The Sight

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Summary: Captivating Page-Turner
Review: This is rare. Please note that I never, EVER give out 5 star reviews. The only other two books that has recieved this honor are Mattimeo by Brian Jaques and Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.
The story begins in Transylvanina (spooky, yes, please keep reading) during a harsh winter, where a pack of wolves seek shelter in the Stone Den. Yet a bitter lone dubbed Morgra, who has a mysterious and terrifying power known as the Sight, stalks them as well. Morgra's powers show her that one of the pups born in the pack has the key to a power even stronger than her own. The pack will do anything to protect one another, but can they hold against Morgra's power?
The plot does not stay along these lines the entire time, however. It has enought plot twists and huge suprises that it always keeps fresh and exciting. For all you wolf haters (shame!), this should give you a different look at the wolf. For wolf lovers, you will be in absoulte heaven.
Once you get through part one, you simply cannot put the book down. (Not to say that part one is boring, it's just that the tension builds up a lot to the ending.) I read all of part three in one night, staying awake with my flashlight until five a.m. to do so. Even if I tried to get some sleep, I couldn't for wondering what happens next. It's a wonderful book that should not be missed by anyone.
And one last note: This book made me cry. No other book has ever achieved this, and it was just one measly tear, but I DO NOT cry over books. I gasped outloud twice. (It's a miracle that my parents didn't wake up when I did so at 3 in the morning.) This has never happened with any other book.
You cannot get the whole experience of this book the first time you read it. It arouses many questions about life, death, good, and evil. It's thought-provoking, and secrets can be unlocked by reading it over again. (And again. And again.)
Now I'm done trying to convince you, so let me put it simply: GET. THIS. BOOK. NOW.
That will be all....
-Azureye

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This is one of the two best books I've ever read; Fire Bringer being the other one. It is a little confusing as there are many names and ranks(they don't call it "Alpha", "Beta", etc., but more complicated names like "Dragga" and "Drappa"), and it's a little scary, so if the Harry Potter books creep you out, this is definitely not a book you should read! Also, if you don't like too much death in a book I do not recommend this.
It is basically about a wolf pack and their two newborn pups, whom the Alpha Female (the Drappa)'s sister wants to take from them. However, they resist, and the story revolves around the pack and how they escape the evil clutches of Morgra, the Alpha Female's sister, and her "helpers", which are hundreds of other wolves...
Overall, a great book and I highly recommend it, unless you dislike too much death in one book, etc.

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Summary: Love it!
Review: It's a great book, overall. Filled with suspense and mystery. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: A Future Classic!
Review: The Sight, by David Clement-Davies, is an absolutely fabulous book. It shows, in beautiful language, the horror endured by a pack of wolves in medieval Transylvania .

The pack is fleeing the humans and the evil wolf, Morgra, who is believed to have placed a curse on the wolves of a horrible legend. As it is revealed that the wolf cubs that The Sight is based on have incredible powers and the pack begins to wither away, you will develop a loving for the wolves and their lives.

When some of the most beloved characters die, you will almost definitely shed a tear.
This dark book is similar to Brian Jacques` Redwall series and Garry Kilworth's Welkin Weasels books. The story The Sight tells and the picture it paints will linger in your minds.

The Sight should be a children's/young adult's classic and I recommend it to anyone who reads this, sees it or picks it up.

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Summary: The best book of animals/wolves EVER
Review: I'm 11 years old, and I just got this book. I have nearly finished it now, and it was EXCELLENT! I have never read something so blood-thirsty and tear-bringing in my life. I reccommend it to people who like wolves, this book is very sad (much death and blood and betraying) yet brilliantly fasinating (based on curses, myths and legends). 100%, I loved it and I can't wait to get Fire Bringer!

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Summary: An Extrodinary Animal Fantasy Book!
Review: "The Sight" was an amazing book!! It's a book you definitely don't want to put down!! It shows the wolves' eye view of their surroundings and life, and shows you that wolves are not the killers they are mistaken for. As a legend grips a young wolf, Larka, her life suddenly feels as if she'll never escape from it. Loved ones die, in her own mistakes, as the villian Morgra you can truly hate. EAch plummeting climax takes you an inch closer to the final prophet at the end of the book!! Definetely a book you want! Throughout the whole book this one verse, keeps popping up like a prophecy, telling the wolves their future. Here it is:
As a she-cub is whelped with a coat that is white, And human child stolen to suckle the Sight, From a place where injustice was secertly done, Then the Marked One is here and a legend begun, When Wolfbane is dreamt of with terror and dread, And untamed are tamed, prepare for the dead. For the Shape Changer's pact with the birds will come true, When the blood of the Varg blends with Man's in the dew, As the Searchers are tempted, who hunger and prowl, Down the Pathways of Death, by the summoning howl.

