- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; New edition edition (6 Jan 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192750682
- ISBN-13: 978-0192750686
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 699,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If you loved Harry Potter, try this book. (Publishers Weekly )
If you want fantasy proper, the huge, enjoyable quest book, packed with invention, foul evil versus good, you're in luck, for such a work is The Hounds of the Morrigan. (The Observer )
This is a most remarkable book (School Librarian )
A most magical book. (Irish Times )
A treat. (The Observer ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
If you want fantasy proper, the huge, enjoyable quest book, packed with invention, foul evil versus good, you're in luck, for such a work is The Hounds of the Morrigan. (The Observer )
This is a most remarkable book (School Librarian )
A most magical book. (Irish Times )
A treat. (The Observer ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An avid reader of children's fiction both for myself and to my children, I was bowled over by this random find. I've never seen the book before or heard of the author, but wow! It has a dramatic and driven narrative, a deep footing in ancient mythology but without any Tolkeinian long windedness and a swift humour. The author is a little like Diana Wynne Jones in theme and the fabulously evil 'witch' women are worthy of her, but it is unfair to draw parallels as the author has a unique and idiosyncratic voice. Easily one of the freshest books I've read recently, and one I will certainly read again.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read this book when my father bought it for me, about 15 years ago. I think I must have been around eleven. I remember taking it to school in my first year of secondary school and making the english teacher take it home to read!
I have worshipped it ever since. Its so descriptive and involving, it takes you along on this big adventure and you really feel you are with the characters , pidge and bridget. It strikes just the right balance between thrills and humour and makes you believe there is really a land called Tir-na-nog.
I must have read the book every year, and even though Im 26 now, no other book has come close. I would really recommend this book to all parents and kids alike. My book is so battered that I am going to buy a new one, and I am really looking forward to reading the story to my future children.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Some books stretch the bounds of credulity with unexplained magical feats, but with this book I just didn't care; it makes no pretensions to be other than what it is - a children's fairy story, where anything can and does happen; monsters, giants, shapeshifters, witches, magic, talking animals - the lot.
It made me want to read it out loud to my grand-daughter, if it wasn't so long! It has that (now) outdated 'story-book' delivery to it that is somehow very appropriate to the plot and characters; short, descriptive sentences without waffle or padding convey the gist of the story using exactly the right words and phraseology - no wading through paragraphs of tortuous description.
It made me want to read it out loud to my grand-daughter, if it wasn't so long! It has that (now) outdated 'story-book' delivery to it that is somehow very appropriate to the plot and characters; short, descriptive sentences without waffle or padding convey the gist of the story using exactly the right words and phraseology - no wading through paragraphs of tortuous description.
Brigit steals the show with her feisty 'I can do anything and I'm not afraid of YOU' attitude and the other characterisations are so good, you can 'see' each one in your mind's eye.
Ideal material for a film, but I fear that Terry Gilliam is the only one good enough to do it justice.
I loved it - read it with a child's open mind and you will too - a real joy! *****
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My Favourite Childhood Book
I was very lucky and was given a signed copy of this book when it was first published as a birthday present. I was 7 years old and must have read it five or six times since. Read more
Published 1 month ago by basaclue 11
It doesn't quite work
All the elements are there, but it doesn't quite flow.
I tried several times to get into this book and I'm sad to say I never took to it.
I tried several times to get into this book and I'm sad to say I never took to it.
Published 1 month ago by Genie Gem
Wonderful Fantasy
I read this book as a child, and even then I thought that it deserved to become a classic.I hope that the Kindle release will give it a new lease of life with the younger... Read more
Published 2 months ago by L Robinson
What more can I say?
41 reviews, 37 scored at 5 stars. I suspect most of what I would like to say has already been said. This book is amazing, vivid in my mind even after nearly 30 years. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. White
I dont really get it! :P
I didn't really get it to be honest! I got the book when i was 11 and I read the first part but I put it down for a few days and I never got back into it! Read more
Published 10 months ago by ilovechocolate
As good as the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
I remember finding this as a bargain basement basket in WHSMITH and thinking I would give it a try - which is totally unlike me. I am so glad I did. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Kady
This deserves to be called "A Classic"
I first read this book when I was about ten and at the grand old age of 30-something, I still find myself being drawn back to it on a regular basis. Read more
Published 15 months ago by AngryLittleCreature
Fantastic book
This book is really amazing, I've read it so many times my own copy has become tattered, I have been looking for a new one a long time now and it is really hard to find. Read more
Published 18 months ago by moread
Read this book!!!!!
I read this book many, many years ago, when I was attending an all girls convent boarding school, and loved it. Read more
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I read this book years ago and still regularly buy it for friends. It's a fabulous book for both young and old. I wish it had the success and profile it deserves. Read more
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