The Sight

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Summary: A Superb Following to Fire-bringer
Review: David Clement-Davies has succeeded again. His tales through the animals' perspectives are not only imaginatve, but also intriguing. His settings are very elaborate and his characters have great depth. Not to mention the legend of Larka/Wolfbane/the Man-Varg keeps you thinking as events unfold in the story. He also weaves in historic fact into his fiction. I also loved how he mentioned Rannoch from his first novel, and also hinted that Rannoch too had the "Sight." Not many authors, that I know of, can draw from there previous books and give a stream of continuity to their novels about different subjects. I simply can't wait for his next novel to come out!

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Summary: A great read!
Review: This is a REALLY cool book! Especially since it's written with a wolf's perspective, and man is mostly a bad guy, instead of the reverse that you often see.
Okay this is mainly the plot:
There's been this prophacy for as long as anyone can remember that reads:
"As a she-cub is whelped with a coat that is white,
And a human child is stolen to suckle the Sight..." and goes on for three stanzas 'till
"A courage is needed as deep as despair."
Anyways, a white and a black cub (Larka and Fell) are born in their Mother's home den and raised there for a while. Then their mother's sister, Morgra, curshes the pack, that they will be torn apart, one by one.
Shortly after that Larka realizes that she has "The Sight". The ability to look through the eyes of the birds and do many other things.
This book is mainly about the struggles that these wolves face, and can be confusing at times, but I believe it was a well worth the 457 pages!

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Summary: So much potential, so little delivered
Review: I picked up a copy of "The Sight" because I loved "Watership Down" and "Redwall" and am always willing to give animal fantasy a try. At first glance the storyline looked compelling, the writing decent. Unfortunately, this book did not deliver.
Beyond the four or five main characters, the wolves are indistinguishable from one another, and lead us down a number of irrelevant and misleading side stories. The writing is sloppy, the history muddled, and the description rushed.
What I disliked most, however, was the author's messy attempt to make the Sight explain life. Through the Sight Larka becomes aware that the wolves' lack memory, and somehow remembering evolution is the answer to all of the riddles - though I was confused as to how that solved anything, and it certainly didn't explain where the Sight (or Wolfbane and his cronies, for that matter) came from.
Clement-Davies hit on some very interesting chords - family, religion, home, betrayal - and had a few solid characters, but he did not quite reason his way to a solid story. Too bad.

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Summary: Wolf of a tale
Review: The Sight is not a book for the faint hearted, for you would keel over after the first few paragraphs. I have never read such a graphic wolf book in my life, in fact, it was so amazing I would give it any sort of book award you could think of, if it would fit into its category.

The first thing that astounded me was the graphics of everything. It was if I was watching a movie, not reading a book. After reading the first few paragraphs, even first sentences, I was hypnotized. Every time I got, I opened up the book with eager eyes. So many things go on, even for a topic that is slightly limited. I dislike it when prophecy based novels are dull, and the prophecy itself is easy to disern. The prophecy of this book has a secret meaning to each line, and is tricky about each one. Just reading the phrophecy itself makes you want to read the book. I have done many reviews before-hand on this book, and every time it brings back the memory on how stunning it was to read this book.

Have you ever picked up a book, and known right away that you were going to love it? That is how it is with this book, I picked it up off the shelf and didn't look at another book in the store. I had heard of it from a friend, passed on that I would love it. Anyone who loves animals, perhaps wolves in paticular, would fall head over heels for this book. Its heart wrenching reality brought me to putting the five stars onto this review. This book deserves it.

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Summary: A very good novel, but I didn't like the ending
Review: I have to start off by saying that this book is very well written. It is a beautiful gothic dark fantasy, with animals as the main characters. Every character has a secret, and nothing is what it seems. The plot is very unique, and it turns this way and that, so you find yourself wondering who and what to believe.

Many of the characters do die though. I wasn't put off by it, but I can see how some people would be. Actually, what I didn't like about the book was the ending. I didn't expect a joyous ending, due to the mood of the rest of the novel, but I felt empty after finishing it. It just didn't do it for me.

However, many reviewers loved this book, and I can understand why. If you are into dark gothic fantasy and animals, and slightly interested in reading this book after seeing some reviews, I suggest you do! You may love it. And if you don't, well, it will make the books you do love that much better. Happy reading!

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Summary: BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ
Review: I didn't really know how I was going to feel about reading this book. I had just finished reading Watership Down and I didn't think that any book could ever compare with it. However, only a few pages into the book I realized that this book is FAR better. Unlike Watership Down, this book has a darker mystical side that catches the reader's attention and keeps them guessing throughout the entire book. The ending was so powerful that the person who reads this book is unlikely to ever forget it.