Then the truest of powers will be fleshed on the bone, And the Searchers tempt nature to prey on its own. With blood at the altar, the Vision shall come, When the eye of the moon is a s round as the sun. In the citadel raised by the lords or before, The stone twins await-both the power and the law. Then the past and the future shall finally show, To the wounded, the secret the Lera must know. And all shall be witness to that which will be, In the mind of the Man Varg, then none shall be free.

And only a family both loving and true, May conquer the evil, so ancient, so new. As they fight to uncover what secrets they share, And see in their journey how painful is care. Beware the Betrayer, whose meaning is strife, For their faith shall be tried by the makers of life, And who shall divine, in the dead of the night, The lies from the truth, the darkness from light?
Like the cry of the scavenger, torn through the air,

A COURAGE IS NEEDED, AS DEEP AS DESPAIRAs you read more and more in the book every sentance in the bone chilling verse will lead you more the dramatic conclustion.

PICK UP THIS BOOK TODAY!!!

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Summary: a wonderfully compelled story
Review: I loved The Sight. It is my absolute favorite book, the imagination of the author is tremendous. No one would have thought wolves to be so sensitive and loving! David-Clement-Davies described the life of a wolf almost perfectly, it's wonderful...

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Summary: A Pulpit of Paper
Review: I loved "Fire-Bringer" and couldn't wait to read this follow-up. Like "Watership Down" or "The Plague Dogs," Clement-Davies' first novel told a captivating story that managed to communicate deeper lessons about life and humanity. His omnipotent view makes his writing disjointed at times, makes it more difficult to sympathize with the main characters, yet I couldn't ignore the power of his narrative. With enthusiasm, I went to the local library and requested that they purchase "The Sight" for their catalogue...which they did!

Unfortunately, this book was a big disappointment. Here, instead of telling a story with a message worked in, Clement-Davies tells a message with a story worked in--an ill-advised idea in fiction. Subtle storytelling is much more powerful. Richard Adams' books succeed due to the strength of the characters and plot. So did "Fire-Bringer."

In "The Sight," I felt deceived. Here I was again, following the troubled youth of a destined child--this time a wolf instead of a deer. Again, I was dreading a villain animal that'd been corrupted by exposure to those dreadful humans. Maybe though, just maybe, the book would lead down a different path. Maybe I'd find something new.

Wrong! After a promising first half of the book, I saw the characters and plot begin to waver. The focus was lost. As the end drew near, I plodded forward, already sure of the 'surprises' and afraid that the preaching would begin...which it did, with gusto. A pulpit built out of stacked books would not have made it any more obvious. "The Sight" forgets that humans, too, can see truth. Instead, it bangs us over the head with the visions of the wolves. It becomes a transparent skeleton of plot ideas--most of which the author used in the first book--and an overwrought treatise on the demise of mankind. To make everyone happy, Clement-Davies throws in mythology, Christianity, New Age mumbo-jumbo, and a disappointing sprinkle of true history, perhaps thinking he would appeal to a wider audience. I, for one, would've rather read a great story with ideas different than my own, than read a lukewarm story that pandered to my sympathies.

In the end, the book's desire to teach lessons made me resent the time wasted. I was even willing to overlook such literary miscues as the redundant usage of "But" to start sentences (more than eight on a page on more than one occasion!), but by the end, my patience had run dry. Clement-Davies' has the ability to make a story come alive, I still believe that. I only hope that he remembers to tell one next time.

In retrospect, I wish I had re-read "Fire-Bringer" rather than slogging through "The Sight."

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Summary: Dispointed!
Review: I couldn't wait for the book to arrive and then I was very disapointed. I'm sorry that I spent the money, and I a very big fan of Fire Bringer.

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Summary: Goes on and on... and on and on
Review: I thought this book was okay, but it's much too long. The beginning and end parts were intresting, but in the middle it started to drag a lot, and got very boring for a while. The plot, at least until the last few chapters, seemed to be much the same style as 'Fire Bringer' which I enjoyed more. The plot centres around the mystic power 'the Sight' which a few of the wolves have, which gives them many special abilities. Some of the characters in this book were intresting, especially Kar, and I would have liked to hear a little more about them rather than the plot. This book seemed to be focused on giving a message, rather then concentrating on the characters, and this is why I didn't like it very much. Larka, especially, seemed to be just used as a vessel for the message the author wanted to put across.

I enjoyed 'Fire Bringer' more than this book, but although they were well-written, neither of them seemed to be very orginial, and were pretty predictable. And considering the number of people who disagree, I expect lots of people will vote this review 'unhelpful'. Well, it's only my opinion.