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Summary: a great book!!!
Review: FIRE BRINGER is an origanal type of animal fantasy. Legends and prophecies, darkness and deciet, along with wonderful, loyal friends are the main elements of this exciting book.
Deep in the beautiful hills of Scotland, a herd of Herla, or deer, are living in a sheltered valley. On the terrible night the evil lords Drail and Sgorr are fighting the other deer for control of herd, a baby deer, Rannoch, is born to a hind named Elion and a prophecy is fufilled. The rest of the book follows the adventures of Rannoch and his friends Tain, Thistle, Bankfoot, Willow and Peppa as his mother and friends flee the herd for the great High Land to escape the evil that stalks them. On their way they meet with many stranger herds of deer, including the Slave Herd and a kind old riendeer. lost and reunited, then sepertated again the party somehow manages to escape Sgorr while Rannoch quests to find the true meaning of the prophecy which marks him differnt from his friends. like all good fantasy, there is at last the confrontation between good and evil, between Sgorr and now-full-grown-stag Rannoch, in which the deer and the reader find the true meaning of revenge, belonging, understanding and human destruction.
One of the things that struck about this book are the similarities in style and tone compared with the Harry Potter books. Like Rowlings work, FIRE BRINGER can be read on different levels and therefore by many differnt ages. It is a dark story, full of rich lessons and legends, but it so full of action and classic fantasy elements that my sister, age eight, enjoys it as much as I do. though some parts are terrifying, other parts are very moving and all of it is written so that it seems real.
This is a wonderful read!!!
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Summary: BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ! I'M NOT JOKING!!!!!!!!
Review: PLEASE, PLEASE READ THIS BOOK!!!! I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS ONLY 4 1/2 STARS!!!!! PLEASE READ IT! i HAVE READ MORE THAN 2000 BOOKS AND THIS IS THE BEST!!!!!! PLEASE READ IT! yOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BUY IT, JUST READ IT!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!! BEST BOOK!!!!!
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Summary: LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This book was so good. It was one of the best books I have ever read. And I hope you will read it to!!!!!!!!!!!! trust me if you like a good fantasy and animals then this is for you!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: One of the Best ! !
Review: Fire Bringer reminds me of several of my favorite books, including The Hobbit, with it's tale of tragedy, love, treacery, and friendship.
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Summary: TRULY TOUCHED
Review: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ. I WAS TRULY TOUCHED IN MANY WAYS. THEY DON'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS. I HOPE TO SEE THIS TRANSLATED TO FILM SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS WILL APPEAL TO ALL AGES AND - IT IS A STORY FOR THE AGES. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK FROM THIS GIFTED WRITER. THANK YOU DAVID CLEMENT-DAVIES!!!
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Summary: An Epic Animal Fantasy
Review: It's a wonderful story. I was surprised when the author said it was ment for kids up to 12 years old! It should be a young adult fiction story. It's a touching story that shows how unsuspectingly intelligent animals are. David Clement-Davies slyly shows how similar our two worlds are. From civil disputes to love. A compelling story that has just enough of everything.
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Summary: Fire Bringer: No Burning Legacy
Review: Fire Bringer, written for children ages 9 to 12 will, most likely, be read by adults. The text is far too elaborate for a nine-year old (few will ever finish) and I give it two stars in that category. However, fantasy-loving adults may want to rate the book higher, with a 3 or 4. Fire Bringer has the right formula in a pantheon of strange and familiar beings, a hero with characterist honor and bravery and a dangerous quest. There is even the obligatory map.However, Clement-Davies could have improved the text and held the attention of readers of all ages by writing in the active tense. The book is agonizing to read in its past tense presentation. A change to the active would have made the book read faster and with a better sense of action. Fire Bringer's flame is diminished by its poor use of grammar. Only honest imagination spares the book from total burn-out.
