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Ariel
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by Steven Boyett
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Terrible ending ruins an otherwise good book., December 13, 2009
Everything in this book was actually pretty good, and what might have been a ridiculous and silly story was done very well. Except for one thing.
I despised the ending. It left me confused, dissatisfied, and resenting the main characters. None of their actions made sense to me and weren't consistent with the rest of the story. I even was expecting Pete to wake up and kill Shaunghessy in a lucid fit of rage at the end. Even that would have redeemed the book and partially satified me. But no.
I rarely write Amazon reviews, but I'm making a special case for this one. I would not recommend this book to anyone.
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15 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!, December 21, 2007
DO NOT READ THIS BOOK AND KEEP UR CHILDRNE AWAY!!!1!!!!11!!eleventy!!111!!!
OMG teh "KING" is actually GOD and the children in the book kill him and then they poop on his body or soemthing and I now that b/c someone sent me thsi email about this book. Its a NEO-pigatheist STEALTH CAMPAIN to seduce ur childrn into WICKED WAYS SO DONT READ THIS BOOK!!!!!
don't see teh movie either!!!!!!11
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16 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
One of the best books ever written., November 5, 2007
This series was incredible. Period. The writing prose was so masterful that the words simply fell away, and I was trasported into the story. This series follows the fascinating journey of a special young girl. Through her adventures, it ultimately explores humanity, life, death, loyalty, the breath of love, and the awkward, bittersweet passing from innocence into adulthood.
When I finished these books, I was left boggled for days as I mentally digested all the fascinating ideas. That alone is the sign of superlative literature.
It looks like some recent reviews have taken to trashing the books and warning off potential readers. These seem to be authored by religious drones who haven't read the book, but are nonetheless doing their duty to fight perceived naughtiness. (Apparently the red alert has been activated at various religious headquarters, due to the upcoming film.) I would take these reviews with a big grain of salt. Besides, many Christians have found these books to be enjoyable and an enrichment of their faith.
In short, YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK...unless you can't process complex, novel ideas, or you cling to a world view that is strictly dictated by a religious bureaucracy.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent first book, if a bit too subtle for some readers :P, September 26, 2005
I loved Robin Hobb's other books and I loved this one just as much. Even though the first-person protagonist, Navare, has been raised to hold a rigid and two dimensional worldview, I think that some of the delight of this book (and I suspect this trilogy) is watching his perceptions change as he is thrown into the "real world."
This first book does seem more narrowly focused than the last three trilogies. For example, the first-person Farseer books also included scholarly passages at the start of each chapter to give us a richer impression of the world than Fitz was experiencing at the time. (The Liveship books followed different characters and so had a more obvious epic breadth.) Navare, like Fitz, has a tendency to deny obvious but uncomfortable truths. I didn't think this became tedious at all; I found it very believable and saw the protagonist as a complex character struggling to act out a simplified role. The world is just as rich and interesting as the one laid out initially in Assassin's Apprentice, and I'm looking forward to the mind-boggling finale that I'm sure will take place at this trilogy's end.
I think part of the problem other people have is that the are comparing this first book to Robin Hobb's previous TRILOGIES. Of course this book is not as good as the entire Farseer trilogy or the entire Tawny Man trilogy. Most of others' disappointment, I suspect, arises from not being able to read past the first book, and not that this book is lacking of itself.
This book came with the fine storytelling, insightful musings, and swelling plots that I've come to expect from Robin Hobb. I'd highly recommend it! :D
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