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Summary: This book was one of great books of Tamora Prierce.
Review: Allana goes into the Bazhir desert and finds the sword of one of her enemies, and she buries it in the sand. The Shaman of the Bazhir finds the sword , takes it and says Allana is cursed. Allana fights the Shaman, and takes the swored, and trains it to be good. One of Allana's students takes the sword and uses magic he doesn't have and blowes up. Prince Jonathan comes and askes her to marry him....
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Summary: The greatest series of all time.
Review: I really loved the first two, but it seem all that happens in this book is that Allanna trains new female shamans, and Jonathan becomes the Voice. The rest of the time she is in the desert doing nothing and she is fighting with Prince Jonathan. I love her books but Jonathan seems like an idiot in this book. I do belive that she did make the desert people rather life like. Pierce also made it seem very real and not corny.
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Summary: A fill-in book with way up there ratings
Review: Ms.Pierce opened a new door into Alanna's saga by giving her time to adjust to being Alanna. I disagree with the fact she was scared to go back to Corus but I see that the author did what she had to do. I loved the multi-cultured word and the firmilar faces we've all grown to love. If you loved the first two than read this and be amazed at the unperdictable way Ms.Pierce wrote this to-be classic.
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Summary: Do yourself the favour of experiencing this incredible book!
Review: This is an excellent book!! It allows us to look beyond the superficiality of ourselves and see the hidden beauty.Tamara Pierce has my utmost respect for the creation of such a complete world and such many-faceted characters. Her highly unusual protagonist is the spunky, female knight Alanna. Pierce is to be commended for the refusal to allow her female character to be limited by the norm. She has set a precedent that all authors ought to strive for. Alanna turns to the desert in an effort to give the Tortallen court time to accept the first female knight in centuries. She is eventually accepted by the Bazhir tribe of the Bloody Hawk, and forces the tribesmen to accept the equality of females. Eventually, she discovers the delicate balance between altruism and selfishness. Tamama Pierce has given us a virtual gem; she has elevated the fantasy genre to a new level. This many-layered book introduces us to the meaning that a science-fiction novel can reveal. This book alows us to see the fantasy genre as a meaningful one, instead of one fit only for light entertainment. Thanks, Ms. Pierce, for this virtual classic.
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Summary: Here is Alanna at her most believeable, and entertaining.
Review: I have been reading the Lioness Quartet since I was five years old. Atleast, that's as far back as I can remember them being a part of my life. With my nineteenth birthday swiftly approaching, that's fourteen years. Recently I realized that I am not alone in my love of this series. In fact I am in the company of countless others; even a few who have been readers as long as I have. As the years have passed my opinions of each of these books has changed. But one opinion that has remained consistent is the level at which I place this third installment of Alanna'a life--a cut above the rest. The Woman Who Rides Like A Man outshines the rest of the Quartet as a sun does a candle. Not only is Alanna moved out into the world and facing the challenges she is to struggle against as a woman and a knight, but she grows up and grapples with decisions and indecisions that are familiar to many "new adult" must confront. She makes choices that do not leave her, or many readers, happy--her choice against marrying the prince. But, they are choices that allow her to remain true to her character. The author chose to keep Alanna real, as opposed to selling out to the desires of her readers. In this story Alanna finally leaves the palace, as herself. She has shed the facade of Alan and dives into exploring who "Alanna" actually is. She acheives this goal, and many others, in her life amongst the Bazhir. This tribe of roving desert dwellers is yet another of the book's accomplishments. The Bazhir were intruiging when they were introduced in Alanna: the First Adventure, and they continue to amaze me. I eagerly read on about their culture, their realtions and the details of their lives. I find the defining role that the prince plays in their religion, as the Voice, to be fascinating. This is an acheivement of the imagination--to create an entirely new culture within the context of imagined country. Watching Alanna struggle in this culture, which is alien to her in many ways, is to watch her grow more and more into who she is. Perhaps the most poignant part of The Woman Who Rides Like A Man is witnessing Alanna's realisation that being a knight, her life's dream, isn't as exiciting and fulfilling as she has thought it to be. She must come to terms with the reality that there won't be a wicked knight at every crossroads for her to fight. She must search out and find her own meaning in her life and her knighthood; it will not simply land in her lap. This is the aspect of the book that allows it to be the most real in the series. I recommend The Woman Who Rides Like A Man above the others in the series. Although they all remain my favorite reading, this is the one I can turn to again and again, each time finding a new level in the story. Between exploring who she is as a woman and a knight, creating a place for herself outside the walls of the palace, fending off an unexpected offer of marriage, and coming to grips with the less than exciting life of a knight errant, Alanna, in The Woman Who Rides Like A Man, is at her most believable. It is here that she proves she is as capable and resourceful as she has alluded to being. And it is here that she finally grows into the "Knight" that we, her readers, have all suffered with and cheered her to become.
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Summary: Good, but the worst in the series.
Review: I've read this whole series and this was the most disappointing by far. Before I read the fourth book in the series, I really wished that Alanna and Jon had stayed together. I still thought that this was a great book and everything, it's just that I thought that the desert thing was kind of boring. But still a GREAT book!
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Summary: You go girl
Review: Ding Ding! Round three for Alanna. In this book you at frist you think man all the chacters are gone that I knew. No way hang in there they are back and better than ever. You will love it. It is like you are Alanna and you are feeling her love, pain and her worst fear. All I want you do is read it you will not regret.
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Summary: Alanna and Jonathon
Review: I really liked the first two books. But I was kind of disappionted that Prince Jonathon and Alanna did not settle things in "The Woman Who Rides Like A Man." I wanted them to be together, for some reason. Oh well. I haven't read "Lioness Rampant" yet, so I'll see! It loses a point in the rating system because I wanted a happy ending. But interesting endings are what make good books, right? :)
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Summary: She did it Again!
Review: Tamora Pierce did another great job on this one. It was almost impossible to put down! The plot's great, plenty of magic, a beautiful horse, and a wayward heroine, what better combination could you ask for?( the cat's great, too) The only thing that bothered me was Alanna's promiscuity, 'cause I'm an old fashioned girl (I think sex should come after marriage) but otherwise the book was fantastic! Ms. Pierce, keep up the good work
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Summary: Alanna yet a third time!
Review: Alanna is finally a knight, and Duke Roger (one uncool dude , I can tell you that!) is dead, but now she's got nothing to do! So she decides to get away from it all with a little visit to the Great Southern Desert with her faithful man-at-arms, Coram. Nothing simpler, right? Wrong!
It all starts with a run-in with some raiders. She
gets a little help from some desert tribesmen, and
the next thing you know she's the tribe shaman, training three apprentances, she's got a very dangerous crystal sword, and fighting with Jon!
A fast-paced, high action story with ALL your favorite charactors (even the bad guys)!
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