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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sky, Fear and Pride,
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This review is from: The Wind Caller (Mass Market Paperback)
At its heart, this book is about the relationship between three characters, really. Others show up, but these three are the main focus. It is a story about a halfbreed woman named Sky, and her two grandfathers (Joseph, an Indian wise man; Gideon, a racist white man). Now right there, we have an interesting dynamic, and the book really plays with the sense of heritage and family. However, now we throw into the mix the supernatural: Gideon is a wind caller, he can draw on the wind itself to do his bidding (it even kills for him). Joseph was intended to be the sole recipient of this responsibility, but the mistakes of youth left it with his Spirit Brother. But wait, there's more. Add to this the developing company seeking to turn these characters' homes into the next Computer Geek community, who will stop at nothing to acquire property and you have a rather engaging story.
The characters were well drawn, the pace was good and the ideas were quite invigorating. An excellent read.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's Only the Wind,
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This review is from: The Wind Caller (Mass Market Paperback)
What I especially liked about THE WIND CALLER was its use of Native Americana without resorting to the standard "white family threatened by ancient Indian curse" trope. In fact, the majority of the characters were American Indians, which is something I rarely see in horror fiction (or most kinds of fiction, for that matter). The characters were fully drawn and sympathetic (even the villain!), and the basic idea of using wind as a weapon struck me as gratifyingly original. Cacek manages to make scary that old horror cliche of "it's only the wind".
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Different and flawed, but fun too,
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This review is from: The Wind Caller (Mass Market Paperback)
The Wind Caller has an interesting idea. The Wind…as a killer. At first when I began reading the book I couldn’t figure out how it could be done without looking hokey or cheesy. Thankfully Cacek did inject some intelligence into her story. Characters were convincing, some easier to latch on to than others. The pace was pretty even - things kept up once they started going. Cacek’s style is simple but also written well. It makes easy, light reading with some great play on words. While The Wind Caller may not stand out in my mind a year from now, it was still an entertaining book to go through. The idea was original, the characters worthy, and the ending shocking. Go ahead and pick it up - not the most memorable thing but you’ve never read anything quite like it, either.
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