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Summary: This is a very good read, if you've read earth and water
Review: I found this book to be the most interesting of the three. It had a slow beginning, but it had little pieces of humor to it. (ex: Where's my dragon?) It seemed to have more than one plot to it, which added to the interest. I really like that it was longer, it seemed to make it able for the book to be more complex. One flaw it does have, is the ending does not have any closure whatso-ever. I look forward to the third one.
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Summary: Good, but not great,
Review: I must say that I was a little let down by this book. Number one reason: I had to wait so long to read it that I had forgotten half of the plot! Number two reason: I just don't like where she's taking the story. Don't get me wrong, it's a good book, and over all, I did enjoy it, but I felt unsatisfied at the end. Hopefully, the next one is better.
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Summary: Review and Status on Book of Air
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed these books. Although I found some of the character's actions and moods hard to relate to at times, I found this is part of the series charms as well. The characters seem very real - despite not being as rational or as thoughtful as we might be (or, at least, as we imagine we might be in their circumstances!).The author told me that she is submitting a draft of the Book of Air in March, 2003. The publisher expects the Book of Air to be out around November, 2003.
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Summary: Good book.
Review: I'd like to say that I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a good addition to an excellent Quartet.I liked that she gave old characters more depth and all the little plot twists in the story would have kept me on the edge of my seat had i not looked ahead. I wasn't very happy with the ending though. Not because it was badly written but because i just thought it was so unfair. I can so far only see two ways that can turn out and the one that seems most likely in my opinion, I don't like. But aside from that I think it's one of the best series i've read and I'm gunna have alot of fun trying to figure out all the ways this story could turn out. But I can only keep doing that for so long before i start to go insane, so I really, really hope that the next book comes out soon so i can see how close my speculations were to the actual ending. All in all a good book in an excellent series that's being dragged on to eternity
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Summary: The continuation of a wonderful saga ...
Review: It's not often that I can say I have *no* idea where a series is going, but that is exactly my reaction to the Dragon Quartet -- and I love it! The story continues to evolve and twist in ways I didn't expect, leaving me in suspense. The characters continue to be wonderfully unique, imaginative, and independent, as well as sympathetic. The only negative is Kellogg's chosen narrative style for this series. In "The Book of Water", when it was first introduced, it was an interesting concept: past tense for those characters from the past, present tense for the characters from the future. It was a unique and innovative twist in TBoW, since pages were for the most part shared evenly between Erde and N'Doch (another cudos to Kellogg, btw, for the use of corresponding names for dragons and guides). However, in "The Book of Fire" this style becomes far too confusing, as well as a bit disruptive to the flow of the story, since Erde's role is relatively small. Switching from an oft-times miniscule bit of past tense into a huge segment of present tense is . . . wel, not the kind of switching gears my brain would prefer to do. :( I hope that Ms. Kellogg decides to stop that use in the next book, preferably continuing entirely in past tense -- tho that's just my literary preference -- or my enjoyment of it will be drastically reduced, as it was for the most part with TBoF. Other than that problem, however, I adore the series and can't *wait* to see how it ends (since I truly haven't a single clue where she's going with this). I *highly* recommend this series to readers, and give it 4 out of 5 stars only because of the aforementioned narrative style. Ms. Kellogg, please don't make us wait TOO long for the next book this time, okay? :)
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Summary: A quote from the LOCUS review of THE BOOK OF FIRE:
Review: LOCUS Reviewer Carolyn Cushman writes: "The third volume of THE DRAGON QUARTET heads into new territory once again. The ongoing narration in this quirky time travel tale...adds a sense of immediacy and timelessness that's unusually effective...an entertaining and pleasantly unusual fantasy/SF mix."
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Summary: Very good, but also very dissapointing
Review: Ok, here's how the story goes: One year for my birthday, my friend was looking for a gift for me; she told her aunt that I loved reading. Her aunt said, "Why don't you give her one of my friend's new novel and see if she likes it?". This is how it all started. I love this entire series and I can't wait until the final one comes out. However, this book was very dissapointing, not for the plot twist but for the way Ms. Kellogg portrays Erde. I do agree with the other reviewers that N'Doch improves greatly, but Erde is very annoying in my opinion! I love Erde in the first two books, but in this one, she is a love sick puppy and annoys the heck out of me. Overall tho, this book is good, but definately read the first two to understand the series!
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Summary: Very good, but also very dissapointing
Review: Ok, here's how the story goes: One year for my birthday, my friend was looking for a gift for me; she told her aunt that I loved reading. Her aunt said, "Why don't you give her one of my friend's new novel and see if she likes it?". This is how it all started. I love this entire series and I can't wait until the final one comes out. However, this book was very dissapointing, not for the plot twist but for the way Ms. Kellogg portrays Erde. I do agree with the other reviewers that N'Doch improves greatly, but Erde is very annoying in my opinion! I love Erde in the first two books, but in this one, she is a love sick puppy and annoys the heck out of me. Overall tho, this book is good, but definately read the first two to understand the series!
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Summary: Very good, but also very dissapointing
Review: Ok, here's how the story goes: One year for my birthday, my friend was looking for a gift for me; she told her aunt that I loved reading. Her aunt said, "Why don't you give her one of my friend's new novel and see if she likes it?". This is how it all started. I love this entire series and I can't wait until the final one comes out. However, this book was very dissapointing, not for the plot twist but for the way Ms. Kellogg portrays Erde. I do agree with the other reviewers that N'Doch improves greatly, but Erde is very annoying in my opinion! I love Erde in the first two books, but in this one, she is a love sick puppy and annoys the heck out of me. Overall tho, this book is good, but definately read the first two to understand the series!
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Summary: it had its flaws but...
Review: overall this was a good book. i liked the plot twist. however, i found erde, and the baron to be totally insuferable. i liked the story but found undo disrespect steeped on the one main charecter who has the most heart, ndoch. i enjoyed the read. overall, the conclusion was good and opens up all kinds of possibilites for the series conclusion. i am not looking forward to another long wait but rushing the story would be worse. so i'll try to keep the plot points strait until the book of air comes out.
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