Crimson Goddes [Paperback]

Catherine Cooke (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace (November 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441121993
• ISBN-13: 978-0441121991
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,967,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars weak is weak, July 29, 2005

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Franco "Franco" (Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crimson Goddes (Paperback)

I must agree with the reviewer who gave one star: nobody expects shakespeare here: me, being a foreigner, I have problems understanding the bard.
I just expect a good nice entertaining read. This book has some good ideas but the writing is VERY VERY poor. Characters might be likeable if the author knew her job but it is clear she doesn't.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars weak, May 30, 2005

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Furio (Genova - Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crimson Goddes (Paperback)

This final book is the weakest of a trilogy whose main interest lies in the homosexuality of the main character.

In my reviews of the other two books I have already discussed Ms Cooke's shortcomings as a writer barely able to keep the reader's interest alive by the pacing of her story.

Here also the pacing falters: Arris, the main character, changes his loyalties as one would change one's shirt and he seems highly unconcerned about it, his love for Sasha being all the reason we are given.
A second cause of complaint is the rather too active role of gods in the story: they pestered the first two volumes and now they take part in the war of the three realms in a way which is hard to stomach even in fantasy fiction.
By using them the way she does Ms Cooke misses the best chance she has at achieving real depth: one can only dream how a slightly more sensitive writer could have narrated the ipothetical issue of the emperor facing the heart rending fact that despite his military victory he has lost his beloved's heart to the losing prince.
Ms Cooke decides she will not have it and contrives the gods' intervention in the final battle to give Sasha an unplausible victory.
Set against this all other flaws seem less important: the inconsistent treating of magic, the confusing warfare strategies, the capricious plot twists, the inconsistent and lacking characterization, etc. etc.

This author should be heavily fined for having wasted such a good story in this amateurish way.

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars geez..., July 22, 2005

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D. Clark "skeens_leap" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crimson Goddes (Paperback)

Doing this merely to round out that 1 star given by the sole other reviewer. What did they expect? Shakespeare? It's a frigging FANTASY. It's not meant to solve all of life's problems, neither is Arris supposed to be a prodigal son. Arris is a BOY in a tough situation where there are no easy outs or easy answers. If he seems to be fickle, it's because his whole world shifts under him from moment to moment, leaving him with noone and nothing to trust BUT his boyhood friend. And Arris' love with the emperor... *snort* It was never an equal love, and never had anything near the intensity of Arris' love with Sasha. My god. Reading that other review simply pissed me off. This series was a heck of alot of fun and Arris is a very likeable, and refreshingly flawed, character.