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Summary: An amazing coming-of-age story of a young hero and herion.
Review: At first I wasn't too sure about this book. The chapters didn't seem to corospond with the other chapters and some event seem a little "far out". However as I got deeper and deeper in the pages, I just simply couldn't put down the book. The characters, events and creatures came to life. The book is setup very similuarly to style mytholgy. If you are a fan of Greek Mytholgy you'll appriciate it a lot more. I highly recomend this epic-style heroism book to all readers; weither you are a romance, adventue, novel, fiction or non-fiction reader
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Summary: Story with a twist
Review: Guess what - it's not that story again. It is the other way around. This is a fantasy story written by somebody who knows his religion, culture, world history and geography. So, there are no inconsistencies (however strange this sounds for fantasy genre), people talk normally, and above all, the story is unbelievably good. One of rare books that is not a Tolkien rip-off. Congratulations, Mr. Keyes!
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Summary: An experience worth reading over--...and over, and over!
Review: I checked this book out at the local library in hopes of a good read. I wasn't disappointed!! Right in the beginning I bonded with the chracters since they were around my age of 13. The worlds they lived in were so different yet they were dealing with the same kind of problem--growing up and dealing with the demands and changes that came along with it. Hezhi-she had to deal with the power her ancient father, the River, had given her-and how to escape it. Perkar-he had deal with the rituals of becoming a man and gaining Piraku-until meeting a goddess so beautiful he vowed to slay the one thing that could result in his death. Their lives twist and turn until their destinys become so entangled that they are forever bonded. Finishing this book will leave your mind with thousands of possible endings to the sequel, The Blackgod. My advice, if you plan to buy The Waterborn, buy The Blackgod at the same time!
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Summary: A good read
Review: I had never heard of this series when I picked up this book. About halfway through reading it, I thought, wow, this is actually pretty good. I enjoy this book's originality. It stands out in the wasteland of mediocrity which basically represents the past 10 years of fantasy writing. It's a rather well written book too. Keyes has a knack of mingling economical writing with poetic writing. That might be a result of his interest in myth and legend. This was an entertaining series and well worth reading.
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Summary: Refreshing and truly different, read it.
Review: I happened upon this book in an unusual way, I met Greg and his wife Nell through a mutual friend and at the time of that meeting I was unaware that he was an author. Upon find out that he was an author, I endeavored to see what sort of writing he was capable of. I was then very surprised and pleased by Waterborn.I have read many of the current fantasy novels available today and, to me, they all seem familiar. You have your warriors and wizards and some sort of non-human characters, usually an elf, dwarf, or such. But Mr. Keyes has created something truly different, and quite refreshing. Here we have various cultures of mankind trying to make a life for themselves in a world where the Gods are not only real they live in the same world. He characterization is fantastic, and the intertwining story a page-turner. If you like fantasy novels but are getting tired of the same old story I would strongly suggest Waterborn you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: It was good.
Review: I really enjoyed this book and I'm only 14! The reading isn't very hard. A good book. I liked getting to know each character. I'm now reading Blackgod (sequal) and its good too. I recomed these books.
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Summary: I hate you deeply Gregory Keys
Review: I was trying to write a five page essay on what my future career would be, but I had just checked out this book. I had gotten the book earlier that day say around 12 and my classes ended at 3 but after that all I did was read this book. I just couldn't stop reading it. The story wasn't the greatest ever, but it was very good and just about every chapter ended with some kind of cliffhanger. I kept telling myself that one more chapter and I would go off to write my paper, but it would end I'd start to leave the room and then'd realize I couldn't start writing untill I found out if the princess was going to jump off the roof plunging to her DOOM! The chapters that didn't end like that always had some new strange development that made you want to find out what would happen next; I can't go write now I don't know what will happen now that Perkar finaly met up with the giant and librarian. Then at 3 in the morning I eventually got to the end of the book. I still had an essay that was due tomorrow. DARN YOU GREGORY KEYS!
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Summary: I hate you deeply Gregory Keys
Review: I was trying to write a five page essay on what my future career would be, but I had just checked out this book. I had gotten the book earlier that day say around 12 and my classes ended at 3 but after that all I did was read this book. I just couldn't stop reading it. The story wasn't the greatest ever, but it was very good and just about every chapter ended with some kind of cliffhanger. I kept telling myself that one more chapter and I would go off to write my paper, but it would end I'd start to leave the room and then'd realize I couldn't start writing untill I found out if the princess was going to jump off the roof plunging to her DOOM! The chapters that didn't end like that always had some new strange development that made you want to find out what would happen next; I can't go write now I don't know what will happen now that Perkar finaly met up with the giant and librarian. Then at 3 in the morning I eventually got to the end of the book. I still had an essay that was due tomorrow. DARN YOU GREGORY KEYS!
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Summary: A wonderful book on the same line as Tolkien.
Review: It is a great book. I just wanted to say that. Great book. A must read
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Summary: A pageturner
Review: It's part bayou, part Native American myth, all enjoyable
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