The Raven Ring: A Lyra Novel

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Summary: multi-leveled fun
Review: I like this author anyway, and I think this is her best book. It is a murder mystery, a romance, a comedy of manners, and a good fantasy novel, especially as a wonderful example of fantasy/sci-fi's ever-present theme of "culture shock". It is extremely readable, excitingly fast-paced, has a lovely heroine, and does not falter in the details.

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Summary: Best book by Wrede
Review: I love this book sooooooooo much. The characters are complex, the story beautiful. The thief has wonderful dialoge. I wish that every book was as well written as this.

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Summary: A true masterpeice by the greatest fantasy authors ever born
Review: I love this book! It's one of my favorites, and one of Wrede's very best. The characters are wonderful and each one is differnt and solid. My favorite character was Karvonen. All his lines are touched with sarcasim and some of them are funny. If ever there was a book that deserves a sequel it was this one! I hope we get one.

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Summary: I LOVE Karvonen!
Review: I LOVE this book. The characters are so far from what you would expect, it's refreshing. I read this book after I read the Enchanted Forest Chronicals, but they are incredibly different. The Chronicals are like fairy tales, and are so sweet, but I did think that the characters were slightly cliche. However, The Raven Ring's characters are so unique, and I was totally in love with Karvonen. Looking at things from Eleret's POV was fabulous, too, because she was so different than anyone else. Wonderul. Read it. I have a copy, but there is no way I'm giving it up!

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Summary: Excellent
Review: I loved the book, the characters were realistic and completly based on people you can like and are amazed by. I loved the fact that the main charater was a girl who was a hugely able person. Most books have men as the warriors, but this one proved that women can be just as adept at anything they try as men can be. I loved that the main characters were not all honourable and that they shaped the story with believable actions. It also showed that people with perfectly good intentions can be as annoying as can be. I rate this five star for excellent characters, believable plot, and overall good writing.

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Summary: SUPER GREAT EXCELLENT FANTASTIC SUPERB BEAUTIFUL
Review: I LOVED this book!!!! I can't think of enough wonderful words to describe it!!! You have GOT to read this book!!! It has lovable characters, and an original plot. There were many different, detailed cultures in the world of Lyra. I wasn't hard to follow at all!! I've read it more than 3 times, and each time discovered something new. READ THIS BOOK.

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Summary: "a reader from cal" is tottally wrong!
Review: I loved this book, as i love almost every other patricia c. wrede books, but this was fabulous and i think reader from cal has NO imagination. i loved the ending of the book it was so faultless. i loved the caracter Eleret because she was very intelligent and i think that the race of cillar are amazing. all around i would love to read it again, if i could find it!

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Summary: This book is an excellent read!
Review: I only wish it were longer. The bood is witty and engaging. Definitely worth the time it takes to read. You won't want to put it down!

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Summary: I love this book!
Review: I read it 7 times and i still love it. I wish it was only longer! I think anyone who gave it less then five stars must have read a differnt book!

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Summary: Just Excellent!
Review: I've read this book long time ago, and because it has a really good plot, characters, and descriptions, i've gotten it stuck in my mind. I'd recommend this to anybody! Its too good to be missed out!