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Summary: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
Review: I liked Book 3 in Alanna's story the best of all. I did read The Immortals first, but I still loved how Alanna and George got together. I think that the third book contains the most magic, which is so cool, and it also placed Alanna in an entirely new environment. I love the Bahzir tribes and their customs and magic. Also, in this book, Alanna really comes face-to-face with herself for the first time, and the last book in this quartet is very obscure and unexplained. I think the end of her relationship with Jon was for the best, and it shows that just because you love someone, it doesn't mean you are meant for each other. George's romance of her provides so sharp a contrast that even an inexperienced reader should be able to tell that these two belong with one another. This used to be my least favorite of Alanna's adventures, but my opinion has changed and if you didn't like it very much, I recommend you give it another read. You'll fing it grows on you.
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Summary: Tamora Pierce's gift to young readers
Review: Tamora Pierce's writing is a gift to readers everywhere. Her books would appeal most to the female child-teen populus. This could be an age range anywhere from five years of age to twenty years of age. Though it would be enjoyable for people of all ages! The entire lioness quartet includes Pierce's talent of creating realtable characters. Her characters posses a certain quality that makes them seem as if they are alive. Alanna, the brave-hearted featured character in the quartet, has flaws that give her a life-like quality. These flaws include stubborn behavior, a hot temper, and a love for life and adventure. She's
not a picture perfect hero, but human like the rest of us. Alanna's accomplishments are inspiring and encourage the reader to fufill some of his/her own life goals. The content is easy-going giving the story a flow. It's pace is so well-crafted, that it feels as if the reader is watching a very good and very detailed movie. Upon finishing one of her books, I feel as though I'm saying goodbye to a bunch of good friends- the characters that I've gotten to know through the stroy. The reader's become Alanna and feel the emotions that she does. It even came to the point where I was predicting Alanna's behavior: "Oh she's not going to like that!" Or "Now Alanna is going to pretend that she isn't in love." This book, although simple in word content, is one of the best and most enjoyable books I have ever read.
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Summary: This is MY favorite at least
Review: the only reason i'm writing this review was because i almost cried reading all the others. This is my favorite book in the entire series, and this is my favorite series, so you can understand my distress at reading that other people hated it. and, for the record, this is a fantastic book, and really, realy worth reading. it's a realy emotional book, and also involves a person getting blasted to pieces! i mean, what is there NOT to like? ok, i will admit that Allana should have married jon, but she was angry, all right?
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Summary: And the adventure continues!
Review: Yahoo! Alanna has become a knight, Duke Roger is gone, and everyone knows she is a girl. Alanna doesn't feel comfortable at home because people are shocked that she is a girl. Anyway she wanted to be a wandering knight right? So she heads off with Coram and encounters the Bazhir, unwillingly becoming their shaman. This book was so much fun, and so much happened. We get to see what happens with Jonathan and George and so much more, not to mention the fact that she has to come to terms with her magic not only to save lightning but to help her new friends in the tribe. You have to read this book it was absolutly a blast
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Summary: Alanna faces a new challenge
Review: Alanna of Trebond is taking a break from her home at the palace. Since everyone found out about her true sex, she has been worried about how people will react, and she knows that their spreading horrible rumors about her. All she wants to do is go searching for adventures and she gets one, just not the one she suspects. While riding towards the South she is attacked by a strange group of men, she is saved by the Bazhir, enemies of these men but also enemies of the King. They invite her to their village where people look at here either as a goddess or a demon. In the few months she spends their she finds that she must not only protect herself, but train 3 young mages, and unite two groups who have been enemies for generations. The Woman who rides like a man is another exciting edition to the Alanna series. Although I didn't like it as much as the first 2 books I still enjoyed it. The main complaint I have is the book seemed to have two plots, both that could easily be joined with the 2nd and 3rd book. But beyond that it was great. I was happy to see Alanna, George, Sir Myles, Coram and other great old characters and meet new ones. If you're an Alanna fan I recommend reading this book.
