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A.W.E.S.O.M.E........2001-10-09
I am a major Elfquets fan and I thought this book was amazing. I just got this book so I was quite exicited to read it so I finished it in one day. The first half of this book was great telling the story of the time after Ember and her tribe join up with her father Cutter and his tribe. After the breif family reunion both tribes split up again Ember's tribe with a few new occupants and some lost from the last book are off in search of what's left of Winnowills bad magic and to destroy it. In this story there are a few new elf chrildren one of Tyleets and another from Krim. This story also has a love qurrel between Tier( of whom joins the Wolfrider tribe in this book), Ember, and Mender. This is help settled at the end by Yun daughter of Skywise. Though the first half of this story is a thirler the second becomes a major downer. Not only did the artwork sink down to a all time low but its just disappointing how the elves get easily tricked by the human girl Gifa daughter of the Djun and of whom gets killed in the end by her own...brother. So I would recomend this book but you should be prepared for a small disapointment at the end.
"The Wild Hunt": Beyond monsters and tyrants..........2000-03-22
Book 11b in the Elfquest Reader's Collection reprints the first part of the "Wild Hunt" series (with the conclusion to the present story set to appear in Book 11c, "Shadowstalker"); the story revolves around the adventures of Wolfrider chieftess Ember and her tribe, as they contend with the evils plaguing their home in the New Land - monsters created by their late enemy Winnowill, and the vengefulness of the defeated dictator Grohmul Djun. (The WH episodes in this book first appeared between 1996 and 1998.)
The early episodes concentrate - seemingly - on the elves' battle against a vicious sea-creature named "The Redeemer". When the series first appeared, some readers were disappointed at what they considered an unoriginal, man-versus-monster plot. Gradually, though, it became obvious that the true theme of this tale was the superstitiousness of the humans, and their continuing fear of the "point-eared demons" - and when Ember's folk finally confront the Redeemer, they must also confront the hostility and credulity of the five-fingers: a much tougher enemy, indeed, than any monster, as the conclusion makes clear.
Fine as this early part of the story is, the series hits its full stride only as the plot moves to the next turn of events: the vanquished Djun's scheme to overthrow - through his children - the elves who cost him his empire. The result of his conspiracy stretches the elves' ability to deal with humans - and, in Book 11c - their very existence - near the breaking-point; the travails of Tyleet, the elf most sympathetic to the human race, are especially heart-rending.
The first eight episodes of WH featured artwork by Steve Blevins, who also pencilled most of the episodes in "Legacy" (Book 11) and "Huntress" (Book 11a), the two preludes to this story. Of the various artists who have drawn EQ episodes, Blevins has come closest to replicating Wendy Pini's unique style; and indeed the last two episodes by his hand, though uninked and therefore on the light side, are surprisingly nuanced and detailed for the black-and-white medium. The remaining episodes in Book 11b - and all those in Book 11c - are the work of Lorraine Reyes, and represent a complete shift in style: sharp, angular, and undeniably inspired my Japanese "manga" comics. Hers is not Pini-esque drawing and is not intended to be; at the same time, it is wonderfully lucid, and some of the best pencil work yet seen in an EQ story (though many of the Reyes-drawn episodes were very indifferently printed, especially the first one in this book).
As the showcase of the Elfquest canon for the past four years, "The Wild Hunt" has added newfound depth to the two-decade-old series; most importantly, without slavishly copying Wendy Pini's early work, WH has come closest to the essential spirit of the best-known EQ stories, and deserves to be considered their rightful heir. Recommended - even though the sequel will be more moving still!
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Great intuition spoiled by not enough depth.......2007-07-26
This is a quite interesting and charming novel even for someone who is not exactly a passionate reader of the 'classics'. The central idea, an ancient talisman with the power to make wishes come true, but shrinks with every desire that becomes true is fascinating and deeply philosophical and "human". I think Balzac should have elaborated more on this idea, exploring the dimensions of human desire and discovering more complex and deep characters for his novel. Instead, making the talisman work also for very trivial and passing desires, makes the while situation almost comical and superficial. It looks like Balzac didn't take himself too seriously with this novel and saved his efforts. Pity, but this is still a fascinating read.
