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Lädt ... By the Mountain Bound (2009. Auflage)von Elizabeth Bear
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. http://ninecats.org/margaret/blog/2015/03/27/mountain-bound-elizabeth-bear ( ) Make it 2.5 stars, maybe? I liked some of this quite a bit and was very eh on other things - especially the batshit decisions to DIE HORRIBLY everyone kept making, rather than using a modicum of sense and thinking of a solution. Like invoking some help from a being who could give it before it was all too late! Granted, this was a prequel to a book I haven't read yet, and I think she wrote that one before this one, so it makes sense that it would feel like a prequel, but on the last page I'm still left with the feeling of, "Okay...and?" which is a TERRIBLE thing to feel at the end of a book. *sigh* Again, not awful. Just disappointing because her Elizabethan stuff is so much better - I hope she'll do more in that era soon. The 3 1/2 stars isn't is more reflective of the fact that I read it singly, instead of as part of its trilogy. I'm trying not to read trilogies piecemeal - I already follow too many universes to keep effective track of all of them. And Norse mythology has never been a favorite of mine, though Bear manages to make the gods seem - almost human. Okay, I'm going to have to review this after re-reading it with the rest of the trilogy. I read "All the Windwracked Stars" last year and enjoyed it. This one? Not so much. For some reason it didn't seem as interesting as the previous. The attention is split between three characters - the warrior (Strifbjorne), the historian (Muire) and the wolf (Mingan) - which just becomes a little irritating by the end. While the characters where well developed, they seemed a little bit like the children they are often called, rather than 500+ year old survivors of Ragnarok. Had I read this 'prequal' first I may not have bothered with "All the Windwracked Stars". It did, however, encourage me to find a copy of it to re-read. A decent read, if a bit bland. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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For five hundred years the immortal Children of the Light, einherjar and valkyrie, have lived together in the North of Valdyrgard. They were born out of the Sea, each with a shining crystal sword in his or her h∧ they are Angels of Light created in the formation of a new world. But three have come before them, from the death-throes of the old world, Midgard: the world-girdling Serpent, Bearer of Burdens; the Wolf Fenris, eater of the Sun, who now takes the form of aneinherjar; and his demon sister, stealer of souls. The Children spend their days feasting, fighting, hunting, and guarding their human charges. But one dreadful day a woman is washed up from the sea, a Lady who is no mortal, though she is not valkyrie either. Thus begins the breaking of the Children of the Light, the tarnishing of their power, and the death of Valdyrgard. By the Mountain Bound is a prequel to Elizabeth Bear's highly acclaimedAll the Windwracked Stars, and tells the painful tale of love and betrayal, sorcery and battle, that led up to the day when Muire was left alone in the snow at the end of the world. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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