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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I Just finished reading this book today and i gotta say , it was one of THE BEST! books ive ever read and the longest:). I loved the characters and the way you felt like you were travelling with them on their journeys...They all had such personalities and were just so wonderful...I found the end of the book sad though when they all parted, I recommend this book to anyone who just feels kinda Unlikely themselves, Once again I LOVED this book and i cant wait to see if there is going to be a sequel to it! P.s.= GO OUT AND BUY THIS BOOK NOW! 1
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Summary: This is by far the best book I have read.
Review: I love the way the lives of all of the characters intertwine. This book has a very magical and mystical storyline. The book leaves you to decide if the journey was worth it or were the characters better off the way they were.
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Summary: A Wonderful Mix of Characters
Review: I read this book many years ago, when it first came out. I loved is so much that I have reread it several times. Mary Brown created a fabulous world with wonderful characters, many of whom were animals. To this day, I still remember the book, and I have my original paperback copy of the book. Thing, the central character, is a young woman who is the friend and protector of animals who have had a jewel bonded to their bodies, and she can speak their various languages. Thing spends most of the time caring for them, and orchestrating the escape from the witch who has them under her spell. They meet up with other characters, including a cursed knight and a unicorn with a broken horn. The ultimate goal is to have a dragon reverse the spells. If you love this book, as I did, you will love "Pigs Don't Fly."
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Summary: Very Enjoyable!
Review: I simply love fantasies! Not only do they take you completely away from your familiar world but most times, if it's well written, they have some very insightful lessons as well. This one touches on it all - dispair, strength, love, caring, giving, loss and laughter. Great job! I have read fantasies for many years now and am amazed at how thought provoking they can be. A different way to look at life. The Unlikely Ones didn't let me down. The story unfolded so effortlessly that I was carried away in the adventure at a time in my life when I really needed to be carried away! The story was so believable in it's far-out-ness! The relationships that Thing had with the animals was so real that I believe it! A great complimentary book for the Unlikely Ones is Kinship With All Life, by J. Allen Boone. They are so different but so much the same! Amazing and wonderful!
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Summary: Very Enjoyable!
Review: I simply love fantasies! Not only do they take you completely away from your familiar world but most times, if it's well written, they have some very insightful lessons as well. This one touches on it all - dispair, strength, love, caring, giving, loss and laughter. Great job! I have read fantasies for many years now and am amazed at how thought provoking they can be. A different way to look at life. The Unlikely Ones didn't let me down. The story unfolded so effortlessly that I was carried away in the adventure at a time in my life when I really needed to be carried away! The story was so believable in it's far-out-ness! The relationships that Thing had with the animals was so real that I believe it! A great complimentary book for the Unlikely Ones is Kinship With All Life, by J. Allen Boone. They are so different but so much the same! Amazing and wonderful!
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Summary: A Wonderful Novel of Fantasy and Adventure
Review: If you want a book that has adventure and danger, humor and sorrow, despair and enlightenment, then you must read this book! I first read this book many years ago and I've reread it so many times I have worn out my original hardback. Mary Brown captures perfectly the trials and tribulations of a small band of misfit adventurers who struggle to overcome their individual debilities - and with the support of their magical friends, break the witch's curse forever! My favorite authors include Stephen Donaldson, Mercedes Lackey, and ofcourse J.R.R. Tolkien. In THE UNLIKELY ONES, Mary Brown has created intriguing and likeable characters; human, animal and magical, who struggle to overcome overwhelming obstacles and their own inner demons to show us that love and friendship can overcome anything! This is a charming tale filled with love; poignant and strong. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Simple, straightforward fairytale ingredients, three-dimensional, next-door characters, and humor combine to make this a refreshing, unique, and necessary addition to fantasy list. Not one unnecessary word. That's very, very rare in this genre. Mary Brown is a very talented writer (there are many out there) AND she is very careful, meticulous in fact, in what finally gets published (very few out there take the time).This a story that transcends the fantasy category and is destined to become a classic. I will certainly reread it and reread it and . . . (you get the idea).
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Summary: This is a poignant, involving fantasy .
Review: This book presented some very profound concepts in a story that was both poignant and a real-page-turner. The hero and heroine were different, and likeable, and the supporting cast of animals was generally quite a hoot. The unicorn, Snowy, was unforgettable. I have read several other Mary Brown books since this one, and I'm sorry to say that they haven't come close to equalling The Unlikely Ones. But The Unlikely Ones is a real classic, and a real keeper.
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Summary: Get this while it's back in print-don't miss it this time!
Review: This is another story that reads like a fairy tale.
In a faraway cave a dragon lies in deep despair, for his life's quest had been to gather 5 priceless gems, and they have been stolen. He cannot return to his homeland without them.
In a dank cottage, 5 unlikely heroes are enslaved by an evil witch through very painful pebbles embedded in their flesh. They are Thing, a twisted girl deemed so hideous that she always wears a mask, Corby, the black crow, Puddy, the toad, Moglet, the timid kitten, and Pisky, the golden fish. They have no memory of their past and have learned over time to communicate amongst themselves.
When the villagers band together to burn the witch, our heroes escape and set out to solve the mystery of how to remove the pebbles that are causing them such agony. Along the way they meet two others harmed by the witch. The first is a hornless unicorn, whose whose horn was destroyed and companion was slain by the witch. The second is a knight cursed by the witch because he spurned her. His curse is to have rusty armor, a blunt sword, and all desire unfulfilled until he weds the ugliest creature in the land.
Many adventures follow and each member of the group meets a challenge that only they can face, until the mystery of the pebbles is solved. Unlike most books, the fulfillment of the quest is not quite the end, as in the real world each one must find their own happiness in the end.
A very good book with a bittersweet ending.
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Summary: Get this while it's back in print-don't miss it this time!
Review: This is another story that reads like a fairy tale.
In a faraway cave a dragon lies in deep despair, for his life's quest had been to gather 5 priceless gems, and they have been stolen. He cannot return to his homeland without them.
In a dank cottage, 5 unlikely heroes are enslaved by an evil witch through very painful pebbles embedded in their flesh. They are Thing, a twisted girl deemed so hideous that she always wears a mask, Corby, the black crow, Puddy, the toad, Moglet, the timid kitten, and Pisky, the golden fish. They have no memory of their past and have learned over time to communicate amongst themselves.
When the villagers band together to burn the witch, our heroes escape and set out to solve the mystery of how to remove the pebbles that are causing them such agony. Along the way they meet two others harmed by the witch. The first is a hornless unicorn, whose whose horn was destroyed and companion was slain by the witch. The second is a knight cursed by the witch because he spurned her. His curse is to have rusty armor, a blunt sword, and all desire unfulfilled until he weds the ugliest creature in the land.
Many adventures follow and each member of the group meets a challenge that only they can face, until the mystery of the pebbles is solved. Unlike most books, the fulfillment of the quest is not quite the end, as in the real world each one must find their own happiness in the end.
A very good book with a bittersweet ending.
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