years - trying to find the lost Lady of Gil. The newest hero to be sent to Gil is every thing a hero should, strong, good looking, and athletic. And so stuck to the Heroes code that when he brakes his leg he ignores the pain - and the wound. It become infected and has to be amputated. His brother Tigalif is the only one available to replace him. And according to Tig he is just abut the opposite of everything a hero should be, a failure at the fighting arts, and as he puts it, half of an athlete. That doesn't stop the elders though and before he knows it he is on his way to Gil, and seasick too. I really, really liked this book. Tigalif is a great character. Vary funny. the plot to was good. the worst thing about this book is that it dosn't go on forever - it ends!
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Summary: Not for me.
Review: I am an adult. This book was not for me. It is a story of a fairly-typical reluctant hero. The main character is serious, but juvenille. Young teen readers may find this book attractive, but for other adult readers: stay away.
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Summary: Not for me.
Review: I am an adult. This book was not for me. It is a story of a fairly-typical reluctant hero. The main character is serious, but juvenille. Young teen readers may find this book attractive, but for other adult readers: stay away.
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Summary: A good read
Review: I enjoyed this book, including its ending - which I hadn't anticipated. Rebecca Bradley's writing style, to me, was reminiscent of Anne Logston's (Waterdance and Exile). There was good character development (especially Tigrallef) and plenty of action.
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Summary: A nicely ironic and entertaining fantasy book.
Review: I've only just started this book, but I love it already. Tigrallef, a young clumsy and bookworm-ish memorian, is content spending his life surrounded by books. His people, the Scions, have been exiled from their lands----and the only way to re-claim them is to find the legendary Lady of Gil----a statue of mytical powers. When Tigrallef's brother loses a leg (the brother put his leg armour on backwards and broke his leg in three places, eventually leading to it being amputated), no one but Tig is left to go on this quest. And so he goes . . . reluctant but accepting! Tig reminds me of myself . . . awkward and clumsy, but at least intellegent and with a remarkable sense of humor. This book is wonderfully ironic, yet at the same time Rebecca Bradley spins a magnificent fantasy yarn. This is a great book for anyone who likes imaginative, ironic, and fun yet serious fantasy. Read it!
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