A Dirge For Prester John (3 books in series)
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review 1: This story is magic, but not magic in the clinical sense spoken between adults who don’t believe any more. This story is the word whispered between two small children who believe will all their little hearts. It’s myths and histories and imagination swirling together into a rio...
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review 1: As usual Valente does a good job of creating a bizarre and yet very real universe. This book continued in her trend of beautiful but visceral phrasing and she makes it come alive. The twisting of the story and the empty spaces were compelling and I finished feeling unsatisfied bu...
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English
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review 1: This is a book club book, so just a brief impression for now. I'm sure that my misgivings with this text will be part of the later discussion. There were times when I did not enjoy this book, and other parts that were excellent. The language was good, the story, obfuscated at ...