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This was another excellent book by my favorite author, Orson Scott Card. The novel has plenty of twiats and turns and things to keep you guessing until the last page. In typical Card fashion, the protagonist is an intelligent young man. Rigg will have to use everything he learned from his mysterious father if he is to survive a life that he is suddenly thrust into.
4 of 5 stars.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Lots of Catching Up
So, I have been away for a while, working on my first novel, currently titled "Caym's Service." It's never a good idea to get attached to a title too soon, so that is simply the working title.
The novel evolved a great deal over time, the main character was named Bayard Ansital, he was a demon hunter searching for the demon that permanently altered his life years ago and returned to kill his wife and child.
Now the main character is named Bayrd Anstal (flows so much nicer) a demon ruined his life 5 years ago and he ran away from it, living a life of obscurity. When he finally, after 5 years, decided to move on a woman he had a date with is brutally murdered. This sets into motion a stream of events that will reveal to Bayrd what really happened five years ago and nothing is what it seemed or even now seems.
In my typical Xiao Wang duality there is a strong romantic theme in the novel that runs parallel to the violence and bloodshed. There are three significant women in Bayrd's life through the novel, and you are left guessing until the end how that turns out.
So, shameless plug over, I have read several books in that time and need to put up reviews for them. I will do so over the next couple days.
The novel evolved a great deal over time, the main character was named Bayard Ansital, he was a demon hunter searching for the demon that permanently altered his life years ago and returned to kill his wife and child.
Now the main character is named Bayrd Anstal (flows so much nicer) a demon ruined his life 5 years ago and he ran away from it, living a life of obscurity. When he finally, after 5 years, decided to move on a woman he had a date with is brutally murdered. This sets into motion a stream of events that will reveal to Bayrd what really happened five years ago and nothing is what it seemed or even now seems.
In my typical Xiao Wang duality there is a strong romantic theme in the novel that runs parallel to the violence and bloodshed. There are three significant women in Bayrd's life through the novel, and you are left guessing until the end how that turns out.
So, shameless plug over, I have read several books in that time and need to put up reviews for them. I will do so over the next couple days.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The Eight, Katherine Neville
Full review, click here
OK. THIS novel gets 5 out of 5 stars.
This is the second time I read this novel, having read it about 10 years ago. It is so good, so powerful... when I finished it yesterday I was literally shaking.
It weaves together 2 stories, one of a young French nun and her cousin and one of a Manhattan computer expert. Although the nuns live during the time of the French revolution and the computer expert lives in the 1970's, their lives are tightly entwined.
They are all players in a game not of their choosing. They are destined for things that can only be dreamed of. They are in the Game.
Alchemy, mysticism, chemisty, physics, math, history, music and CHESS. This book has it all.
OK. THIS novel gets 5 out of 5 stars.
This is the second time I read this novel, having read it about 10 years ago. It is so good, so powerful... when I finished it yesterday I was literally shaking.
It weaves together 2 stories, one of a young French nun and her cousin and one of a Manhattan computer expert. Although the nuns live during the time of the French revolution and the computer expert lives in the 1970's, their lives are tightly entwined.
They are all players in a game not of their choosing. They are destined for things that can only be dreamed of. They are in the Game.
Alchemy, mysticism, chemisty, physics, math, history, music and CHESS. This book has it all.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Temple of the Winds, by Terry Godkind
Full review here
Temple of the Winds, book four of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind does not disappoint. Like the others before it, Temple of the Winds picks up right where the previous book left off and continues the story of the difficult responsibilities that befall Richard Rahl, Master of D'hara and his beloved, Kahlan, the Mother Confessor.
This book receives, from me, 4 and a half stars. It was the best installment since the first novel, Wizard's First Rule.
Temple of the Winds, book four of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind does not disappoint. Like the others before it, Temple of the Winds picks up right where the previous book left off and continues the story of the difficult responsibilities that befall Richard Rahl, Master of D'hara and his beloved, Kahlan, the Mother Confessor.
This book receives, from me, 4 and a half stars. It was the best installment since the first novel, Wizard's First Rule.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
The BoneMan's Daughters, by Ted Dekker
Full review click here
The BoneMan's Daughter's is about Ryan Evans, a military intelligence officer whose daughter is kidnapped by the BoneMan. The BoneMan is a serial killer that kidnaps young women, looking for the perfect daughter. When they fail to live up to his twisted expectations he kills them by breaking every bone in their bodies.
I found the antagonist wholey unbelieveable and that detracted from the story for me. I was mostly unimpressed, disappointing since I so enjoyed many of Dekker's other novels.
2.5 of 5 stars
The BoneMan's Daughter's is about Ryan Evans, a military intelligence officer whose daughter is kidnapped by the BoneMan. The BoneMan is a serial killer that kidnaps young women, looking for the perfect daughter. When they fail to live up to his twisted expectations he kills them by breaking every bone in their bodies.
I found the antagonist wholey unbelieveable and that detracted from the story for me. I was mostly unimpressed, disappointing since I so enjoyed many of Dekker's other novels.
2.5 of 5 stars
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Blood of the Fold, by Terry Goodkind
Full review
Let me make one thing clear right away. I loved this novel. It was a great addition to the storyline.
Having said that, it is apparent at this point that Goodkind was at the point of trying to go out of his way to breathe new life into the series. The entire series is what? Eleven, twelve books? This novel was much shorter than the previous two and made no attempt to tie up many of the loose threads at the end.
Obviously the expectation was to set up the next novel. Which, of course, I will now read. It is sitting in front of me as I type this. So in the end, Goodkind won the battle. Let's see if he keeps me glued through the entire series.
Let me make one thing clear right away. I loved this novel. It was a great addition to the storyline.
Having said that, it is apparent at this point that Goodkind was at the point of trying to go out of his way to breathe new life into the series. The entire series is what? Eleven, twelve books? This novel was much shorter than the previous two and made no attempt to tie up many of the loose threads at the end.
Obviously the expectation was to set up the next novel. Which, of course, I will now read. It is sitting in front of me as I type this. So in the end, Goodkind won the battle. Let's see if he keeps me glued through the entire series.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Gone for Good, by Harlan Coben
Full review
Harlan Coben is a master of suspense and mystery and this novel shows that he can deliver a powerful tale.
Will Klein is still dealing with the murder of his girlfriend from 11 years ago when new information shatters what he always believed. Then his current girlfriend, whom he is about to marry, disappears and is found murdered and dumped on the side of the road.
But nothing is as it seems, and can Will figure out the truth before the truth finds him?
Four of 5 stars.
Harlan Coben is a master of suspense and mystery and this novel shows that he can deliver a powerful tale.
Will Klein is still dealing with the murder of his girlfriend from 11 years ago when new information shatters what he always believed. Then his current girlfriend, whom he is about to marry, disappears and is found murdered and dumped on the side of the road.
But nothing is as it seems, and can Will figure out the truth before the truth finds him?
Four of 5 stars.
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