Skin of Chagrin.......2006-02-06
O.K. A minority opinion. Nowhere are the master storyteller's considerable talents more admirably on display than in this quintessential commentary on the futility of desire. What is the locus of Balzac's genius? One of the all-time masters of character development, Balzac allows us a deeper appreciation of interiority.
What perhaps disturbs certain modern and post-modern readers about La Peau de Chagrin, derives from their delimiting reliance on the modern scientific world view. The very idea of a talisman - which certain magical powers - a love potion - is `hokey' or `wacky'. Of course, U.F.O.'s are somewhat plausible and `ring viruses' even moreso.
If the vehicle might seem uncomfortably quaint to some, the dignity of the project is, I feel, hardly compromised. Of course, we have that memorable, if not prototypical, B-film, "Into the Night", which seems to indicate that in fiction, weird things can still be acquired at antique stores and junk shops.
The question raised is however whether Balzac does bring his A-game to La Peau de Chagrin, and I claim most emphatically: A +. What is offered here is not dime store murder mystery fare (the genre of Earl Stanley Gardner, E. Howard Hunt, Dan Brown, et al) . . . but mortality mystery in dime store guise. Underlying the superfluity of our celebrated romantic angst is the dark inevitability of our certain doom. What Balzac wishes us the see in the tragic absurdity of his characters' collective fate, is that the doom and the desire are commensurate. If as we live, we die, if our inexorable desires are fatally predatory upon our better sense, what is the point of living, where is the meaning? This query, Balzac poses most seriously in his elsewhere acknowledged masterpiece, and for better or worse, we are still trying to answer that sphinxian riddle.
A familiar tale.......2001-05-20
A very familiar moral tale, in which Raphael, disappointed in his unsuccessful attempts to woo the rich Faedora (underlying theme perhaps - is she a lesbian??) enters into a Faustian pact, the "talisman" of which is the strange and exotic wild ass's skin. The consequences are of course, disasterous for Raphael and those with whom he comes into contact.
The messages are unsurprising - wealth without responsibility and/or the maturity to use it wisely is a curse both on the wealthy and on others. It's difficult to feel any sympathy for the hero (or is he an anti-hero?) Raphael: his love for Faedora is driven by her wealth and his poverty; and essentially he gets what he deserves.
The book I think suffers from the familiarity of its themes, and the hackneyed devices it uses - the skin is exotic as it has Arabic writing on it (everything from the East is mysterious, and curses of course are always powerful). The mood shifts of the book make it difficult to judge how Balzac indended it to be read - the first part is an eerie meeting leading to the possession of the skin, then a long section on the pursuit of Faedora, the last section being Raphael's decline beneath the effects of the skin (including a long satire on scientists, as they aim to analyse and neutralise the skin).
In all, not a bad book, but it suffers from the author's lack of a consistent approach the the story, and it contains nothing to surprise the modern reader.
Wacky!.......2001-01-30
Certainly not Balzac's finest, but still compelling in its own way. The thing ya gotta understand firstly is that this is one of the man's self-consciously 'philosophical' novels, meaning that drawing realistic and complex character portraits is not a primary concern. It's certainly possible to feel a certain amount of sympathy for Raphael, but he's not really much of a 'character,' and if this was one's first encounter with Balzac, one might get the false impression that he just wasn't able to draw deep characters. Anyway: this is, if I recall, only the second novel of the Human Comedy, and in many ways the ideas presented form the basis for his later works. The idea of success without any real work--success which turns out to be fleeting and ephermeral--is a common Balzacian theme, but here it's taken in a literal sense: Raphael acheives success not through his own merits but rather through the magical powers of the skin in question, even as this continued 'success' gradually diminishes his life-force. Compare this with Lucien in Lost Illusions, who rises and falls in much the same manner, only without any sort of physical representation of this rise and fall.
Bleh. The real question is, is the book a good read? Yeah, more or less. It definitely gets better as it goes along; one's patience is definitely tried by the antique shop sequence near the beginning, and I found the banquet/orgy scene to be more than a little tedious. However! Things do pick up: Raphael's courtship of Faedora is well done, and the novel's climax is wonderfully bizarre and nightmarish (I swear, it made me think of Lovecraft). The reader's patience is rewarded; it just takes a little while. As previously noted, not a good first Balzac (try Old Goriot), but once you're hooked, a worthwhile piece of work that provides priceless insights into the author's mode of thinking.
