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Summary: A complex, carefully crafted, exciting fantasy ride.
Review: As usual Tepper brings to life a complex and extremely realistic world. Her heroic characters are multi-dimensional and evolve during the course of the story. The plot twists and turns as the host of main characters (there have to be at least ten) each add to the story from their own point of view. Somehow Tepper manages to keep all the action coherent and moving in a forward direction but the reader has to really pay attention! This is not a book that you can put down and pick up two weeks later unless you have a phenomenal memory. The only weak element is in the creation of the villians. They are almost one-dimensional and are reminiscent of the flat villians of Tepper's Six Moon Dance. Villians aside though, this is a typically wonderful Tepper book. You'll feel sad when its over.
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Summary: Vintage Tepper
Review: Awakeners is one of Sheri Tepper's better stories. In her best works, she shows a concern for environmental issues and human feelings, without becoming tedious or preachy. In Awakeners, one of her older novels, she weaves together the stories of several individuals living along one river that both unifies and divides their world.
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Summary: Rich, detailed, involving, emotional. Excellent read.
Review: I couldn't put this book down. It's so well-conceived, the characters are accessible and interesting, the story was multi-facetted and solemn. I'm not sure Amazon.Com will know to recommend this to you, but if you love in-depth stories with characters you come to know, in political and social situations that are captivating and real-seeming, you should not only read "The Awakeners" but you should also consider Richard Adams lesser-known book "Maia" for a similarly involving, detailed story. I highly recommend both books!
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Summary: Enjoyed but still feel there is more needing explaining
Review: I enjoyed the book (Sheri Tepper is one of my favorite writers). This book (combo of two volumes) definitly has a plentitude (?) of twists, plotting, romance, and details. Once started I didn't want to put it down....HOWEVER, while you learn a LOT about the Thraish, the Talkers, and the Trecci...it is rather annoying that more detail and attention was not given in developing the Strangeys, their contribution to life on the planet, and the conclusion of the Lila substory. In some ways it feels like the needed explanations were cut out in the editing and unfortunately, the result left me feeling that there is a fairly large hole in the narrat sligtly wanting. Ultimately it was hard for me to give an rating - I think 3 and a half stars really more accurately reflects my feelings.
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Summary: Enjoyed but still feel there is more needing explaining
Review: I enjoyed the book (Sheri Tepper is one of my favorite writers). This book (combo of two volumes) definitly has a plentitude (?) of twists, plotting, romance, and details. Once started I didn't want to put it down....HOWEVER, while you learn a LOT about the Thraish, the Talkers, and the Trecci...it is rather annoying that more detail and attention was not given in developing the Strangeys, their contribution to life on the planet, and the conclusion of the Lila substory. In some ways it feels like the needed explanations were cut out in the editing and unfortunately, the result left me feeling that there is a fairly large hole in the narrat sligtly wanting. Ultimately it was hard for me to give an rating - I think 3 and a half stars really more accurately reflects my feelings.
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Summary: A wonderful surprise from a great author
Review: I've been a great fan of Sheri S. Tepper's for years, but somehow I missed this book, perhaps because it was published before I started her books. I'm glad I finally found it! Ms. Tepper is one of the few authors whose work seems to be detiorating with time; the quality of her books have been going downhill since "Gibbon's Decline and Fall". But this is vintage Tepper: a great plot, compelling and interesting characters and even a message about the nature of humans. Don't miss this one!
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Summary: A wonderful surprise from a great author
Review: I've been a great fan of Sheri S. Tepper's for years, but somehow I missed this book, perhaps because it was published before I started her books. I'm glad I finally found it! Ms. Tepper is one of the few authors whose work seems to be detiorating with time; the quality of her books have been going downhill since "Gibbon's Decline and Fall". But this is vintage Tepper: a great plot, compelling and interesting characters and even a message about the nature of humans. Don't miss this one!
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Summary: The Missing Center
Review: Started out great, as usual with Ms Tepper. However, on reaching page 161, up popped a short story or something entitled, "All Flesh is Clay," followed on page 168 by "Twenty-two and Absolutely Free" and on page 190 by "Hooked On Buzzer" which ended on page 192 with the reappearance of The Awakeners' page 193. What I read was fine but the missing 30 pages ruined it. Obviously the publisher, Orb, ripped you off as well as me
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Summary: The Missing Center
Review: Started out great, as usual with Ms Tepper. However, on reaching page 161, up popped a short story or something entitled, "All Flesh is Clay," followed on page 168 by "Twenty-two and Absolutely Free" and on page 190 by "Hooked On Buzzer" which ended on page 192 with the reappearance of The Awakeners' page 193. What I read was fine but the missing 30 pages ruined it. Obviously the publisher, Orb, ripped you off as well as me
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Summary: The Missing Center
Review: Started out great, as usual with Ms Tepper. However, on reaching page 161, up popped a short story or something entitled, "All Flesh is Clay," followed on page 168 by "Twenty-two and Absolutely Free" and on page 190 by "Hooked On Buzzer" which ended on page 192 with the reappearance of The Awakeners' page 193. What I read was fine but the missing 30 pages ruined it. Obviously the publisher, Orb, ripped you off as well as me
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