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Summary: A Beautiful Book for Strong Readers
Review: This is one of my three favourite books of all time. I could almost not bear to read other reviews people wrote on it because I can't stand people criticizing it. It is so beautifully written and the message is so deep that every time I've read it (three times) I've refused to talk to anyone during the day and cried myself to sleep at night for at least a week. And I am seriously not a person who cries very much. The only other books that have EVER made me cry are The Amber Spyglass and the 5th Harry Potter book. Some people find The Sight confusing and long. I read it when I was ten and I did not find it hard at all. Actually, the hardest part was looking at it after I had finished because I'd start to want to cry again.

Part one of this book is mainly about a pack of wolves. Palla and Huttser, the Drappa and Dragga, or leaders of the pack, are fleeing Palla's half sister Morgra, a wolf who killed a pup in her youth and was forced out of her pack. Palla gets to the place of her birth and gives birth to two pups, Larka and Fell. Larka and Fell's puppyhood is entirely destroyed when the pack finds out that Larka has the sight, a sort of supernatural power that lets you talk with birds, see the future in water and control others. They also hear a legend of the sight and a child and a sacrifice that Morgra is trying to fulfill. At one point Morgra tries to join their pack and they refuse to let her so she curses them and they all begin to die one by one until the only ones left in the pack are Huttser, Palla, Larka, Fell, and Kar, a pup from Palla's brother's pack whose parents were killed by Morgra. Then something terrible happens that splits them all up (I'm not going to say what) Sounds extremely sad and complicated so far, doesn't it? Well it's not. I'm just not very good at summarizing.

The story goes on with more surprises, more terror and more tragedie. It is intrancing. I believe that only when a character you like dies do you really realize how much you really liked them. That's what happened to me numerous times anyway. The other thing is that after finishing this book I felt that I had actually learned something. A mesage. Not many books are like that.

The Flaws: Absolutely NO book is perfect and even my favourites are not exceptions. I think this book may have had a few too many characters and a tad too much death. For instance, though Khaz made the story that much sadder, I don't think he was really developed enough to add anything apart from a bit of texture. Not that it would have been better if her had been developed, the book is certainly long enough already. I also think it was a little gruesome at times-I mean do we really need description of an insane wolf sacrificing pups for reasons we are never explained?

However, the description was beautiful, the meaning was strong, the characters were amazing, even though Larka got a little on the perfect side by the end, and the story was brilliant. I loved the wolf language and even though the legend was sort of similar to the one in Fire Bringer, it was gorgeous poetry and at one point I think I even memorized it. After I first finished this book I just stared at it for a while as the rollar-coaster ride my mind had been going through for the last few weeks slowed down and reached a halt.

Alright, maybe this book isn't for all ten-year-olds. I would recommend Fire Bringer to that age group more because I don't think the average kid would get as much out of it at that age. I certainly had to read it two more times before I finally got through the many layers of meaning. There are probably still more that I would discover if I read it now. I mean, it took me untill the third ime through to realize that it was really the story of Jesus. I'd say you should read this book if you are ready to experiance a ton of emotions you didn't even know you could have. Another quality of this book is that it couldn't possibly be religeously offensive. It's sort of like a deeper version of C.S. Lewis through the wolf's point of view.

Every time I read this book I felt as if I had lost something very dear and I had to start it again. I haven't read it for more than a year now because I have finally recovered from repeating lines from the last chapter and waking up in the middle of the night and having to find the book and read the saddest parts again before being able to sleep again. I'm a little afraid of starting all that again. But I think I probably should. This is a book that I will always treasure as the book that made me believe in love.

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Summary: Spectacular Peice of Mythical Fantasy
Review: This book brings you into the very personified minds of a pack of Transylvanian wolves on a journey to stop a hate-ridden she-wolf born with a strange power called the Sight from fufilling an ancient legend. Filled with mystery, surprise, and love of both kinds, companionship and some romance, this book won't let you stop reading till you're finished and will keep you hungry for more. Though the book looks intimidating for its size, if the reader loves the book it will be finished in no time at all. It is a must read for lovers of the animal kingdom as well as mythology and fantasy lovers.

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Summary: Hmmm....
Review: When I first read "Fire Bringer", I was hoping that Clement-Davies would come out with another book. Then I finally found the second one at a bookstore! :)
It was very hard to read a required book for English because I was too involved with this. I read this book faster than I read my English book, which was much smaller than The Sight.
The only problem I saw was that most of the characters did die, but it added to the suspense of the rest of the novel. Clement-Davies bettter come out with another book soon!!!

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Summary: not good
Review: this book haunts my shelf every day. it worth less then the milk carton i threw out yesterday. This book was so disapointing and boring and ill never read a book by David Clement-Davies again. It was unfortunate that i bought this book for a trip i was taking- i ended up watching the prince&me on the plane instead. 90% of all the charactors (including ones that i liked) died. He spends the first 3/4 of the book developing them then he kills them off in stupid ways, for example, one of the charactors looks into a pool and decides to jump in. then she dies. If your hypnotised by the eyes on the cover of this book, or by the lame poem on the back, i have one thing to say to you. Don't be.