Troika (Indigo, Book 5) [Paperback]

Louise Cooper (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (December 31, 1991)
• ISBN-10: 0044405294
• ISBN-13: 978-0044405290
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,872,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Indigo! Why!?, January 4, 2005

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Aragem - See all my reviews

This review is from: Troika (Indigo, Book 5) (Paperback)

Indigo leaves the Brabazon family heads north to her love's homeland. There she meets the family he left behind. Now she must discover how a white tiger, a family secret, and an axe and shield are related, while dealing with her emotions toward a man that greatly resembles her beloved Fenran.

It seemed that this story was quickly written and was over too quickly. Doesn't explain the demon very well, and Fenran's relationship to this family. Were they his cousins or nephews/nieces?

I thought that we would learn more about Fenran since Indigo was staying with the family, but you learn nothing about his background.

I see that most of the reviews claimed that they liked seeing Indigo get a love interest, but I thought what she did was stupid, reckless, selfish, and very very thoughtless. She not only hurt herself with her relationship with Veness, but she hurt Veness, Grimya, and of course Fenran (he HAD to have known)!

Of course, this proves how human Indigo is and she is prone to mistakes, but.....she knew better darnit! She knew better......

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Low point of a good series, February 16, 2000

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P. Ortman (Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Troika (Indigo, Book 5) (Paperback)

I was surprised to see so many positive reviews of this chapter in the Indigo Saga, while the series was excellent. A wonderful concept carried through very well, this is the one book that falls gravely short. First, in all of the books save this one, she is desperatly embittered by her seperation from Fenran. In this book outside of references relating to internal conflict, he is not present. It is almost as though Indigo forgot that it was her own foolishness which condemned him to unending torment until the demons are destroyed. People always seem to focus on how difficult indigo's struggles are, and while her quest is quite substantial, she at least has some power over her situation. She could have at least had the self-control to avoid any romantic situations. Fenran was supposed to be the motivator of her quest. A reason for her too succeed, and while a romantic interlude may please some of her fans, it really undermined the entire meaning of her quest. If Veness wouldn't have so convienently died would she have delayed her quest to make a life with him? Louise alluded to that being the case. The problem with that is obvious. My other issue with this book is the Demon itself, out of all the Demons it is the least delineated. Their is more focus on Nemesis than on the actual Demon she is destroying. There are no reall characteristics attributed to it, and frankly its demise was altogther too vague. All you had was an affirmation that this was the situation.

There are also a great deal of timeline issues. Louise didn't do an effective job of explaining where the demon was motivating from, was it influencing idividuals, or was it possessing the artifacts. If it was in the weapons, at what point did the demon take control over them, because its effect on those that touched them were consistent with the curse placed on them centuries prior to the release of the demons from the Tower of Regrets. If it was possessing the people with the power of vengeance this was only marginally alluded to, because their motivation could just as easily been covetouness and greed. The book, however, did keep ones attention and is worth reading, it falls short of the level usually Louise Cooper ascends to. Read all eight books, and you can over look this one. Good luck in finding it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it, May 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Troika (Indigo, Book 5) (Paperback)

This is one of my favorite of the Indigo books.Cooper always does a wonderful job on characters and plots,and all the books in this saga.I love Grimya very much,and even though Indigo insists that she isn't worthy of such friendship,I think she is,despite her...antics.Indigo is a strong-hearted woman,and is not quite as foolish (I believe) as the books make her seem.I enjoyed Troika's plot very much.I was nearly horrified at first,when I found out where she was staying,and about the man that looked so much like Fenran.I just couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for her,despite the obvious fact.This is a must-read book in a must-read series!