Customer Reviews

The Morning Star Trilogy

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I was a huge fan of the first 3 books. I even got a tattoo based on one of the drawings but these last 3 somehow didn't have the same magic. I fell in love with Griffin and Sabine and their relationship but could never embrace the 2 new characters we meet in the later 3 books. The artwork is just as wonderful as the original 3 but to me some of the magic of the love story was lost in the last 3. They are still fun to read and worth owning, especially if you enjoyed the original 3.

About ten years passed for me between the time I first discovered the Griffin & Sabine trilogy and this Morning Star box set. It's hard to judge this work without comparing it to the merits of the first trilogy. The lovers in Morning Star are far less interesting and their passion seems to be more about physical tension rather than the loneliness and searching that brought Griffin and Sabine together from their vastly different worlds. The villan from the 3rd G&S story is back, but why he's interested in this new couple and how they relate to G&S is only vaguely hinted at.

You still get the guilty pleasure of reading someone else's mail, but because the two lovers already know each other, there isn't a sense of the story tensely unwinding as they are trying to figure out who they are in relation to each other. This trilogy seems to sacrifice the romantic tension and suspense of the first trilogy for a more philosophical statement about the connections between people. Nick Bantock's artwork is still amazing, but the story and characters in this series aren't as compelling as the images in the book.

I had read the first three of the series and was hooked. The last three were equally captivating, artfully done, and as intriguing as the first three. Bantock's mix of the improbable and history along with exquisite art work makes these books true treasures.

This continuation of the Grifin and Sabine trilogy is fantastic. I read all three books in one sitting.

Anyone who was captivated by the first three books in Bantock's imaginative Griffin & Sabine series--whether for the quality of the storytelling, the imagery, or even just for their creative design--owes it to themselves to check out these three followup volumes, which are every bit their equal on all counts. Even readers who are entirely unfamiliar with the Griffin & Sabine saga will, I think, find this trio a real treat and well worth the purchase price.

Curious - this trilogy (a sequel to the Griffin & Sabine trilogy) was in many ways a more exciting story than the first. And the format and artwork was comparable, but somehow, when completed, it did not seem to have the overall impact that the first trilogy did. Still an enjoyable read and, as I said, a more exciting story in the classic good-guy/bad-guy sense. If you really enjoyed the first trilogy, you will want to read this if for no other reason than to 'complete' the story.

Great price for all three books. These books can stand alone, but are a continuation of Nick Bantock's earlier trio. The artwork, mysterious story line and feeling that you are reading mail that belongs to someone else definitely add to the allure of these books.

So interesting and fun to read...author is very imaginitive and his descriptions so vivid and colorful. Plus, it's very enjoyable to peek into other people's mail... :)

what a brilliant end to the initial trilogy! -recommend to anyone with a heart.

City girl and I recently read the six books. It was a delightful, warm, fun time, drinking wine and reading a book a night by the fire. I read aloud the male parts and she the female. We would laugh and wonder and hypothesize and puzzle over the meanings. They were wonderful memorable evenings.



My opinion of The Books:

He should have stopped at the first one!!

Like a movie company that sees dollar signs after a successful first run, Nick wrote a sequel that was a shadow of the original. The subsequent books prove to be good evidence that he had very little in mind as far as a story line goes and with the judicious application of vague, confusing and nonsensical teasings, he told us nothing. Just as "Jaws XXI" and "Halloween XVI" still brought the teenagers to the box office, so will "Sabine Becomes Cleopatra" and "Griffin Returns to Pleades" bring bring the Bantok herds stampeding into Barnes and Nobels. The cash registers will ring, Nick will smile, and the faithful will say, "May I please have some more?"

I didn't like his artwork either.