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The Foretelling (Hardcover)

by Alice Hoffman (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (7 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0316010189
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316010184
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 11.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars -, 6 Oct 2007
By S. Holt "sallyrei" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Foretelling (Paperback)
After reading Theresa Thomlinson's Moonriders, moving onto The Foretelling is an easy jump for someone eager for some historically-rooted Amazon fiction. The differences are clear - the time period in Hoffman's book is much earlier than in Thomlinsons. The Amazons are more ruthless, crueller, cuthroat. There is an earthier feel to their world, a binding, an inescapable tie to the tribe. It is against these bindings that Rain begins to explore. Admittedly, I personally could have done without the romantic subplot, but overall an excellent historical tale with a contemporary angle on change and revolution.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 14 Oct 2006
By TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Foretelling (Paperback)
In this intense yet complicated fantasy story, Rain attempts to gain her mother's notice and acceptance by being the best of warriors in their Amazonian tribe. The product of a rape when her mother, Alina, wasn't much more than a child herself, it is hard to gain the Queen's approval. Although Rain knows that she's been raised by Deborah, the wise priestess, to one day be Queen herself, she also pays attention to Deborah's promises of a much grander destiny.

Rain doesn't totally understand the Queen's desire to so thoroughly destroy her enemies, even though her own cousins, Astella and Asteria, are two of the fiercest warriors in the tribe. When Alina takes Penthe as her companion, and Penthe's daughter Io seeks to be Rain's sister, matters become even more complicated. Rain wants nothing more than to ride her horse, Sky, to garner her mother's approval, to earn the place as rightful Queen that will someday come upon her.

On her first journey alone, Rain comes upon a bear cub, which she takes back to camp. She names him Usha, and together with Io the two girls raise the cub as if he were a horse. Although Rain and Io soon discover the mistake of doing so, it's too late--

THE FORETELLING is a coming-of-age story set in a fantastical land of the Amazons. Rain is a compelling character who, although she tries so hard to be vicious and fierce like her fellow tribe-members, always leans more towards peace for all men and compassion towards her enemies.

Not to be missed by lovers of fantasy stories!

Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
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