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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Reminds me a great deal of reading the Silmarillion. A very pleasing, archaic feel to the author's prose. Elegant, flowing, and almost foreign feeling, in a very pleasant way.
Bought this at a cool bookstore during my honeymoon because of the owners recommendation. The plot was intriguing and I enjoyed it but not necessarily my style of prose. Don’t let me stop you from trying it though!
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I reread my aging, brown-edged copy of this fantasy novel. It's got a goofy cover, which embarrassed me when I bought it, even as I carried it around and re-read it time and again way back before college. I hadn't thought about it for years, but the book was McKillip's first (at age 26?!) and an award-winner, so it seemed worth a revisit.
Dang! It's still just as engaging to me: a solitary wizard-woman lives with her magical beasts peacefully until a soldier appears carrying a newborn baby for her to adopt. McKillip sets a poetic tone, but it's relatable. Sybel, the wizard, has to learn, essentially, to be human. It's an adventure fantasy candy-coating a love story, and I gobbled it right up again. What a pleasure to rediscover this book!
I thought The Changeling Sea was my favorite McKillip novel, but this one has climbed back into first place.
Dang! It's still just as engaging to me: a solitary wizard-woman lives with her magical beasts peacefully until a soldier appears carrying a newborn baby for her to adopt. McKillip sets a poetic tone, but it's relatable. Sybel, the wizard, has to learn, essentially, to be human. It's an adventure fantasy candy-coating a love story, and I gobbled it right up again. What a pleasure to rediscover this book!
I thought The Changeling Sea was my favorite McKillip novel, but this one has climbed back into first place.
Un libro maravilloso y sorprendente que me recordó a los cuentos clásicos de mi infancia. Desde que comencé a leerlo me traslado a ese mundo cargado de magia, hechicería, criaturas poderosas, príncipes, reyes, batallas, naturaleza. Este libro es especial.
Los personajes están muy bien construidos, en pocas paginas se puede ver su evolución. Es el viaje del héroe pero enfocado en una mujer, Sybel. Eso es lo que logra conquistar a esta novela. Poder ver el crecimiento de esta hechicera sin lo que se espera normalmente de una mujer para la época. Sus poderes, sus decisiones, como se construye así mismas, el camino que recorre para descubrirse sin verse opacada por hombres, pero sin dejarlos a un lado, con el balance perfecto de amor, no solo romántico sino por los demás.
Además las bestias me encantaron.
Los personajes están muy bien construidos, en pocas paginas se puede ver su evolución. Es el viaje del héroe pero enfocado en una mujer, Sybel. Eso es lo que logra conquistar a esta novela. Poder ver el crecimiento de esta hechicera sin lo que se espera normalmente de una mujer para la época. Sus poderes, sus decisiones, como se construye así mismas, el camino que recorre para descubrirse sin verse opacada por hombres, pero sin dejarlos a un lado, con el balance perfecto de amor, no solo romántico sino por los demás.
Además las bestias me encantaron.
The Forgotten Beasts is a bit forgotten itself now. It won the inaugural World Fantasy Award in 1975. It is not wholly original, but it is certainly not mainly derivative. The author spins fantasy elements into her own original story.
Sybel, the main character, is proud, independent, stubborn, and flawed. About the only real negative I could accuse the author of is that the man who loves Sybel is basically perfect, but I forgive the author for that all the same.
I could not predict where the plot was going, and it did surprise me. This is just a lovely little gem of a novel. I'm going to buy it, reread it, and add it to my personal library. Someone needs to make it into a movie or short mini series. (And I'm going to add other titles by Patricia McKillip to my to read list.)
Sybel, the main character, is proud, independent, stubborn, and flawed. About the only real negative I could accuse the author of is that the man who loves Sybel is basically perfect, but I forgive the author for that all the same.
I could not predict where the plot was going, and it did surprise me. This is just a lovely little gem of a novel. I'm going to buy it, reread it, and add it to my personal library. Someone needs to make it into a movie or short mini series. (And I'm going to add other titles by Patricia McKillip to my to read list.)
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced