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Summary: The Story will grip you hard.
Review: English is not my naitive tongue, so you've got to excuse me for my bad english.Tabrega, it's nice to know that someone from Korea other than myself loved this series,too.
You know it has been translated twice in Korea, ealry 90s and a year ago(2001). When I first encountered the series, I was a college student,quite an adult, but, I cried my eyes out because the story was so beautiful and well written, you could feel the pain of the characters as if it were your own. This time I'll try English version, but, sadly it seems very difficult to get a copy.
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Summary: I Couldn't Wait for Book Two
Review: I just couldn't wait to get a hold of book two! I read it from cover to cover without putting it down, and then cried my eyes out. Once again Ms. Harris has outdone herself, and left me feeling fulfilled but wanting more.
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Summary: The best, fanstatic story that I have ever read
Review: In Korea, this lovely book of Gerladine Harris is not well known. I read this only by chanace and completely fascinated but I have never met someone who also read this and comment the same things aS I do. It's too bad.
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Summary: The sense of wonder continues....
Review: In the second book of this series, the Prince and his companions face further difficulties (as you might expect). Harris continues to vividly describe the surroundings and keeps up her great characterizations. I still remember the first time I read this book: I both wanted and didn't want to be experiencing the hardships Prince Kerish faced in the swamps and on the plains. (I KNEW that I could come out of the same situation better off than they did!) I often felt the same frustration that Kerish and Forollkin and Gidjabolgo felt with each other--except that I was feeling that way about THEM. Make no mistake; these companions do rub each other the wrong way. (I remember some of the frustrations I felt about my own family members as I was growing up!) They're very human, and they make mistakes. I think that's one of the other reasons I still find this series so compelling: The characters make very human mistakes, and they have to live with the results. The imagery continues to please me through this book, and the way the author describes the different nations and characters keeps them very distinct from one another.
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Summary: Lovely continuation
Review: It's a pity the Seven Citadels books haven't done better in the U.S. (I understand they do well in the U.K.). Perhaps they should have been released as one novel; certainly, understanding what's going on is easier having read all four...which took me years to acquire through used bookstores. Harris writes a fantasy quest...but it's a quest with well-drawn characters and cultures, and avoids the all-too-common "stableboy discovers he's the heir and must go on a quest for items X, Y and Z to save thw world" epic theme that's been abused by countless authors (no names named). It's about Kerish-lo-Taan, spoiled Prince of the Godborn who must come into his own strengths and acknowledge his weaknesses; his brother Forollkin, a soldier, who must accept his brother's strengths; the fate of Galkis, their homeland lying besieged by corruption within and invaders without. If you can find the books, read them. It's worth your time.
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Summary: The best book in the series!
Review: The second book in The Godborn series is probebly the best book in the series. Some new and wonderful characters are introduced and you can't put this book down once you start.A must for anyone who enjoys this series.
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