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Summary: Pedestrian
Review: Having never read "Watership Down," "Birth of the Firebringer," or similar anthropomorphic tales, I really can't say whether this book rips them off. I can, however, say that I found it profoundly uninteresting. (and here comes the flames) The story opens in a large group of Highland deer, where a young warrior challenges Drail, Lord of the Herd, and is killed in the process. His mate, as he duels to the death with Drail's warriors, gives birth to a fawn with a white oak leaf on his forehead. To protect her son, who shows the marks of a legendary savior, she covers the leaf mark and gives him to another doe, whose fawn died. Years pass, and Drail grows stronger. The baby, called Rannoch, is now a strong young thing - until the day when his oak leaf is glimpsed. The fawns and does flee the herd and head for parts unknown. Rannoch vanishes after an attack by some dogs, and years later returns. But he changes from a fiery young buck into a pacifistic young buck. And, if he is ever to fulfil his destiny, he must go back and confront Drail's sinister successor. The book starts off with immense promise, introducing a unique deer society and power structure, such as the deer "harems" and the different tribes of deer with different views and customs. Rannoch starts off as a cute little thing, but with the kind of intelligence and courage that endears him to the reader instantly. It starts to go downhill when he encounters humans. Unlike the classic tragic hero, Frodo, we get less and less insight into Rannoch's mind as the story progresses, and he begins to fight his destiny and become a pacifistic wimp. His weariness at the end is a literal shadow of Frodo's, as he seems to have accomplished less than simply walking in, taunting some other deer, and doing a lot of yapping. The supporting characters (with the exception of the love interest) are far more interesting, such as the deer equivalent of the little outcast nerd who was teased constantly during recess (what a sweetie); also excellent are Rannoch's mother and foster-mother. The rotten Sgorr, sadly, is far more two-dimensional as we know WHY he's a creepy outcast, but not what his motivations are. We never are told why he was so warped as to do (spoiler deleted) in the first place. The chapters leading up to the climax are pretty lifeless, with the deer grimly marching and Rannoch doing a lot of moping. It also kept emphasizing the comparisons to Christ and Moses; I actually rolled my eyes and laughed when Rannoch talks about "take this burden from me." Please. The climax itself was kinda melodramatic, with the ravens and wolves and so forth (you'll know when you read it) and Rannoch talking constantly the whole while. The writing style seemed to flip-flop between being stark and being nicely detailed. The first few pages set the tone nicely, with the descriptions of the Scottish Highlands and the area that the Herd lives in. The descriptions were also great when the does and fawns head off into the snowstorm. Overall, it's a readable book that would have been great if Clement-Davies had dropped a fair portion of the mysticism, or at least spread it out evenly throughout the book (Bambi as Moses, eh?) and had kept the hero at least marginally interesting throughout the book. If you're a major fan of "destiny" heroes or anthropomorphic tales, you may want to check this out. Otherwise...
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Summary: 5 stars isn't nearly good enough...
Review: For starters, the age-reccomendation given by Amazon (ages 9-12) isn't accurate. I am nearly 18 and found this to be an excellant book, and not below my reading level (which has been tested and is quite high). However I'm not saying that this book would be difficult for 9-12 year-olds, either. It is very wide in it's appeal, and is for people of ALL ages. As for the story itself, I can honestly say that I have never found a book that gripped me like this one did. I read it at literally every chance I got (and chances aren't many for me!). On the school bus...before class started...at lunch...etc. It has been comapred to Watership Down, and I have even heard someone say it was similar to Tailchaser's Song. True, there are obvious comparisons to Watership Down, but by no means are the two books the same. Fire Bringer is a work of art in itself and is more than worth a read. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this it turned into a movie someday.
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Summary: Possibly the best book i have ever read
Review: At the beginning the book may seem a little "weird" but as the story gets more and more dense you find yourself unable to leave the book. It is a little long but its definetly worth it. I would recomend the book to anyone over 14, because to really love it i think you must read it when your quite mature, it's absoulutely fantastic!!!!!!!!
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