Solid Balzac.......1999-01-30
This is bo no means the man's best book. I have read 4 of his other works and this is the worst yet it is still an excellent book.
The plot focuses around Raphael, a depressed man who acquires a talisman that will grant your wishes. The catch is everytime you make a wish, the talisman diminishes, as does your health. The book is divided up almost into three seperate parts. The first deals with Raphael going to an elegant diner with colleagues followed by an orgy. The second part is cloddish and long as it discusse Raphael's romance towards Foedora. She is a sly temptress who really comes across as an uncompelling ice queen. Why Raphael would go after her is beyond me.
The third part features the books most touching moments and also its most wonderful imagery. This is where Raphael flees to the country and ponders his existence.
Overall a good book, worth reading and all of that. If you are considering Blazac read Eugenie Grandet and Ursule Mirouet first. Then read La Pere Goriot and Cesar Birrotteau. They are all far more compelling books.
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- Chadwick's first novel shows promise, but not the polished perfection that we can expect in her later books
- Elizabeth Chadwick's First Novel
- The Wild Hunt is a Wild Medieval Adventure!
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- It`s without a doubt the best book I have ever read!
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The Wild Hunt
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Chadwick's first novel shows promise, but not the polished perfection that we can expect in her later books.......2007-09-18
"The Wild Hunt" is, as far as I know, the first novel that Elizabeth Chadwick wrote (or published at the least.) As much as I love this author I have to say the lack of experience shows in this book.
Like the vast majority of Chadwick's novels this is a romance inside of a historical fiction novel. The story here is of a son of a Welsh Marcher Barron (called so because their lands "march" with the borders of Wales) who is ordered by a slightly perverse (and as far as I know one of the at least three gay kings of England) to marry the heiress to great lands which are coveted by a very evil lord (her uncle.) Our lord (Guy) believes this ordered marriage to be tantamount to a death sentence because of the inevitable war he will have to fight with this uncle.
His bride, Judith, is no more thrilled then he. Her father was brutal and her only images of marriage are very bad ones. She's terrified of her new husband; even though he makes it clear he won't consummate the marriage until she is ready (and older than her young minded sixteen years.) Also Guy is still n love with his pregnant Welsh mistress, who refuses to live with him or under his protection.
So, political squabbling, sexual tension, family secrets and war ensue. Fairy typical Chadwick stuff really. The only difference is in the writing. This novel is nowhere near as polished and compelling as "The Conquest." It's still a good story, but there is so much emphasis on fighting and hunting that parts of it are downright boring. More romance would have been appreciated-most of Chadwick's books have really intense yearning involved with main characters and this did not, which removed a vital part of what makes her so good. But hey, practice makes perfect and Chadwick has since achieved that, so no worries.
So in the end, if you're devoted to Chadwick, read the book. If you're just hearing of her now, don't start with this book. Read "The Conquest" instead-it's a much better showpiece of the author's talents.
Elizabeth Chadwick's First Novel.......2007-01-17
Much of Elizabeth Chadwick's research is carried out as a member of Regia Anglorum, this is an early medieval re-enactment society. This is her first novel. It would be fair to say that it is a historical romance, but I feel that it will be equally enjoyable by both men and women.
The Story takes place in the feudal domains of Norman Lords occupying lands in Wales during the reign of William Rufus. Elizabeth Chadwick has the ability to bring to life the everyday happening of an occupied Wales and the occupying Norman's are brought vividly to life. These were hard and cruel times when life was cheap and women were thought of as little better than brood mares whose only role in life was to provide an heir for their husband's.
Since writing this book, Elizabeth Chadwick has become a successful and much read author. Her writing style has dare I say it become much earthier and are all the better for it. Women still make up a large part of her writings and why not, they are just as interesting, if not more so than the men.
The Wild Hunt is a Wild Medieval Adventure!.......2003-01-02
I agree with the second customer reviewer. Pay no attention to Kirkus Review. It almost sounds as if they read an entirely different novel.
