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Summary: Adam Lee's "The Dark Shore" Is Simply Fasinating
Review: "The Dark Shore", Adam Lee's debut novel, is is simply fasinating. Mr. Lee does an excellent job of creating a puzzle that at first glance seems insolvable, but in the end Mr. Lee puts the pieces together wonderfully. Mr. Lee also uses magnificent description making the reader feel as if he is actually part of the story. For any one who likes Fantasy, this is a book for you.
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Summary: Excellent Fantasy World
Review: Adam Lee's The Dark Shore is, in the end, a magnificent piece of epic fantasy. All of the various plots and characters come together to defeat the Dark Lord. It's another classic good vs. evil battle.Minor quibbles: The book takes about 50-60 pages to fully get into. Lee's fantasy world is so rich and full that it takes nearly that long to understand the various terms and characters. To Lee's credit, he doesn't have an exposition chapter where he explains everything. The reader is left on his/her own to discover exactly what 'Charm' is. In all, The Dark Shore is an excellent read, one that I found myself unable to put down.
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Review: I got to about page 28 before I chucked this. It reminded me strongly of Vance (on his off-days). From what I have read I cannot tell if Lord Drev is the Hero or the Villain. He certainly is unlikable enough to be the Archvillain in any book.
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Summary: Weird
Review: I have never read anything so fasinatingly odd. Once you start,Wow. The Dark Shore is the most original epic tales ever spun from the human imagination. A definite five star novel.
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Summary: A very creative and imaginative writer!
Review: I never heard of Adam Lee but this writer is now within my top ten list. When I first read this book, it sucked me into a magical world beyond my own imagination. At first, I tried understanding this world than rather getting on with the story. Then, I just kept reading and I was amazed by this writer's creative imagination. I really love this book! It one of those books that I can read over again. Those who gave this book a bad review I think don't have a good imagination. By reading this book I felt my own imagination was the canvas and his writing was the colors of paint. I have to say this is a work of art. A true masterpiece!
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Summary: a neat book - did you know it was by A.A. Attanasio?
Review: I'm currently re-reading this book (it's really offbeat and fascinating). But I really want to recommend it to fans of A.A. Attanasio - since Adam Lee is his pen name (I figured this out by noticing the book's published in Britain under his real name).
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Summary: Weird
Review: Seemingly beginning as a mysterious Scandanavian folk tale, The Dark Shore by Adam Lee takes a bit of work to get into. Mr. Lee invents an entire socio-economic culture that initially throws one off the tale that begins to form. However, once you have a firm grip on the world of Irth, the characters and the imaginative scenery surrounding them unfold beneath your eyes. I sensed that the author put great effort into putting aside the well worn geographries, facets, and common modeling of most present fantasy novels and tried to come up with a world unique unto itself without abandoning those who truly love the magic, the lore, and the medieval quality of exceptional fantasy novels. I believe he succeeded quite well.-Brian Giffi
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Summary: Difficult beginning, but well worth the effort!
Review: Seemingly beginning as a mysterious Scandanavian folk tale, The Dark Shore by Adam Lee takes a bit of work to get into. Mr. Lee invents an entire socio-economic culture that initially throws one off the tale that begins to form. However, once you have a firm grip on the world of Irth, the characters and the imaginative scenery surrounding them unfold beneath your eyes. I sensed that the author put great effort into putting aside the well worn geographries, facets, and common modeling of most present fantasy novels and tried to come up with a world unique unto itself without abandoning those who truly love the magic, the lore, and the medieval quality of exceptional fantasy novels. I believe he succeeded quite well.-Brian Giffi
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Review: The Dark Shore has a wonderful plot and good characters, but it was very difficult to read because of all the description. True, description is important, but most of it (in this book) didn't really fit with the mood of the story. It took me over a month to read (which is a very long time for me).
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Summary: Excelent story, but a difficult read
Review: The Dark Shore has a wonderful plot and good characters, but it was very difficult to read because of all the description. True, description is important, but most of it (in this book) didn't really fit with the mood of the story. It took me over a month to read (which is a very long time for me).
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