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Cargando... The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (1974 original; edición 2017)por Patricia A. McKillip (Autor), Gail Carriger (Prólogo)
Información de la obraThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld por Patricia A. McKillip (1974)
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I have a new book-type. It’s the swamp-witch, forest-witch, queen-witch type. I just added The Forgotten Beasts of Eld to my favorites stack! I’d describe this book as Ursula K Leguin writing Circe. Delicate prose,strong character development, enticing story, pearls of wisdom in every page. A must read if you are into fantasy! This was an interesting book to read. It feels reminiscent of an epic, like The Odyssey or Beowulf, with lines of repetition, descriptions and comparisons of mythical or powerful beings, and full names interspersed in a simple story. Descriptions of the world are lacking in the pages, but that didn't seem to hinder it--the world just is, accepted without a second thought. Some characterization was a bit thin and this did throw me off a few times, but overall I think the effect was done very well. It's still a bit hard to describe this one so I may need to edit my review once I've let it sit in the back of my mind for a bit. "Sybel, the heiress of powerful wizards, needs the company of no-one outside her gates. In her exquisite stone mansion, she is attended by exotic, magical beasts. But Sybel's solitude is to be shattered when a desperate soldier arrives bearing a mysterious child. Soon Sybel will discover that the world of men is full of love, deceit, and the temptations of vast power." This was very well written, as is typical for McKillip, with subtle characterization and a mysterious feel throughout the story. The main storyline was very "ice princess learns to feel", which isn't my favorite, but was handled well by the author. What I found the most interesting (besides the beasts, of course) was the idea of fear turning you into a monster. Fear keeps you from truly loving someone and makes you do horrible things. Fear and control go hand in hand. Read the full review, plus spoilers and trigger warnings, at https://fileundermichellaneous.blogspot.com/2018/12/book-review-forgotten-beasts... sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Raised on Eld mountain with only her father's magical menagerie for company, a young wizard is drawn irrevocably into the human world with all its sorrows and delights when a baby comes into her care. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Time passes and the boy, Tamlorn, grows. Until one day Coren returns to Sybel's gates and it seems that the story of Tamlorn's birth is not quite the true one. And the more Sybel tries to keep herself and Tam separate from the world, the more difficult this becomes.
This is a book that reads very like a fairy tale and for that reason it took me a little while to warm to the story. But at its heart are real human feelings and I ended up enjoying it a lot. At the end of last year I enjoyed Patricia A. McKillip's Alphabet of Thorn as well, so I'll be looking out for more by this author. Recommended. ( )