The Pipes of Orpheus [Paperback]

Jane Lindskold (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1995

Led away with the other children of Hamelin by the mysterious piper, five children learn that their captor is actual the mythical Greek hero Orpheus, driven mad by treachery and his grief over a lost love.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380778483
• ISBN-13: 978-0380778485
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,017,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Strange Mixture, July 14, 2000

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KTuttle18 (Des Moines, IA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pipes of Orpheus (Paperback)

Lindskold's book is an unsettling mixture of childlike adventure and gruesome horror. Perhaps the oddest part is the beginning age of the protagonists; the oldest is thirteen. It doesn't seem to blend well with the often violent story line. The wistful is mixed with the grim, and the results are unique. The story of a group of children, enslaved by a mad Greek demigod, leads the reader through the various levels of the Greek underworld. When this quest ends, the story is taken up again by the same protagonists - only in their adulthood. The age of the children does not seem to correspond with the emotions and thought processes the author includes, making them seem rather unbelievably precocious. The reader will undoubtedly be left wondering whether this was an accident on the author's part, or a cleverly-contrived use of imagery and language.