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Summary: The girls liked it
Review: I teach 4th Grade and I had a small group of girls read The Book of Three. They were close to putting it down after about 50 pages because of a thick introduction. After page 100 they wanted to keep reading when all other reading groups were done. I was surprised that the story hooked them as well as it did.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: The Book of Three was an enjoyable, quick read. Astraightforward sword and sorcery adventure. Fast paced, easy to read. Perfect for younger readers.
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Summary: Assistant Pig Keeper vs. Horned King
Review: The Book of Three is a thrilling adventure story, which tells a tale of a boy named Taran who goes on a quest, seeking heroism. Taran longs to find the oracular pig, Hen Wen, to kill the legendary Horned King, to get to Caer Dathyl to warn the Sons of Don of the approaching Horned King, and go back to his chamber at Caer Dallben, all in a day's actions. Along with Eilonwy, a bright and talkative young lady, Fflewddur Fflam, a pinnochio-like bard, who has a magic harp instead of nose, and Gurgi, a half-monkey half-human creature who has a big imagination, Taran, Assistant Pig Keeper, fights his way to learn true heroism, and friendship. I recommend this book for kids who like adventures with likable protagonists, and haunting antagonsts.
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Summary: The best fantasy series ever written!
Review: (And that includes Tolkien.) It just doesn't get any better than this... truly the series I grew up with. This has more warmth, humor, adventure, and wonderful characters all rolled into one than any other fantasy series.
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Summary: It's my nephew's turn
Review: I enjoyed the whole series when I was a kid; I'm now going to e-mail the title list to my nephew,whom I'm sure would enjoy it just as much.
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Summary: I love these books.
Review: since the first day I started reading these books, I have loved them. They are one of my favorite sets of books and I'm not even a little kid anymore.Elionwy is my favorite. I love how she always says that one thing is like the other, when it's really nothing alike.
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Summary: OK so far
Review: I'm almost halfway through this book and it is kind of boring in some parts but are really cool in others. Every one is saying it's good so keep on reading. And I totally agree with the star wars guy!
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Summary: Not just for kids.
Review: Though this is a great book for kids, it is also very entertaining for grown-ups as well. Even a slow reader can read this book in a day and the story and charcters are all very interesting. Not quit as good as its darker follow-up, The Black Cauldron this is still a very good book. And don't be fooled by those who say Alexander rips off Tolkien. The simularities are the same ones that virtually every modern fantasy story has with Tolkien.
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Summary: Must read
Review: Well, everyone has pretty much covered everything. I read these books about 12 or 15 years ago...I have never read a set of books so engaging. There are so many great characters in these books and their personalites all shine. By far I enjoyed these books more that Tolkkien's.
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Summary: A LONG TIME AGO.....
Review: Am I the only person who sees amazingly tight parallels with STAR WARS in these books? It should be noted that Lloyd Alexander's books were composed first, before Chewbacca coughed up his first hairball.Consider the similarities: Taran/Luke works on a farm. He hates it there, and wants to be a hero. One day, his pig HenWen/his droid R2D2 runs off and this engages our young hero in an adventure where he meets a sage old wizard/jedi knight, a rogue-ish fflam/han solo and giant hairy sidekick gurgi/chewbacca. THEN, they go off to save the willful, mouthy, brave princess eilonwy/leia from the evil horned king/darth vader, who has countless soulless soldiers/stormtroopers at his disposal. interesting, huh? when i was a 7-year-old star wars addict, i stumbled across "the book of three" in my school library. when i saw that the book could have been the source material for the best movie of my young life, i became obsessed with all five books, and gobbled them all up enthusiastically. each book is wonderful. the characters are charming, the stories just go and go and go, and you don't want the five books to end. and, for star wars geeks out there, ya gotta check out the similarities. it's certainly interesting...
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