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Summary: alanna dragondancer's opinion
Review: i really enjoyed this book but i felt that this series (protector of the small) wasn't finished.i would really like another novel about Kel. another problem was the complete lack of romance! in all her other tortall series the last book was the one with all the romance and this one had nothing.i was really surprised and quite disapointed but the book was still great and very moving.i'd give it 4 and a half if i could
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Summary: Saving Tortall
Review: This is the final story in the Protector of the Small series. Kelladry is now the second female knight in Tortall, after Alanna. During the chamber of the ordeal a goal is set before Kel, she is to stop a wizard who is making killing machines in Scanra. These killing machines live off of dead children's soles and could destroy all of Tortall's warriors in their fight against Scanra. Kel's final story will lead her on an adventure to save her friends, family, and Tortall. This story takes place in Tortall under king Jonathan and Queen Thayet, Human Era. I really enjoyed this book because it brought back characters from the Song of the Lioness and the Immortals which both took place in Tortall. Another reason I enjoyed this book was it kept me interested the whole time . Anyone would be able to keep up with this fast paced adventure for two reasons. First, there is a list of characters in the back for refrence. Also, there is a dictionary for any words you come across and don't understand. This book would be great for any teenage girl.
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Summary: Can't live without it!
Review: I must admit, until I read Lady Knight, I thought that Squire was undoubtedly the best of the Protector of the Small quartet. Then, just days after I got it, I was hooked, I fell in love with Kel, Neal, Merric and Cleon (although there was no where near as much of him as I wanted!) as knights, not pages and squires! Now, I know that the empty space on my bookshelf is filled by a book that can keep me entertained and amused for hours (sad, I know!) by a single sentence from Neal's mouth. A must have for all Tamora Pierce fans, and new readers alike!
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Summary: A good end to an O.K series
Review: This series isn't near as good as Tamora's other series. Yet of the four P.O.T.S. books this one is the best so if you like the series you'll like this book. more of a book to get from the library if you ask me. Still ,this book has a great plot and message about sticking things out even if you don't like doing them, and also about being true to your friends since Kel risks her own life to save the children of her refugee camp from the diabolical plots of an evil necromancer. Kel learns alot about being a knight and I think you'll be pleased with the ending. Overall this is a pretty good book.
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Summary: Very Dissappointed
Review: I have been a Tortall fan since the beginning, and I must say this book was severely disappointing. No romance, barely any comedy, the book seemed to have one focus; war. In a time when all one has to do is turn on their television set to invite war into their livingroom, most of us really enjoy those fleeting moments when we can immerse ourselves in a land of fiction. We don't need war there too. I am really hoping that there will be a 5th book--not to offset Pierce's set-in ways about only having 4 in each series--but to try and make up for the pitiful ending she left this one with. Very disappointed.
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Summary: Tamora got bored of Kel
Review: ok, i love this author and i loved this quartet overall, but i think this book was probably the worst one. it was a long book in which Kel only had two thoughts; protect refugees and attack wierd guy. they was almost nothing about kel's personal life. (ie- you learned more about Neal's feeling toword Yuki than about Kel's feelings for dom) and a huge letdown when cleon decides to be nobel and help his fief out by marrying another woman! everyone was too nice. i think that tamora got bored with kel when she started her new small series, (about alianne, george and alanna's daughter). she seemed to end the book in a hurry after wrapping up most loose ends, then leaving the reader with several questions about what kel would do next, she proptly ended the book. there is some great news about lord Raoul though!
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Summary: Lady Knight
Review: Tamora Pierce has outdone herself again. She has cooked up a wonderful book to end this exciting series. She has given this book everything it needs to become great. With a thick plot and many twists and turns this book will keep readers on the edge of there seats and drolling for more. I would recommend this book to anybody above 10 who loves a great fiction book.
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Summary: One of her best
Review: Others have said that they thought "Lady Knight" was unnecessarily long. I don't agree. It is wonderful to see Keladry grow into her role as a commander. It is equally powerful (if not wonderful) to get the full description of the war scenes, the desolation of the camp, with the attention to detail. Others have complained (warning, spoilers!) that Keladry's relationship with Cleon didn't go anywhere. I actually kind of liked that, and I liked that, for once, a story doesn't have to be about a romance to be interesting and a female heroine doesn't have to be involved with someone to have an identity (although, I would like to see her fall in love and live happily-ever-after, eventually). I really enjoy watching Tortall evolve under Jonathan and Thayet, and hope Ms. Pierce returns to it again.
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Summary: It might as well have been cardboard.
Review: When Tamora Pierce started out writing about Tortal, her work was not excellent, but it made for an enjoyable read and the characters were easy to empathize with. She seems to have lost touch with that writing style somewhere along the way. This final book is pretty boring. It is difficult to empathize with any of the characters because they all seem to lack any genuine emotions. Everything seems fake and forced. A good rule for writers is 'show, don't tell;' a rule which seems to have been utterly abandoned by Pierce. She over-describes everything, spending far too much of her time and the reader's on unnecessary details that only hurt the story. She uses choppy sentences and spells everything out instead of letting the story flow. I had really hoped for better from her.
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Summary: Great Work, Tamora!
Review: This is a great book. It has enough action to keep the reader reading, yet enough description to give a vivid picture of what is going on. This series is as good if not better than the Alanna series. Kel doesn't even have the Gift to help her. She gets by just fine with the Yamani teachings and weapon skill.
I recommend this for anyone, especially those of you who love action with a female protagonist. See ya ;)!
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