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Summary: nope
Review: It's okay, but much to predictable. It seems almost formula written and with all the stories on the market today it really needs a better plot to make an impression.
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Summary: Fabulous!
Review: Not many authors, not even some of the Masters and much less, contemporary bestsellers, can claim a debut piece they can be proud to show the world.Few have a strong inaugurate, a well researched, captivating, and evocative buildungsroman with elements of literary greatness that he can point to, not only to the market of wildly varying tastes and opinions of the general public, but to the critics. J. Ardian Lee is such an author. And "Son of the Sword" is such a novel.
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Summary: Diana Gabaldon should sue
Review: The jarring opening of this book made me cringe. Dylan Matheson, mama's boy and general milquetoast, transforms over the endless pages into a hero of 18th century Scotland. Oh please. Aside from the fact that it's been done before, both generally and specifically--it's OUTLANDER with a less appealing male protagonist--the book is written in that nauseating romance style where the omniscient narrator is in the character's heads. Talk about breaking the fourth wall. The characters in the book are annoying and one dimensional. It is clear that the author really likes each of them, so we have to as well, which is a sign of a rank amateur. Good storytelling involves an objective narrator, one who doesn't feel the need to try to make you admire the protagonists, but instead allows you to come to this conclusion yourself. I guess I should have known this was a romance by the roses on the cover, more than a fantasy. I think the cover copy is really deceptive. One final suggestion to Mr./Ms. Lee: SHOW, DON'T TELL.
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Summary: Reads like a textbook
Review: This book was very disappointing. The writing was juvenile, using thesame slang words over and over again. "He bolted", (as inleft, or ran, or walked away) became the novel's mantra. The historywas packed into the book, however,instead of using a writing talent tounfold the facts, they are explained in a textbook drone whilepresented as dialogue between characters. This book would probablyhave been fine for 5th or 6th grade reading class, except for the sexscenes, which were also written with a juvenile voice. Overall it wasa huge disappointment. Dry, boring, and tedious, with a need for athesarus. ... I was hoping for a fantasy, and got ajuvenile textbook about history in Scotland, that may or may not beaccurate.
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Summary: Part romance, part history, total enjoyment!
Review: This is a wonderful story. There's something for the romance lover, the history lover and the adventurer. Dylan, the main character, is totally believable and his anguish at being ripped from the time in which he truly belongs felt very real. A fast paced and thoroughly enjoyable tale that I couldn't put down. I can't wait for the next book in the series.
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Summary: son of the sword
Review: Very enjoyable, combining present day misfortunes along with past adventures. Once started this book was hard to put down, finished it that day. My son picked it up, enjoyed it and knew I would also.
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Summary: son of the sword
Review: Very enjoyable, combining present day misfortunes along with past adventures. Once started this book was hard to put down, finished it that day. My son picked it up, enjoyed it and knew I would also.
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Summary: Engaging!
Review: What a wonderful read! Son of the Sword is fast paced and richly evocative of the time period. The author knows his history and has a gift for bringing it alive. I am definitely looking forward to more works by J. Ardian Lee.
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Summary: Hey Tink!
Review: Wow! I loved this book! Dylan is such an awesome charcater! And I think it's wonderfully written. . . I learned Gaelic words and other terms and lots about the history of the time. He may be a fictional charcater, but the people he meets are not. . . Along with all the historcal babble, this book also has its fantasy element, in the form of a fairy, whom Dylan fondly calls "Tinkerbell." She sends him back in time when Dylan touchs a spelled braodsword. You laugh and then cry; Son of the Sword has all the esstential elements needed in a good book! A surprise ending and a love that spans place and time, just to mention a few. . . I've been to J. Ardian Lee's website and read that a sequel is coming out soon! I'm sure it will be just as butt-kicking as this one!
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Summary: Hey Tink!
Review: Wow! I loved this book! Dylan is such an awesome charcater! And I think it's wonderfully written. . . I learned Gaelic words and other terms and lots about the history of the time. He may be a fictional charcater, but the people he meets are not. . . Along with all the historcal babble, this book also has its fantasy element, in the form of a fairy, whom Dylan fondly calls "Tinkerbell." She sends him back in time when Dylan touchs a spelled braodsword. You laugh and then cry; Son of the Sword has all the esstential elements needed in a good book! A surprise ending and a love that spans place and time, just to mention a few. . . I've been to J. Ardian Lee's website and read that a sequel is coming out soon! I'm sure it will be just as butt-kicking as this one!
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