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Summary: enjoyable read
Review: First, I want to say that I enjoyed this book very much. I didn't find it boring although it does seem as if Ms. Pierce wrote book 3 & 4 of this series as one book which was later broken into two books due to length. As such this book reads like a set up to book four. No major action takes place and there is no real climax to the book. However, Alanna makes two major life changing decisions. 1) She decides to start developing and using her magic. I liked that she became shaman although it seemed ridiculous that the Voice and the headman would have allowed such a weak and stupid shaman to stick around for so long! 2) Alanna decides that she cannot marry Jon. This is a very difficult decision for Alanna to make and I think (given their very young ages) that both Jon and Alanna react in a very realistic manner. Alanna bases her decision on logic and while Jon is not yet ready to accept it, I think Alanna has made a very wise and mature choice. What I didn't like was that she immediately begins to act immature again by using George to make herself feel better. The way George is written he's alittle too perfect. He's always there for Alanna and he is always supportive. You never see him have a relationship with any other women so I really felt sorry for him here. I wish that he and Alanna could have kept their relationshiip platonic until Alanna was ready to make a commitment to him. The way it happens makes them both look rather weak and immature. But, George has always been my favorite so a part of me was happy to see them get together. Anyway, if you are looking for a very romantic relationship in this book, you won't find it and I know many people were disappointed in that.
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Summary: A new level of writing
Review: Tamora Pierce truly out-does herself in writing this book. In this book she takes her main character, Alanna, away from Corus, the capital of Tortall. She takes her to the desert, where the Bazhir live. She is accepted by these tribesmen and she adapts and becomes a highly revered person of the tribe. They name her Woman Who Rides Like A Man. Alanna plays so many roles in this book. She is knight, a tribe mage, a lover, a teacher, and a revolutionist. By the end of the book, she is a very different person, estranged from the same people that she at one time loved. She is now ready to go on a quest only a knight could survive....
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Summary: Wow!
Review: This book may have less action than the others, but it's far from being the worst in the series! Actually, I don't think there even is a worst in the series, they're all so great! In this books, Alanna stops being Alan, and starts being Alanna, at last she begins to find out who she is. She becomes a shaman, and in doing that she stops fearing her magic so much. She finally realizes how in love with George she is (maybe as much in love with him as I am...), and decides that Jon isn't the right guy for her after all. The only thing I didn't like about this book is Jon. I know that's the wat it has to be, but I loved him in the first two, and in this one he turned out to be such a loser! Unusually enough, he was a lot nicer in the fourth book, but I guess becoming king changed him a bit. As for the.. um, not so appropriate for little kids (you know what I mean...) bits, well, this isn't a book for little kids! Alanna realizes that she and Jon only owrked for each other in one way, and it wasn't enough for marriage. And if this book disapointed you, well, don't stop readin', the fourth one's the best!
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Summary: Read books #1 and #2 first
Review: I just finished reading this in its unabridged audiobook format on my way to and from work. First, I must disagree with a previous review that stated this book stands on its own. I didn't realize this was book three in an ongoing series and found it a little rough going. Alanna had obviously been through a lot before this book and I continually felt like I had missed out on big important chunks of her past (especially her past relationships with others) and her knighthood. In this book Alanna is a knight in a world where most tribes believe woman aren't meant to be a warrior (and how she became a knight? well, I still have no clue). The story begins as Alanna, along with her feline friend (whom she can communicate with) and her man-at-arms are attacked by Hillmen. Following the battle (of which Alanna and her crew are victorious) Alanna is forced to stay with the desert Bazhir tribe where her troubles begin in earnest. The local Shaman does not want Alanna around and causes her no end of trouble. Eventually a battle leads to Alanna's new position as Shaman of the tribe and her days are spent tutoring three gifted youngsters, two of them girls (much to the tribe's dismay) in the ways of magic. Further complicating things is her relationship (which is surprisingly sexual, though not explicit, for a book marked 7-9 grade!) with Prince Jon. She sleeps with him nightly but as she spends more time with him comes to realize that he's a bit too spoiled (boy, is he ever!) and that she's not quite ready for the marriage he wants. She's also most definitely not ready to birth him a few babies just yet! Prince Jon is not pleased when she voices her opinion on their future together. Soon after Alanna meets up with yet another romantic interest George, the King of Thieves, who I guess is an old pal who becomes oh-so-much more. Finally, there's some trouble with Alanna's twin Thom who seems to be swaying over to the "darker side" of magic. This is an okay book, as Pierce is a skilled world-builder, but I felt at a loss through the majority of the story and things didn't get moving until midway through. I also never felt a connection to any of the many characters which is a shame because I typically enjoy this author's people and their humorous insights (Trickster's Choice & Circle of Magic: Sandry's Book are two I enjoyed thoroughly). The Woman Who Rides Like A Man is very much a "middle of the series" type of book and should not be read independently of the others in this series.
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Summary: ??
Review: Alanna kind of turns weird. She's ..........^_^;;;; and makes stupid decisions.
She's kind of young for those types of decisions...
I liked the book, though.
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