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'the most original new fiction of this kind ... equally appealing to boys. Here be dragons, sorcery and battles, but Kaaberbol's thrilling and thoughtful series is really about perceiving the limitations and deceits of adulthood.' -- The Times 20050226 The Shamer's Daughter: '[A] fine novel ... The term 'page-turner' is often used but not always justified. It is deserved here, tenfold. I really, really couldn't put the book down.' -- The School Librarian 20050226 'Full of passion' -- The Guardian 20050226 'There is a sense of excitement, sorrow and adventure throughout, and this is a gripping read.' -- School Librarian 20050701
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'the most original new fiction of this kind ... equally appealing to boys. Here be dragons, sorcery and battles, but Kaaberbol's thrilling and thoughtful series is really about perceiving the limitations and deceits of adulthood.' (The Times )
The Shamer's Daughter: '[A] fine novel ... The term 'page-turner' is often used but not always justified. It is deserved here, tenfold. I really, really couldn't put the book down.' (The School Librarian )
'Full of passion' (The Guardian )
'There is a sense of excitement, sorrow and adventure throughout, and this is a gripping read.' (School Librarian )
The Shamer's Daughter: '[A] fine novel ... The term 'page-turner' is often used but not always justified. It is deserved here, tenfold. I really, really couldn't put the book down.' (The School Librarian )
'Full of passion' (The Guardian )
'There is a sense of excitement, sorrow and adventure throughout, and this is a gripping read.' (School Librarian )
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Format:Hardcover
this book is great no swearing,i have not read the others yet which is silly i no but i found the book at a recycling centre.and just read a few pages in the middle and got hooked,the problem with that is i found out there were other books befor this one .so i have had to find them and i am about to start with them very soon.i no i am 56 years old but that just go,s to show you do not need to be really young to injoy books. go on read it and see for your self,but start with book one in the series
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Serpant Gift is an impressive work of fantasy, set in an almost plausiable universe close but not quite our own. It is written in the first person from two different perspectives, which is initially confusing but eventually becomes intuitive. Though the initial premise (Shamers who can break hardened sinners by looking in their eyes) sounds cheesy, it is carried off well. The adversary force, the titular Serpant's Gift, starts off solidly and then becomes somewhat out of place as its mechanics of dreams are revealed, and this sets the tone of the book as the masterfully written mystery forces that plauge the beginning of the book become far less impressive when they are revealed, and their resolution is often clumsy.
By far the finest part of the Serpent's gift is its first section, which sets the tone wonderfully as the mysterious father of our heroine, Dina, begins to catch up, to blatent panic from her mother. Neither character is demonised, and though some staggeringly obtuse responces from Dinah's brother breaks the tense atmosphere, the impressive chase is rendered even more potent when we can empathise with both hunter and quarry, and when both hunter and quarry are shown to be imperfect and vindictive. The final revelations of Dinah's father and the nature of the Serpent gift are well-written enough, but fall somewhat short of this excellent beginning, and the portrayel of ruling Draconis family as purely evil is also disappointing.
The climax is far too short, and blatently disposes of several important characters who are no longer needed, or who would get in the way- it is painfully evident that this is the end of the book but not the series. This is what costs it that extra star, for the Serpant Gift is well-written, engrossing, emotive and centred round a powerful clash of identities and forces, which is carried off with great ability. An apparent fear of making heroes
of the heroes is both a gift and a curse, as our very human characters sometimes fall short of fantasy expectations, but this is nonetheless a very fine work.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the best book so far - and it's the longest, so I could read for longer!
After Dina's father kills the family's dog, her mother orders her family to go on the run. Their journey through distant lands brongs them closer and closer to peril, until Nico and Gavin are arrested and sent to the island of the Wyrm!
Full of visual and incredibly gripping language, this is a book none like I have ever seen! I rate this 5 stars because I just could not put it down and I was drawn to the pages like a magnet. This book must have been saying:
"Look into my eyes!"
After Dina's father kills the family's dog, her mother orders her family to go on the run. Their journey through distant lands brongs them closer and closer to peril, until Nico and Gavin are arrested and sent to the island of the Wyrm!
Full of visual and incredibly gripping language, this is a book none like I have ever seen! I rate this 5 stars because I just could not put it down and I was drawn to the pages like a magnet. This book must have been saying:
"Look into my eyes!"
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