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I was rarely held so captive by a novel...Williams is our Tolkien (Fear )
Epic fantasy you can get lost in for days, not just hours (Locus )
Tad Williams proves himself as adept at writing science fiction as he is at writing fantasy. Best of all, however, are Williams's well-drawn sympathetic characters . . . (Publishers Weekly )
Epic fantasy you can get lost in for days, not just hours (Locus )
Tad Williams proves himself as adept at writing science fiction as he is at writing fantasy. Best of all, however, are Williams's well-drawn sympathetic characters . . . (Publishers Weekly )
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'Epic fantasy you can get lost in for days, not just hours'
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is the second in a epic of four books, but there is a review at the front of the book giving an overview of the past novel. This book though was amazing to read, Tad Williams is a great writer and you lose time as he sends you through the travels of the characters. The prince who should be a king, commanding a hill, helping those in need, while his brother, the king, gets into even more trouble. Simon stays for a while in another world (almost). Trouble brews all around. It is a gripping tale and one that will leave you pleading for the next book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The second book in the trilogy, the quest has now built up to breathtaking levels of unsuperable doom! This should be a standard text for would-be fantasy authors. It has everything, magic swords, dragons etc.etc., beautifully realised in 'a world gone mad' (tho' no elephants yet!). The pivotal character, Simon, starts off in the kitchens, as is only right, proper and traditional in these sagas but is soon caught up in a world threatening conspiracy which aims to ensure the return of the evil (and technically dead) Storm King, a vengeful, disembodied elf-prince. Williams' deft touch with ongoing cataclysm hurtles you through interesting quantities of weather and slaughter without letting the pace drop and spits you out breathless and hungry for the next instalment. The fact that this trilogy is barely portable is an advantage in my view, as it's so difficult to find books that last longer than a snack but don't get bogged down in 'on the three hundredth day of our quest we saw lots more grass and some mountains'. If this tale has a fault it is only that, in common with his other yarns, it takes a little while to warm up at the beginning, once its feet are under it, the actions never lets up. A superior example of its genre.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The second part of this fantasy masterpiece never stops to surprise you!
It gives many many new acquaintances, a deeper plot than most stories can offer and so many ethnic and religious details, which give the story a deeper plausibility than most contemporary fantasy novels.
It gives many many new acquaintances, a deeper plot than most stories can offer and so many ethnic and religious details, which give the story a deeper plausibility than most contemporary fantasy novels.
Williams' work is rapidly overtaking many other read fantasy series and climbing ever upwards on my top ten.
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just not enough hours in day
What a fantastic second book they can so often be a let down, my only problem not enough hours in day for reading the Boss just will not let me read while I am supposed to be... Read more
Published 2 months ago by louise
i must of missed something.
i must of missed something when reading this second instalment in what has been so far a hard fought battle. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. M. C. Russon
A wonderful series
I read voraciously, and could never review all the books I read, but these four books were so enjoyable that I want to recommend them to readers of fantasy. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. Nicola Fusco
Oh dear
This book is well written has great ideas and some fine charecters just none of them work together and the story just wanders round in circles biting its own tail. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Big John
Some good, some bad
I've just finished this book, the second in the series, and it would be a lie to say that I haven't enjoyed reading it. Read more
Published on 26 April 2010 by Robert Dodds
Interesting!
This is the second book of the four and better than the first (The Dragonbone Chair). Like the first however the first 400 pages are dull, dull, dull. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2009 by D. Cadman
Epic Fantasy on an Epic Scale
To write a tale as huge as this and keep the momentum flowing is a gigantic task, however a task that Williams on the whole, manages with seeming ease. Read more
Published on 23 July 2009 by Mr. A. I. Harrison
Wonderful
These books (Memory, Sorrow & Thorn) are a remarkable achievement. Very readable, enveloping, and beautifully written. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2009 by Antiplod
Simply Tad WIlliams
I would love to write a separate review for each of his books that I have read but I would ramble on far too long. Read more
Published on 19 May 2006 by L. Parry
Very disappointing
I bought this book as I had enjoyed The Dragonbone Chair. Unfortunately, I found it rather boring and couldn't even bring myself to read the last few chapters. Read more
Published on 29 May 2001
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