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Myst: The Book of D'Ni

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4 star:		(17)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Myst The book of D'ni is very interesting book. It was intriguing and easy to read. This book is about how master Atrus and his wife, Catherine, survivors of fallen D'ni came back to rebuild a once beautiful city.

Traveling form one age to another, Atrus and Catherine were looking for survivors, who were willing to go back and help rebuilt the D'ni. Every age differ from each other and not in every age Atrus were able to find survivors, but every survivor took the offer and moved back from the ages they once escaped for survivor. One of the ages that Atrus and his helpers visited was an age of Terahnee - the world of utopia were everything is perfect, the world they only could imagine, with spectacular waterfalls, lush fields, rich music, and astonishing architecture. But is the world as Atrus and others saw was real or what they though it was? Finding out the truth about Terahnee made change Atrus and his helpers mind.

I enjoyed reading this book. It was intriguing and easy to read.

This book is a wonderful book; I love it! But...

I'd have to admit (and this is hard for a hardcore fan of Myst and everything D'ni) this has to be the worst Myst book in the series. And that's not bad; the other two were the best books I've ever read. And this is a good book in its own right, but overall it does not live up to the high standards the other two put upon it. The beginning was a bit 'disorienting' as one of these fellow reviewers put it, and you had to read it over again to actually let it sink it where the characters were and who the characters were. The middle was absolutely wonderful, with its descriptiveness of the Terahnee culture, and it moved on quite well from there. But...

The ending, although a great one, was incredibly succinct, almost to the point of completely killing the story. It was almost as though the authors, who have taken monthes before to do the extensive plot, took a week to rap it all up. I felt as though I was gypped, and after reading all of the series, the hundreds of pages, building up to a point...I was angry. The ending was good, but it could have been written better. And, hopefully, the authors know this. I'm not going to even blame the analytical Atrus stepping out of character. And I still love the series. And I have read worse books, believe ME on that. But this book could have been better. And that's kind of sad.

On another note, even after all of this bad press, this book is still worth buying, if only to finish off your Myst collection.

This book reveals the surprising history of the D'ni people. Basically, it's about the rescue of a subjugated people, and the fall of the magnificent yet corrupt nation of overlords. The imagery is marvelous, but rather long in the telling and takes up the majority of the book. The storyline, while interesting, is a bit lame, but shows how even the greatest of gifts of invention can be turned to evil purposes. Simply put, it's the story of Ghen on a wide-range scale. A good read, but only a must if one truly wishes to discover the finality of the fall of D'ni, which is what was disappointing. At least, to me.

Not usually a fan of video games, I was at first reluctant to read this book. However, I'm glad I did. It is a beautiful story, involving moving themes and wonderful insites into civil rights issues. Both well written and well paced, the book ranks as one of the best I've ever read, along with Tehanu (Ursula LeGuin) and The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenger). It shows a stroke of brilliance not demonstrated in either of the other two books before it, so if you could not stomache the second (as I couldn't), still read this one.

I read this book at a very young age, probably around eleven or twelve, and it has stuck with me ever since. I've probably read it about twice. The hardcover edition is amazing, with fully designed pages and everything, it really helps the enviroment of MYST sink in. Summaries of what happens in this books are in other reviews, so I wont bother with that here.

Out of all the other MYST books, I always thought that this one was a best one... But it is unlike the other two in subject matter and basic concepts. At it's heart is a "what price will you pay for perfection? and would you throw it away if you had to?" sort of story that might be a little heavy handed... But if you enjoy the videogames a lot (and this was before Riven) then you'll love this one. Locations and things described in this book have stuck with me for the last six years.

I have read the first two books of MYST and I thought I would go on ahead and read the last one. This one is the best book out of the three. This book describes the lies that split D’ni from her sister world. Most of the story takes place in a world of deceiving wonders that are beautiful at the surface, but if you look under the top layer, all you see is cruelty. The Terahnee nation is made up of three different people from three different ages. The Terahnee are, of course, from Terahnee and are wealthy people that don’t ever fight amongst themselves. The second group is the stewards, whose job is keep track of slaves and administer pain and punishment. The last group is the slaves. That structure of the society creates Terahnee that can’t see the slaves. By the time a person is five, they literally can’t see the slaves. A bacterium that is carried in the D’ni is passed to the Terahnee. What is harmless to the D’ni is deadly to the Terahnee. By the end of the sickness, all of the “masters” are dead and most of the stewards are dead, but almost none of the slaves have died. Atrus tries to help the slaves become a nation and rule themselves, but there is a man, Ymur, who wants to rule the country with himself as king. He even wants to keep some of his fellow former slaves as slaves. The makings of a civil war are present (....) This is a exceptional book and I wish Mr. Miller would write some more.

the myst books are the best books I have ever read! that is why I gave this book 5 stars.

I have read all three books, and finished both games, and while this wasn't the best of the books, I thought it was WONDERFUL! I never expected what happened... what the big flaw of Tehranee was. I did wonder about how the boats moved, and how the maze worked, and what Hadre meant by "Do I see you?" when he first met Atrus and the others, but I never realized... I loved how little by little things like that were explained. I loved the beautiful descriptions of the places and things in Tehranee, and I also loved the characters. I thought this book was wonderful and well written. I don't, however, completly understand the ending. How were the D'ni and the Tehranee related? And did Eedrah stay in Tehranee, or come with the D'ni? But all in all, I loved this book, and I think that the MYST novels are some of the best books I have ever read!

This book is very imaginative and I would recomend it in a second!

With the title "The Book of D'ni" and the last book, "The Book of Ti'ana", I half expected them to go even further back in D'ni's history. Maybe a story about the inception of D'ni! Which, that would be a great tale in itself. Despite this expectation, and not getting it, this still ended up being, probably, my favorite in the trilogy. "The Book of D'ni" picks up where "The Book of Atrus" leaves off and brings us into a world of struggle, rebuilding, and astonishing beauty.

I will make this an uncommonly brief review because this book just grabbed me at every turn I do not want to give away much of anything. Basically Atrus has learned a great deal more about D'ni and its writings. With some natives from other ages he's seeking to, essentially, rebuild D'ni to its former glory, much like his father Gehn was trying to do, rather unsuccessfully by himself. While they were clearing away debris in one area they uncovered a sealed library that must've been there about as long as D'ni has. He had people look through them to see if any of the Ages seemed stable and decided to go visit one. I'm going to leave it there, the mystery and beauty will give away far too much of the story line.

I think readers will be very pleased with this book because it is everything we love about Myst. It has the beautiful worlds, the mysterious intrigue, everything we could possibly want! At this point I could only hope that this would be a continued novel series, but as I write this in June, 2008, that doesn't seem to be the case. A "Book of Miriam" was supposed to be in the works and we got a taste of a first part in the Limited Edition version of Myst V: The End of Ages. So the series was intended to continue! Unfortunately I recently found that "The Book of Miriam" has been pulled and it will not be released. I can only relay how dismayed I am and I will still hold out hope that someone will pick it up and eventually publish the book. With the success Blizzard's video games have had in the world of novels, why can't Myst, a game about books, maintain a solid foothold for the reading public. These three books are held in very high acclaim by readers and fans, so it only seems prudent to me that one should continue with this amazing storyline. That's my piece, if you're already a Myst fan I do not think this book will disappoint in the least.