This is the story of Judith and Guyon of Ravenstow & Ledworth. She was given into marriage with Guyon before even meeting him. Her image of marriage is not a pretty one. She imagines it to be like her mother's, full of violence. Her "father" is half-brother to the infamous Lord Robert de Belleme. Judith, for several months to a year is filled with distrust for her new husband, Guy, even though he has yet to exercise his "full martial rights." As time goes on, however, she learns to trust him in nearly everything.
However, there is a secret that even she does not suspect about herself, but others, including Guy, do. In addition, Guy suffers a personal tragedy and surprisingly Judith, is empathetic about it.
The characters in this novel are complex, compassionate, realistic human beings. The story is fast-paced and never dull. The details of what life must have been like during William Rufus' and Henry I's reign are wild, sometimes brutal, but always interesting. If you want to read a medieval book that does not disappoint, then this one is for you. Beware, however, the modicum of sex that does appear in this title is neither gratitious nor vulgar, it is appropriate to the storyline. It is out-of-print, but it can and should be found and read! Also, be sure to read the rest in this trilogy, "The Running Vixen," and "The Leopard Unleashed." "King of the Wood" is also an excellent novel by Valerie Anand that uses William Rufus' reign as a backdrop.
Great Book.......2002-02-03
I enjoyed this book, and i reccomend it to anyone that is fascinated by the middle ages. The story seems true to life (past) obviously!
It`s without a doubt the best book I have ever read!.......1998-12-11
I have read This book about eight times and I almost know it by heart. The book is so alive and real, when you read about Judith and Guyons lifes it feals just like you are there together with them. It's not possible to discribe everything that happens in the book, you get to follow the two main characters, Judith and Guyons, lifes together. From the day that they are married and a few years further. It's a realy good book and it is hard to put it down before you have read every word in it. I highly recomend it!
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Excellently written and researched; I recommend it.......1999-11-04
In his book, Belue has carefully researched and written an account of the death of the buffalo east of the Mississippi. In a greater sense, this work examines life on the frontier as well as the history of trade and colonization of the frontier. The author uses personal accounts, journals, and memoirs of the traders, long hunters and trappers who played a role in the settlement of the frontier as a basis for the work. I highly recommend as well as the author's other works on the life of Daniel Boone.
Full of useful information!.......1999-04-29
Chronicling the demise of buffalo that ranged between the Blue Ridge and the Mississippi, this book includes previously unpublished material on flora, fauna, and Woodland and Southeastern Indians. Living historians will find useful information on arms, accoutrements, attire, and frontier skills and lifestyles. --Living History, Spring 1997
"A welcome addition!"--Beth Rengstorf, Bison World.......1999-02-19
Buffalo history enthusiasts will find that Ted Belue's book is written just for them. While there are a number of effective historical, nonfiction books on the American buffalo available, this one has the advantage of focusing attention specifically on the death of the buffalo east of the Mississippi. This noteworthy recounting of buffalo and their gruesome end gives a realistic picture of what occurred. Belue provides readers with enough information to gain both insight and comprehension. By the 1820s, the eastern buffalo herds were gone. The author uses many quotes from early chronicles to illustrate a vivid account of the hardships hunters encountered as well as the plight of the buffalo east of the Mississippi. Belue's careful research is evident and reinforced by the excellent selection of black-and-white photographs and old maps. The glossary, index, and selected annotated bibliography are very helpful to the reader. This book is written on a slightly higher reading level and is very comprehensive. This title will fill a gap in most collections and will appeal particularly to readers of American buffalo history. This book would be a welcome addition to any "buffalo/bison" book shelf.
"Required Material! " John Curry, Smoke and Fire News.......1998-12-23
This excellent piece offers an up close/analytical look at the tale of the buffalo and those men who hunted buffalo in the 18th century "Middle Ground." Names, dates, places, hunts, scouts, etc. unfold in front of your eyes in an understandable and exciting manner via so many new and varied primary documentation sources I don't even want to get into listing them. Long Hunt presents you with a highly accurate perception of the era and its players. Somewhat akin to Arnow's SEEDTIME ON THE CUMBERLAND but much more specifically directed toward the over-mountain eastern frontiersman, I would have to consider this as "required material" for anyone whose persona involves hunting for a living in the 18th century frontier. Do yourself a favor...buy it!
