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Summary: Dune, Ender's Game, and now The Merro Tree
Review: I came upon this story by chance, and now I worry that there are others out there that I might be missing. Please, if you loved this book, leave a list of other titles that affected you similarly.
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Summary: Totally Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I felt what Mikk felt all throught the story. The words just jumped to life right off the page. I simply loved it. I heard about it from a family member that knew her. He was very excited. SO with that I found the novel of the century. It will stay one of my favorite books for a long long time.
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Summary: One of the four best books I've ever read. Ever.
Review: I guess I come at whatever I read from a different angle, because I'm an English major. At one level, I loved _The_Merro_Tree_ because it's a good story. It's complex, but easy to follow. The attention to detail is amazing, but it doesn't slow down the plot. At another level, Waitman's done something very special, beyond just a good story, here. One of my lit teachers refers to it as the balance of profit and prophet: storytelling and preaching. She's managed to create a balance where preaching doesn't interfere with storytelling--but if you're looking for a message, you'll find one, and if even if you analyze literature as well as read it, you won't find anything to complain about. This is one of the best books I've ever read, hands down. And the others are _Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land_, _The_Summer_Queen_, and _Nineteen_Eight-Four_, if that means anything to you.
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Summary: This is a beautiful, lyrical book.
Review: I have read and reread The Merro Tree seven times now. The story is so finely crafted and so beautifully told, I haven't yet tired of it. When I read this book I hear music.
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Summary: You don't give me enough stars to offer---I'd give it TEN!
Review: I love a writer who CARES. I've had a bad few years, but "The Merro Tree" just gave me, for the length of the book, a respite from my woes. She writes about things that are important to me---and she writes about the most WONDERFUL PEOPLE! To my delight, "people" includes Thissizz---someone I wish I could take home with me. When I read "The Merro Tree" I could feel his warmth and hear his sweet song. Many thanks, Katie Waitman, for your lovely work... And, by the way, I'me expecting at least one book a year from you from now on & never mind all those lawyers you work for! Cheers, Janet Kagan
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Summary: Read this Book!!
Review: I love this book! Katie Waitman shows true talent with a wide variety of interesting characters, an enthralling plot and a beautiful love story! This book was so good that the first time I read it I turned it over and began reading it again just so I could become part of Katie's well thought out and vivid world again!
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Summary: Magical!
Review: I need to add my voice to those of the others here who have sung this book's praises. This is a wonderful book, full of gentleness and compassion, humor and strong message. I hope Ms. Waitman hasn't spent all her craft on her first offering, because I want to read whatever else her imagination is preparing for us. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Absolutely amazing.
Review: I picked up this book because I thought it had an interesting cover. I didn't expect to be blown away. I have to say, this is one of the best books I've read in a long time: right up there with "Watership Down" and "The Sun Also Rises." It's powerful and inspiring. (And Mikk and Thissizz are just plain cute! *giggle*) I highly reccomend this to anyone with a passion for art and a sense of freedom.
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Summary: Absolutely amazing.
Review: I picked up this book because I thought it had an interesting cover. I didn't expect to be blown away. I have to say, this is one of the best books I've read in a long time: right up there with "Watership Down" and "The Sun Also Rises." It's powerful and inspiring. (And Mikk and Thissizz are just plain cute! *giggle*) I highly reccomend this to anyone with a passion for art and a sense of freedom.
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Summary: The Merro Tree
Review: I really enjoyed Katie Waitman's book, The Merro Tree. The book was written with great detail and description, unparalled by any other recent author. The book revolves around the story of Mikk of Vyzania, who was born into a family with an abusive mother. The boy manages to survives, and is sent to a music academy by his father, where he does well in languages but not in music. He is noticed by a performance master who happens to visit the academy on a "premonition" and joins him to travel the stars. The organization of the book involves the story skipping from Mikk's trial to the story behind the trial. The trial of Mikk is for him breaking a ban involving the Somalites, a race that was made extinct by a freak star explosion. Mikk had performed Songdance, which was banned to him by the Council, a tryannical band of dictators who control all the actors in the galaxy. The book is a delightful change from the repetitive shoot-em-up sci-fi books that have been appearing recently. This book will become a classic.
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