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Summary: I LOVE this series!
Review: Alanna's now a full knight! Afraid that no one will like a female knight she leaves Tortall. On her travels she becomes a member of a desert tribe, The Bloody Hawk. The tribe's sorcerer dilikes her and tries to kill Her. He ends up dead. Alanna is now the tribe's sorcerer. Jonathan Is to be come The Voice. A very high rank. The rest of the book is good!
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Summary: Alanna~ Changed, but for the better?
Review: Alanna is adopted into the Bazhir tribe: The Bloody Hawk, and when Jon becomes the voice, she changes from the 'I can do anything' Alanna we saw in the first two books to 'I can't do this, it's all to sad'. We see her cry a lot in this book. Jon says something- she cries. If someone would have died she would cry... If you are a hopeless romantic, then this book is more for you then for a person who likes the action. This book doesn't have a main enemy, so it is somewhat split up. She battles this and that, and this... but there isn't one main object she has to overcome. This book revolves mostly around her social life, which, in some parts, isn't that interesting. Defiantly not the best book in the series, but I still recommend it.
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Summary: the third adventure.
Review: It took me ages to find this book.For the first time Alanna has actually started to like females. When Alanna and Coram get adopted by the Bloody Hawk tribe, Alanna learns more than she plans. After proving her strength in a to the death fight, everyone is afraid of her, except for three younglings. Alanna learns that the present shaman has been ignoring their magical abilities and outcasted them. When Alanna learns of this she confronts the shaman with the extremely long name, and he kills himself. not purposely of course. Anyway as Alanna becomes the new shaman, and Jon arrives to be the next VOICE things get chaotic. oh and by the way, you'll never guess the end. BYE.
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Summary: What happened?
Review: I don't know what Tamora Pierce was thinking when she wrote this book. I am a reader of all of Ms. Pierce's series, and this book is the worst. Alanna is way too soft, and nothing happens. If you want a good book, read the rest fo the series. I hope Ms. Pierce never repeats her mistake.
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Summary: ALANNA IS THE BEST!
Review: I love the Alanna series and this book was NO exception! some of the other reviewers say it isnt as good, but I find them all 1,000,000 star books! (I only put 5 because thats the highest it goes) Anyone who likes adventure stories and strong female charaters (I love both) should DEFFINETELY read this book and the others!
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Summary: Good Book but not as good as the first or second one
Review: Now that there is no major enemy (Roger) like before, it is as if the plot is our of aim or something. I think Jonathan is good in the first book, but starting from the second one he expected too much of Alanna. But sometimes, I think Alanna should make out her mind. She loves him but she ALWAYS hesistate about the marriage thing with him and never with the final guy. (I don't wanna tell) I think Alanna should just tell Jon she likes him as a friend or a protector or something instead of always vowing love to him, which make him very fustrated, too. This book is not with as much action as the other three, and much of the plot can be easily guessed. But in order to get to the fourth book, you will have to read this. But don't take me wrong, this is not as good as the other ones, but I didn't say it was bad.
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Summary: Alanna is my HERO!
Review: ok... so Alanna ( the first book and the second are really my favorites), but seriously this is one of the best series and individually best books I have ever read. I highly reccomend it for any one especially with girls from about 8-12. But it can be enjoyed and read by anyone, I am 18 and i still love reading them (the Alanna series). They are fun to read and Alanna is an excellent role model for anyone,The Woman Who Rides Like a Man sets a differnt tone, and a new depth to Alanna as she matures, but is still very good and very strong. I reccomend reading the first two books in this series before diving into this one. But honestly This is such a good book and you must read it!
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Summary: This Book Really Stunk!
Review: I absolutly HATED this book. It was TERRIBLE. In the first two books Allana was tough and brave. In this book she turned into a pathetic wimp. All she did was cry and whine about everything! What, so now everyone knows that she's a girl? That doesn't mean she has to change at all. That is a serious sterotype (that girl's are wimpy by nature). Also, I think that the entire part about her, Jonathan and George was pretty pathetic, too. Tamora Pierce in a great author, but in this book it sounds like she didn't even try.
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Summary: Great, but not the Best
Review: I thought that The Woman Who Rides Like A Man was a great book, but not the best. It had some things that I liked alot, like the feeling that Duke Roger was there, and haunting Alana, even though he was dead. I also liked the tension at the end of the book whether Alana's brother Thom raised Roger from the dead or not. Some things that I didn't like in the book were that Prince Jonothan was a total snobby jerk and that Alana seemed to have lost her "power" and gotten weaker emotionally. Over all, I thought the book was pretty good, but it could've been better. I'm just warning other readers to look out for those parts, and hang in there, because book 3 (Lioness Rampant) Is one of the best.
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Summary: Wonderful, but still not as good as the others
Review: In the first two books, Alanna takes on two sets of enemies. In this one, she goes to the desert and doesn't really fight a major bad guy. My Best Friend got me hooked on these, and she's already informed me that Roger will be brought back to life. By whom? Who leeched away Alanna's powers? Hmmmm... So I just look at this book as a getting- ready-for- the- fourth-book book. I haven't read the fourth one, because my BF lost it... grrr ... but I can't wait. I'd also like to put in something about Jon and George. Jon is nothing but a gross, concieted brat and I hated him from the moment the second book started. I liked George from the beginning, and I luv the chapter, "The King of Theives." I got the book, and, having read the summary in the back of "In the Hand of the Goddess", skipped right to this chapter and started saying, "Awwwww!" MY BF likes Jon, but I can't stand the "noble" brat! Alanna, wake up! Their are more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathon! RRRRRRGGGGG! Bye.
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