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Incarnations Of Immortality 05: Being A Green Mother (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Incarnations of Immortality, Book 5)

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3 star:		(7)
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1 star:		(4)

 

 

I read this book only to continue reading this series in order, but when I finished, I was glad I did. It was simply amazing. Admittedly, it did drag in parts. But watching Orb progress throughout her life, learning how to be Gaea and not realizing it, was interesting, and a different spin in the rest of the books. The Natasha story line, and the ending of the book just left me stunned. Speechless. I had to reread the last chapter a couple of times. I'm quickly reading through another book right now so I read For Love of Evil, and find out some of Satan's thoughts on what was going on there. DEFINITELY read this book ... be warned, however ... even though all of the Incarnations books say they stand alone, it really helps to read the series in order.

The availability of the Incarnations series for me left a lot to be desired. You see, I read "On A Pale Horse" (Death), followed by excerpts from "Wielding A Red Sword" (War), the only two I had a chance of reading. So, when "For Love Of Evil" (Satan) came available, I jumped at it, even though it was out of order. Thus, when I finally got the chance to read the other 3 (including "Being A Green Mother" [Nature]), I knew how they ended. But I still enjoyed them greatly. As the series continued, I found that Anthony referred back to earlier episodes more and more. This is fine if you read from #1 to #6 in order, but if not, it can make things a little confusing. Luckily, Anthony's writing style made it easy for me to understand the basics of what was happening, preserving the flow of the book at hand, without giving away too much when I went back and found the other books. Enjoy!

Like the previous four volumes in this series, "Being a Green Mother" deals with a human taking on the role of an Incarnation. While the plot of this novel becomes fairly predictible, the characters are interesting. Anthony's imagination certainly comes to the fore in this novel, incorporating, Jonah the Whale, Jezebel and the band that played in "On a Pale Horse"

Again, like the previous novel, it appears that Anthony intends to unite all the Incarnations together by family or relationship ties. Orb, the daughter of Niobe, is revealed as the mother of Orlene (fathered by Mym) who becomes the lover of Chronos. (I did find the resolution of the relationship between Mym and Orb to be unconvincing.)

Again, like the previous novel, the final showdown between the title character and Satan approaches the level of total destruction -- something not seen in the first three novels. It also becomes clear that more novels will be required -- the ending is a SERIOUS cliff-hanger! (If not entirely believable!)

An enjoyable entry in this series.

I picked up this book at the library at my highschool (having since graduated) I was not aware that it was part of a series, it had simply caught my interest so I picked it up and checked out. I was a bit confused, since it was the fifth in a series, but the story still reads very well on its own, and after I read more Incarnations books, the stories made sense, especially since right after this, I picked up With a Tangled Skein, and it helped me to better understand the relationships between Orb and Niobe, and their respective roles as Incarnations. Overall a great book.

Being a huge fan overall of the entire Incarnations series, that means that <u>Being a Green Mother</u> is lumped in there as well. While I do thoroughly appreciate and enjoy the idea that Piers Anthony has put forth with this series, this book just does not do that idea justice, as far as I'm concerned.

It's as though the author was rushed to get to 'the interesting parts', and glossed over some areas that I really would have liked to seen more depth to. I felt like I was being told, "Yadda yadda yadda, I had the lobster."

This book could have been so much more, and while I do enjoy repeat readings of it, each time I go back to it I'm struck more and more with how much -isn't- there, rather than what is.

I see there are great differences in opinions on this book -- I enjoyed the other four in this series but had to struggle through this one. I assume, since this was the fifth of the series, it was the fifth written. As I read the book, I had the feeling that Mr. Anthony had gotten to the "Let's get this overwith!" point with this one. Not near as much to think about, or to be intrigued by as there was in On A Pale Horse or Bearing an Hourglass.

Personally I found this book to be the most enjoyable to read out of 7 in the Incarnations of Immortality series. This book was very well written, had a great storyline, and amazing characters that I fell in love with from the beginning and never stopped loving to this very day. Let the soap opera of deities continue as Piers Anthony weaves a masterpiece of imagination and intrigue. 5 out of 5 and nothing less for this novel.

Piers Anthony was obviously having trouble figuring out what to do with Nature. Add to the fact that he just doesnt write female lead characters very well and you have a very mediocre book. How many times can Orb dance the Tanana in a wet nighty? Sigh. Still, it's worth a read if only to finish out the series.

This book was really good. I loved it. The reason I say that it was the worst in the series is because every other book adds something to the character. This one just... well.... didn't. Every other book displays the powers of that specific Incarnation, and how they interact with other incarnations. In this book, Orb became Gaea towards the end of the book, and you didn't really learn what she can do. You know that she is the most powerful Incarnation besides God or Satan, but you don't see any of her powers in this book. It was still a good story, but not as good as any other. My advice- skip this and read "For Love of Evil," which is the best book in this series by far, and my all time favorite book.

Being A Green Mother by Peirs Anthony is a wonderful addition to the Incarnation of immortality series. This book is full of magic, adventure, and tale through an alternate history of the world. In the begging we join Orb as a young girl right ash she start to hear the song of the morning, when her dad find that she can hear it he helps her learn more about it. Later it transitions to when she is eighteen and is just beginning her quest. Aided by her magic carpet and magic harp she has to follow the Gypsies history to fide the secret llano. Later in her life she is faced with the destiny of becoming the incarnation of earth or to marry Satan, and Satan will stop at nothing to get his evil plan done.