Golden Trillium [Paperback]

Andre Norton (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam (1993)
• ASIN: B000HKBB38
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The book was okay, not spectacular, but okay., October 17, 2001

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Grant Reed (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golden Trillium (World of the Three Moons, Bk. 3) (Hardcover)

The story was relatively interesting, if a bit dry. The biggest problem I had with it was the lack of continuity with the rest of the series.

This book chronologically takes place a short time after Black Trillium. That would be fine if May and Norton had discussed it, but the lines of communication apparently failed.

If May knew how Norton was to conclude her story, she must have ignored it, because the character traits displayed by Kadiyah in Golden Trillium were not displayed by her in Blood Trillium.

Overall, I prefer the Kadiyah of Golden Trillium, to her through the eyes of May in Blood Trillium. I wish that something of that had been carried on.

The World of Three Moons did not seem the same world as that in the earlier works, or the later works. The appearance of the Sidonna didn't match the reference to them in the later works. It also did not have the strength of The Trillium due to the limited role of Haramis (maybe a paragraph), and the non-appearance of Anigel.

I do not think this is the best of Norton's work. If you are interested in the ongoing storyline of the World of Three Moons, you can safely ignore this book and miss none of that storyline. If you are an ANdre Norton fan, try to find it second hand.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's good, but . . ., September 1, 1998

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[e-mail] (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golden Trillium (Paperback)

Don't get me wrong, this is a very well-written book, but I found it vaguely troubling that it seems to have nothing to do with the other books in the series. And I'm not talking about the choppy chronology of the Trillium books . . . that I can overlook . . . what bothers me is that Andre Norton chose only to write about Kadiya. I've always thought the appeal to this series lies in the three fiercely different sisters. Haramis is my favorite, so I was disapointed that in the whole book she was barely mentioned. You'll love this book if Kadiya is your favorite triplet, but as a continuing chronicle of the princesses' story, it fails.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars powerful tale of conquering self doubt for the greater good, March 22, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Golden Trillium (Paperback)

This has to be one of Andre Norton's best book ever. However, there's a great deal of discontinuity in this story with thoses written by M Bradley (Lady of the Trillium) and J May (Blood Trillium and Sky Trillium). Andre Norton has set her story straight after the triplets defeated Oragastus (the first time). But J May wrote about two further encounters with this dark magician. And M Bradley set her story far far into the future (generations after the Black Trillium) and made no mention of the loss of the talismans. I suggest that people read J May's Blood Trillium and Sky Trillium first before reading A Norton's Golden Trillium and, lastly, M Bradley's Lady of the Trillium to get a better feel of the stories without being time warped. A must read for all Trillium fans and Norton fan