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Summary: A rewarding visit to Newford and beyond
Review: When first hearing of "Trader" the subject of this book didn't really sound appealing. Luckily I decided to buy it anyway. Returning to Newford and its enchanting people was great. Okay, it did get some getting used to the permanent switching of characters but this style of writing helped unfolding this story, a real page-turner!In my opinion, though, De Lint put too much different storylines in this book and therefore couldn't explore all of them deeply enough. The final showdown between Trader and Devlin wasn't quite what I expected it to be. This guy takes away all the basics of Max'existence, but there is not really a deeper-going dialogue between the leading characters! But all in all "Trader" is a book really worth reading.
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Summary: One of de Lint's best
Review: Wonderful book. I came to the semi-painful realization that de Lint's Newford books are the only ones that I really like. Memory and Dream didn't do a lot for me. I LOVED Dreams Underfoot. And then Trader. Near as I can figure, in the Newford chronology of things, Trader HAS to come between Dreams Underfoot and The Ivory And The Horn. I really, really liked it. The back cover describes it as "an adult coming of age story," and I would agree. The characters are vivid, funny, realistic...very passionate as well, which is very important for me. While Someplace to Be Flying is definately my favorite de Lint book, Trader is really up there, too.
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Summary: One of de Lint's best
Review: Wonderful book. I came to the semi-painful realization that de Lint's Newford books are the only ones that I really like. Memory and Dream didn't do a lot for me. I LOVED Dreams Underfoot. And then Trader. Near as I can figure, in the Newford chronology of things, Trader HAS to come between Dreams Underfoot and The Ivory And The Horn. I really, really liked it. The back cover describes it as "an adult coming of age story," and I would agree. The characters are vivid, funny, realistic...very passionate as well, which is very important for me. While Someplace to Be Flying is definately my favorite de Lint book, Trader is really up there, too.
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Summary: Very very cool premise
Review: You'll either love or hate Charles de Lint. He never attempts to do anything other than entertain, however somehow I always come away from his books feeling as if I've accidentally learned something he is a storyteller through & through, not actually a writer, although he's had to stoop to writing because he just can't make a living traveling about the world and telling stories. In any even, this here story is so well crafted, with so much emotion packed into the characters, that I found myself dreading the ending... when I got within the last twenty pages, I started reading as slowly as possible. I wanted the story to go on... going to reread it.
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