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Lädt ... To Visit the Queen (1998)von Diane Duane
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A comfortable favorite. ( ) I've read the first two in this series already, but I don't remember them so I want to re-read. 2020 Update: I really enjoyed this second book in the series. I loved getting to spend more time with the main cats from the first book, and we got to meet new cats for this one who were fun to get to know as well. I had forgotten the sad turn of events at the end, but none of the plot points should have been surprising if I was looking for them. (I wasn't looking. I was just enjoying the read and letting it go where it would.) This is a sequel to The Book of Night with Moon, and to be honest, I liked this one better. It may have had something to do with the fact that I've gotten used to the cats' language being present in the text. I also thought the plot of this one was easier to follow. The first book focused a lot on the abstract concepts of worldgate technology and on mythology that featured so many different names for each character it was nearly impossible to keep them straight. This one seems to assume you know that stuff for the most part already, only briefly glancing over it as necessary, and as a result, it was much easier to understand. Nice. All the Wizard books have a strong philosophy bent - this one expresses more strongly than many "nothing happens by accident". Who's doing the meaning may vary, but everything is meant... The story itself is a little awkward, as more and more bits come out and the possibilities get worse and worse - and the politics between the two teams get more and more tangled. Poor Huff - and poor Auhlae, too. I hope she did change her mind in time. That whole sequence came out, pretty much, of nowhere for me - every time I read it, it surprises me. I know it's coming, but it's not really foreshadowed for me. Bits and pieces - Patel, at least, gets rounded off. He started it, and he ends it (or it's ended for him). But the bit with the Queen, the bit with Wallis Budge, the bit(s) with Artie...the number of humans they end up talking to... Black Jack, Humphrey, the Ravens, the Moon - this and that and the other thing, popping up randomly (apparently randomly. See previous note about "no accidents"), all piling up into a story. And Arhu and Siffha'h, of course - that's more of a beginning of a story than an end (and the part that applies to this story kind of gets slid over), but it's very rich. I cry every time at that part. I enjoy the story, I like the views of London, and it's very rich and strong - but it doesn't quite appeal to me the way The Book of Night with Moon does. Which means it's only great, not spectacular. I do love the Feline Wizards.
Duane presents her usual felicitous mix of magical high adventure and humor, avoiding much of the preciousness that can infect anthropomorphic fantasy. Even those who don't fancy felines should enjoy this purr of a tale.
Rhiow, Urruah, and Arhu, the wizard cats who saved New York City in "The Book of Night with Moon", are summoned to London to deal with a crisis which affects the very fabric of time. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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