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Indlæser... The Fall (2000)af Garth Nix
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The first volume in a fantasy sequence running to at least five parts. This is not Nix on top form but then it appears to be older than the Old Kingdom books (easily Nix' best work in my view) - it was first published in the USA in 2000 but did not see a British edition until 2007. Part two is now available here, but volumes 3, 4 and 5 are in print in the USA. That said it is intriguing enough to persue and I will probably tackle the second volume soon. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Bestselling author Garth Nix's amazing Seventh Tower series is back - now with a great new look! Tal has lived his whole life in darkness. He has never left his home, a mysterious castle of seven towers. He does not see the threat that will tear apart his family and his world. But Tal cannot stay safe forever. When danger strikes, he must desperately climb the Red Tower to steal a Sunstone. He reaches the top . . . and then he falls into a strange and unknown world of warriors, iceships, and hidden magic. There Tal makes an enemy who will save his life - and who holds the key to his future. No library descriptions found. |
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I really liked Nix's Old Kingdom trilogy, which featured courageous heroines, swashbuckling adventures, and zombies. (I am a sucker for the undead.) So when I found the full set of his Seventh Tower series at my Favorite Used Bookstore, I swooped down on the lot. Unfortunately, The Seventh Tower is obviously written for a very young audience. The writing is deliberately pedestrian; every subtlety is carefully explained in simple sentences and single-syllable words. There's some interesting ideas, especially in service to the light/dark motif -- the Castle's hierarchy is organized into seven levels, from lordly Violet to lowly Red (get it?); the Chosen have magical shape-shifting shadowguards -- and Tal's reluctant Icecarl ally, Milla, is an interesting character ("Tal saw it coming down and closed his eyes. Milla saw, too, but she kept her eyes open. Icecarls believed in facing death." [172]), but it all gets bogged down by the "no nuance left unturned" approach to writing for kids. ( )