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1.0 out of 5 stars A let-down, 16 Mar 2006

By	Chantal Lyons (Kent, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: One for Sorrow (Paperback)

I had really high hopes for this book when I read its blurb and its praise. How disappointing it turned out to be.

For a start, the description is so meagre that the book's practically a skeleton. Sure, we get told that Kirrick, the main character of the book, flies over trees and hills, but where is the quality of description that most other books have?

The author tells us so many times about Kirrick's "long and arduous journey" that you begin to wonder if he suffers from amnesia, and that he hasn't realised that he's already told us about Kirrick's arduours in all the other pages before.

The book also has some other annoying things, such as the use of the phrase "they had all the aces in the cardpack": would a magpie use that phrase, seeing as this is a supposedly mature novel in which humans do not interact with the characters? The author rushes headfirst into cliches too: after the book's beginning, Kirrick flies to a river and there meets a grebe (introduced as "a grebe called Anisse") who immediately tells him that the answers to his problems lie with a great, wise old owl who lives in the wood nearby, how convenient!

In fact, the only properly written parts were the descriptions of some magpie individuals, and how they become so merciless and savage through bloodthirsty murdering. Then that raises the question of how this book could therefore be classed as children's fiction.

A very poor novel. At least I only borrowed it from a library, rather than wasted money on it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Somewhere to Alight, 13 April 2004

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A compact yet epic novel. The sorrow element is more than you might have expected, and it is this with the complexity of the character's troubles that make its lighter edges shine. The influences are clear, but this is more contemporary and evolved than its predecessors. It deserves to become a classic book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful and different, 29 Mar 2004

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I first picked up the book unsure of what to make of it and was pleasantly surprised to find it such a joy to read. A really descriptive book, suitable for older children and anyone who liked lord of the rings or any of those fantasy epic adventures although not as epic itself it was an enthralling read and really made me care for the characters. a recommended read to anyone who can.

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