A must read!--Western Writers of America.......1998-12-04
Several good books about the American bison are available in today's marketplace. Among the best are David Dary's The Buffalo Book, and Tom McHugh's The Time of the Buffalo. Now comes Ted Franklin Belue's The Long Hunt to make a threesome of outstanding volumes on this most recognizable of American wildlife. But Belue's book is different. Now, for the first time (that I know of) the eastern variety of the species is chronicled. Drawing upon archaeological evidence and utilizing first-hand accounts of early explorers, pioneers, and settlers along the Eastern seaboard and in the vast trans-Appalachian country, Belue follows the buffalo's saga from its earliest confrontation with American Indians, through the first European impact, and all the way down to the animal's extinction east of the Mississippi River. A valuable part of this book (aside, of course, from the invaluable information about the buffalo itself) is the huge amount of data that Belue imparts to his reader about the long-hunter, the eastern forerunner of the mountain man. Complete with extensive notes, illustrations, appendices, and bibliography, The Long Hunt is a volume to be read and intensely studied by any student of America's first West. One of the finest tributes to this book that I have read came from Dr. Richard Taylor of Kentucky State University, who wrote, "What David Dary has done in his study of buffalo west of the Mississippi, Belue has done for those east of it."--Jim Crutchfield, Western Writers of America, April 1998, Roundup Magazine
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- If you ever bagged a gobbler or plan to, read this book.
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If you ever bagged a gobbler or plan to, read this book........2002-01-23
Great book to learn some new skills about trophy preparation.
Making a wing bone call. Excellent tips from a lifetime of knowledge from an expert Wild Turkey authority.
Excellent Turkey Book.......2000-02-20
A great book with lots of info on turkey biology and how to care for your bird after the harvest. Great section on making a winbone yelper call. Lots of nice photos. Two turkey spurs up on this one.
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A mystery story.......2000-01-05
This book has everything- a mystery, a valiant search, a happy ending. It is the story of the search for the nesting site of the whooping crane. It took 17 years to find the site, the discovery of which assures the world that this site will not be destroyed and insures that these birds may survive the impact of an ever growing human population. We owe so much to these brave men who worked so hard to find where these glorious birds nested. The book is well written and illustrated.
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Join in on a trip that tests the spirit, the body and the sense of humor of everyone involved. The action starts as soon as Humberto leaves the house, and doesn't stop until he and his buddies have been shocked, scared, gassed, gored, trampled and battered into submission.
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Rousing tales of danger and wild pig encounters .......2004-09-08
Take a hunting and fishing adventure story, set it in the wetlands of the Mississippi River mouth, and add two middle-age participants with a passion for hell-raising adventure and an ounce of sense and you have The Hellpig Hunt, a rowdy hunting trip into Louisiana territory which will have even the most seasoned hunter on the edge of his seat. Rousing tales of danger and wild pig encounters are anything but boaring and come from a maniacal hunter, fisherman, and author alike.
Hellacious.......2003-12-17
For anybody on your Christmas list who thinks golf is for wussies too housebroken to engage in bloodsport, there's Humberto Fontova's very funny The Hellpig Hunt: A Hunting Adventure in the Wild Wetlands at the Mouth of the Mississippi River by Middle-Aged Lunatics Who Refuse to Grow Up.
In case that title's insufficiently descriptive, here's Humberto's previous book's title: The Helldivers' Rodeo : A Deadly, Extreme, Scuba-Diving, Spear Fishing Adventure Amid the Offshore Oil-Platforms in the Murky Waters off the Gulf of Mexico. The Hellpig Hunt resembles what you'd get if Hunter S. Thompson went hunting with Bluto and the rest of the gang from Animal House. Plus, Humberto tosses in philosophical asides on the predatory nature of the human male from Camille Paglia, Edward O. Wilson, and the head philosopher of hunting, Jose Ortega Y Gasset of "Revolt of the Masses" fame.
A couple of years ago I tried to explain to Humberto the appeal of golf to guys like me: "You see, it's a like a suburbanized form of hunting. It's a battle against nature played out in an ideal landscape for hunting." My little dissertation appears to have been refracted back through Humberto's twisted brain on p. 138 of his tome:
"'Then why don't more men hunt?' you ask.
