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Summary: Amazingly enticing
Review: After hiding the book under my desk at school for a day and reading it at every chance,I have to put my two cents in. I've read a lot in my past (about 1200 pages a week) and I still found this to be one of the best books I have ever read. A little on the explicit side, but still amazing.
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Summary: Not bad, but not so original and a little too squalid
Review: I liked "Tithe" (amply summarized in other reviews) but I wanted to like it so much more. As a fan of fantasy, romance, all things fae, and teen fiction, I was so excited when I bought it.However, Black goes for the easy shock and melodrama, retreading the themes of sexual sadism in the Fae (see Laurel Hamilton's Merry Gantry series if you are old enough for a far superior and deeper treatment of the Fae; warning: the sex there is VERY explicit and many adults may prefer to avoid such graphic fare, though I think the writing is good). She doesn't really flesh out her main characters, her heroine is fairly passive and detached from her friends, her family, in the human world or beyond. Ultimately, I just didn't care about the heroine. The joy of melodrama -- as every Buffy fan knows -- is that it heightens the already high stakes of real life. In "Tithe", the characters are so difficult to identify with, the fantastic and melodramatic aspects of the book rob the plot of real drama.
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Summary: Oh, MAN
Review: I LOVED this book. I haven't read it in a while, but I distinctly remember the first time I read it: I stayed up long into the night finishing the book, and immediately logged onto the computer. I checked my local library's online catalog, and was nothing short of CRUSHED to see that the author had not written anything else. Another offering similar to Tithe would be absolutely wonderful. (I hope you're listening, Ms. Black!) Again, just a great book. I wouldn't recommend it for young children (these aren't the fairies from Sleeping Beauty, kids.), obviously, but if you can handle edgy, raw description and you're okay with getting down and dirty with rebellious teens, then you'll be fine. Absolutely five stars.
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Summary: Starts off well, but loses the reader's interest by the end.
Review: I was really excited to read this book; it seemed like a welcome escape from the carbon copy teenage books these days, always the same ditzy teen and her boy problems. It starts with a bang, introducing some truly interesting characters with whom I could connect, even if we had nothing in common. Kaye's description of the world left me constantly wondering if this was set in post-nuclear times or something, but the dark outlook was nevertheless a welcome change. Unfortunately, by the end of the book, I simply wasn't buying it anymore. The wheels essentially came off, leaving a fairly typical and predictable who's-the-mole story. The love story was better than it deserved to be; I found the subplot between Kaye and Roiben more interesting than the actual plot! If this is your genre, then you will probably enjoy this book; if not, pass this one by.
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Summary: Way too far out there
Review: I have a system for reading books. If they don't pull me in by the third chapter, I quit reading them, but I always read til the third chapter. VERY rarely is a book so bad that I break this system. This was one of them. First off, I'm a fantasy reader, I love it...faeries and made up creatures are fine. That isn't the part that's so far out there. It's the real life stuff that I read and had a problem believing. I mean, does EVERY single teenager in that book drink, smoke, and do drugs? In front of their parents?! I mean, of course Kaye's mother is in a band...so it might be plausible...but even so, I found myself thinking that this book was way too far out there to continue. Not only that, but the shock value of the writing does nothing for the overall feeling of the book. I mean really...the sun looks like he slit his wrists in the bathub? uh-huh..yeah. Also, I was turned off in the first page with the cigarette in the beer thing. I read blood and gore, but that was just nasty, not to mention her mother did, said nothing about it. Granted she was drunk...STILL. I'm sorry, but this book isn't worth the time, at least for me.
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Summary: Modern Fairy Tales
Review: This was perhaps one of the most amazing books I've ever read in my entire life. Black's vivid laguage and gritty modern subjects combine with the fluidity of a tried and true fairy tale makes this book a many-faceted gem. If you haven't read this book yet, you haven't lived.
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Summary: Fraeky Faeries
Review: I won't bore you with a synopsis, as the other reviewers have done so quite well. There's nothing I can add to them, or anything that I would change, or anything that I can offer that would add to it. So, I'll stop boring you now and skip straight to the reviewing of this book. I would actually give "tithe" 4 1/2 stars. It's truly is an edgy fantasy/supernatural thriller type story, and Black delivers her 'modern faerie tale' in clean-cut (albeit a little explicit) language. You truly see what she intends you to see, and she's damn good at it. It was intriguing to find myself shivering at certain points, reveling in the deliciousness of her language. One of my favorite aspects of the book was the way that she starts each chapter off with a carefully selected quote that fits perfectly with it's coresponding chapter. It's worth it to read them...really. The only issue I have with this book is the explicitness of the language-hence the deduction of half a star. Black's characters have a nasty habit of swearing all the way through the book. Interestingly enough, all swearing ceases when the characters are involved in the faerie world. (Alright, I lie. Kaye uses some spicy language during a heated escape attempt...but that's it.) Now, this can be interpreted as a good thing-a literary tool. I, however, found myself looking forward to the characters involvment in the faery realm in order to escape the salty language...even if only for a moment. "tithe" is deffinetly a worthwhile book. Some snooping around has shown me that Black IS writing a sequal, which this book deffinetly needs and deserves. It's ending is tantalizing, leaving us craving more. It is heavy and dark, though...so be warned. If you can get past that, you will adore this book...on my word as a faery freak.
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Summary: Tithe
Review: When i looked at the book's cover, i quickly dismissed the idea of reading the book...if you look at it and you see the weird little monsters on the cover, it may turn you off too- as an archaic fantasy about made-up creatures that no one heard about. But when i strated reading it, and i noticed,first, the language used and the setting, i became interested and kept reading on. This book kept me flipping the pages. It is about a 16-year old girl, Kaye, who has a difficult life, taking care of her drinking, rock-band singer mother, and being pretty independent. But by turn of events, Kaye and her mother, Ellen, move back to New Jersey where Kaye grew up, and that is where she finds her old childhood games turn into reality. She realizes that the little faeries that she used to play with as a little girl, ar actually real, and whats more, she is one of them. It is a little hard for her to believce, and she denies it for a while. This novel includes an unusual love story, betrayel, and death. Overall, i found this book greatly intriguing and i would recommend it to all.
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Summary: Tithe
Review: I think that Tithe is a great book, its a fairy tale, but in the moderon world, it does have some colorful language, but it suits the book.
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Summary: Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale
Review: This is one of my favorite books ever! The teens aren't tamed little children and that is what makes it modern. The faeries are wild and cool. I just love this book and can't get enough of it! It is definitely worth the buy.
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