Rating: 
Summary: A disapointment after "Illusions"
Review: Altogether, this book was a slight disapointment after reading Illusions. You never really connect with the characters ( you just don't relate to them, and they remain flat throughout the book), and some grotesque scenes were too overly descriptive to swallow down. The imagery and details are great, but the plot and weak character developements really pulled it down.
Rating: 
Summary: A 7 on a "Paula" scale of 1 - 10
Review: Eighteenth century colonial India seems to be the historical parallel used in this book. It is classic Paula, with vivid characters and fantasy/history blend. Though some characters seem to be "Illusion" retreads, it is an enjoyable read nevertheless, especially if godly struggle is your thing.
Rating:
Summary: A 7 on a "Paula" scale of 1 - 10
Review: Eighteenth century colonial India seems to be the historical parallel used in this book. It is classic Paula, with vivid characters and fantasy/history blend. Though some characters seem to be "Illusion" retreads, it is an enjoyable read nevertheless, especially if godly struggle is your thing.
Rating: 
Summary: A little disappointed, but good all the same...
Review: First off, I have to say that Paula Volsky is one of my favourite authors. I absolutely loved "The Grand Ellipse," and I enjoyed "The White Tribunal."After shelling out $20 at the local B&N for the trade paperback, though, I feel a little cheated. The story is interesting, and Volsky's graceful, descriptive style makes "The Gates of Twilight" a good enough read. However, there is absolutely no character development (that I can see, anyway). I found it hard to really like the main characters, or care what happened to them. The two main characters never really grow as people, and the romance just kind of popped up--it feels like it was there only because it was expected of Volsky. That being said, I suggest for those set on buying this novel to get the mass-market paperback...or if you just want to read it, pick it up in the library. It's good, but I prefer "The Grand Ellipse."
Rating:
Summary: A little disappointed, but good all the same...
Review: First off, I have to say that Paula Volsky is one of my favourite authors. I absolutely loved "The Grand Ellipse," and I enjoyed "The White Tribunal." After shelling out $20 at the local B&N for the trade paperback, though, I feel a little cheated. The story is interesting, and Volsky's graceful, descriptive style makes "The Gates of Twilight" a good enough read. However, there is absolutely no character development (that I can see, anyway). I found it hard to really like the main characters, or care what happened to them. The two main characters never really grow as people, and the romance just kind of popped up--it feels like it was there only because it was expected of Volsky. That being said, I suggest for those set on buying this novel to get the mass-market paperback...or if you just want to read it, pick it up in the library. It's good, but I prefer "The Grand Ellipse."
Rating:
Summary: A little disappointed, but good all the same...
Review: First off, I have to say that Paula Volsky is one of my favourite authors. I absolutely loved "The Grand Ellipse," and I enjoyed "The White Tribunal." After shelling out $20 at the local B&N for the trade paperback, though, I feel a little cheated. The story is interesting, and Volsky's graceful, descriptive style makes "The Gates of Twilight" a good enough read. However, there is absolutely no character development (that I can see, anyway). I found it hard to really like the main characters, or care what happened to them. The two main characters never really grow as people, and the romance just kind of popped up--it feels like it was there only because it was expected of Volsky. That being said, I suggest for those set on buying this novel to get the mass-market paperback...or if you just want to read it, pick it up in the library. It's good, but I prefer "The Grand Ellipse."
Rating:
Summary: Nice try but not quite
Review: If you've read "Illusion" you know what I mean. The book is good, I like the settings of 18th century India at the time of the British settlement that were used as inspiration of the story, but the characters were too bidimensional. You never quite got to know them deep inside, its as if they're just actors playing a role, very unlike "Illusion" were you could feel the passion and see the souls of the characters. And the secondary characters were used as fillers, just to make it look complex. But even so, it's not boring, it's as deep a reading as the previous books and its quite entertaining, but it didn't leave me thinking like Illusion did at the end, which by the way was pretty easy to find out. But these are only my opinions, and I encourage people to find out by themselves, as I did with Illusion, which is still my favorite. This one might turn out to be yours.
Rating:
Summary: Nice try but not quite
Review: If you've read "Illusion" you know what I mean. The book is good, I like the settings of 18th century India at the time of the British settlement that were used as inspiration of the story, but the characters were too bidimensional. You never quite got to know them deep inside, its as if they're just actors playing a role, very unlike "Illusion" were you could feel the passion and see the souls of the characters. And the secondary characters were used as fillers, just to make it look complex. But even so, it's not boring, it's as deep a reading as the previous books and its quite entertaining, but it didn't leave me thinking like Illusion did at the end, which by the way was pretty easy to find out. But these are only my opinions, and I encourage people to find out by themselves, as I did with Illusion, which is still my favorite. This one might turn out to be yours.
Rating: 
Summary: My favorite Volsky book
Review: The reviewers that said they were disappointed inspired me to write this because I completely disagree. Granted, different people like different books, but I truly think this is a great book. I like "Illusion" and "The White Tribunal", but I love "Wolf of Winter" and "The Gates of Twilight". Both of them gripped my imagination firmly and pulled me into Volsky's world completely. Paula Volsky has a gift of being about to write in such a way that an exotic location becomes so lifelike that you feel like you are really there, and I never felt so completely drawn in as I did in this book. The story is intruguing, the characters are believeable, and the descriptiveness of the location is incredibly lifelike.
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Summary: My favorite Volsky book
Review: The reviewers that said they were disappointed inspired me to write this because I completely disagree. Granted, different people like different books, but I truly think this is a great book. I like "Illusion" and "The White Tribunal", but I love "Wolf of Winter" and "The Gates of Twilight". Both of them gripped my imagination firmly and pulled me into Volsky's world completely. Paula Volsky has a gift of being about to write in such a way that an exotic location becomes so lifelike that you feel like you are really there, and I never felt so completely drawn in as I did in this book. The story is intruguing, the characters are believeable, and the descriptiveness of the location is incredibly lifelike.
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