"'Lack of opportunity,' I answer. "They turn to golf for the same reason men turn to sodomy in prisons.'"
Gee, Humberto, thanks for phrasing my idea like that.
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- The Wild Hunt Retold
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The Wild Hunt Retold.......2004-05-28
I have just read two short novels by Jane Yolen. The first of these is THE WILD HUNT. In this book Jane Yolen weaves a tale of several worlds that all seem to border one another at an old mansion. Different aspects of this mansion are inhabited by different aspects of the same young lad. Soon magic begins to rise and the Wild Hunt is riding through the hills.
Led by a cat who is an aspect of the Summer Queen, the lad must rescue himself from Herne. In doing so he learns the secret behind the Wild Hunt and the folly it represents.
This was an interesting and fresh telling of a classic legend.
The Hunt is On.......2004-02-13
This book is one of the better books I have ever read. It is one of those books that makes you want to just keep reading and reading until its done. Its plot and suspenseful hunt is extrodinary. If you havn't read a book from Jane Yolen this book will suprise you.
The Wild Hunt.......2003-09-29
The Wild Hunt is a slow-moving, easily comprehendible book. The book has a unique and intriguing set-up that had me hooked by the second chapter. The book has three parts in a chapter, each tells a similar story from a different point of view. The story is full of action and suspence, which kept me hooked. When I started reading I could not put the book down. This book cannot be made better. If you love adventure this book is for you. I give it a great rating.
The Wild Hunt.......2003-09-29
The Wild Hunt is a slow-moving, easily comprehendible book. The book has a unique and intriguing set-up that had me hooked by the second chapter. The book has three parts in a chapter, each tells a similar story from a different point of view. The story is full of action and suspence, which kept me hooked. When I started reading I could not put the book down. This book cannot be made better. If you love adventure this book is for you. I give it a great rating.
Delightful mythic fantasy.......2001-11-24
Jane Yolen taps into mythos and folklore for "Wild Hunt," a short and sweet kids' fantasy with exquisite writing and amazing illustrations. Yolen also experiments with a unique chapter format, as often chapters are split into "Chapter One; Chapter One - Almost; Chapter One - Sort of" which adds extra charm.
Jerrold and Gerund are young boys who live in parallel versions of a huge house, "surrounded by rowan trees that are proof against magic." With each one lives the beautiful, chilly white cat; with Gerund also lives the overenthusiastic Mully the dog (who tends to echo the last few words of each sentence).
Outside, the Wild Hunt has begun; the chaotic, frightening king of winter is on the search for the Lady, who is "She Who Is Ever, She Whose Word Is Law, The Once and Future Queen, Maiden Mother and Crone, Summer and Goodness and Light." (Those last are highly debateable) Gerund and Jerrold are swept into the snowy wilderness, full of frightening hounds and the Moss-man, and the result of the clash between Summer and Winter is something that they never could have dreamed of.
One interesting fact about this book is that since the forces in motion are so much greater than the boys, they are not really able to change much. (I enjoyed the mentions of Aragorn, Ged, and Will Stanton by one of the boys, as fictional heroes) The ending is intriguing -- I really didn't see that coming, but after the events of the climax, I can't imagine it any other way.
Jerrold and Gerund are both brave and interesting, yet freaked enough by what is happening for them to be realistic. Mully's antics may grate on readers, but certain plot developments make him poignant rather than irritating. The horned man is menacing and nasty, but intriguing in his showdown with his wife. She's a bit more of a dark horse, as she seems much sweeter and more refined, but at the same time she is very cold and perhaps as menacing as her husband.
The writing is lovely, lyrical and very evocative. The pictures are simple black and white, very lifelike while retaining a slight softness and candlelit appearance. As far as quality goes, like some Point books it is printed on thick white paper, with a tight binding. No cracks on the edges of the binding, like many mass market paperbacks!
Some parents may not want their younger kids to read this, given the death of a couple characters, the idea of a young boy being used as "bait," a river of blood, and a forest of fruit that is actually maggots, flies, and insects. Additionally, younger children won't be able to fully appreciate the richness and background of this tale, though they may like it. Short as it is, this strikes me as more a YA novel than a children's.
Overall, this is a beautiful tale worthy of many rereadings on a winter's night.
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