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“Awesome series”
Shannon S wrote this review Friday, October 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I liked it a lot. I see a lot of other reviewers didn't care for the "cliff-hanger ending" but it seemed like the natural place to end a BOOK ONE to me. It makes you want to read the next book to find out what happens next.
Amanda H wrote this review Thursday, August 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I'll most likely read the rest of the series.”
“After a rocky and disturbing start this turned out to be a fantastic and unique story! My only complaint turned out to be the non-ending ending cliffhanger.”
JenineW wrote this review Tuesday, August 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“So far the Tamir Triad is (to me) not as likeable as the Nightrunner books, but they are just as strong. It took a little longer for me to warm up to the main character. Even though he's supposed to be a sympathetic character, I just never devoped any real sympathy until the end of the books. Oh, well, I will be reading book 2.”
Joyce wrote this review Saturday, May 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Read about 12 pages of it and couldn't read more. Writing was poor to mediocre and the characters were worried about sunburns. Ah, and lots of info-dumped history involved. Just not my thing.”
WriterDan wrote this review Monday, April 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Great magical series. I love Lynn Flewelling so much I own everything she's ever written. ”
Deanna H wrote this review Tuesday, December 16 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I'm not sure what happened with this book. It came highly recommended, but my reaction was just "meh." In fact, the Amazon reviews are almost uniformly positive, and there are a lot of them (97 at the moment).
DKayeS wrote this review Thursday, November 20 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I don't mind being out of step with the majority, but it does make me look more closely, and I feel compelled to try to figure out why. I wonder if it's that most of the reviewers have read the entire trilogy, which, I assume, would make a big difference.
The Bone Doll's Twin begins with the birth of twins--one girl and one boy--to a princess. Because of a prophecy/curse that says the land will only prosper if a female descendent rules, the current king has been killing off all the royal baby girls. To fulfill this prophecy, a witch and a pair of wizards kill the baby boy and magically disguise the baby girl as her brother and call her Tobin.
Which drives the mother insane, and the dead child returns as a "demon."
The story follows Tobin as s/he grows, with the younger wizard and the witch keeping an eye on him, through the death of his mother, and his father, his introduction to his cousin's court--the current heir to the throne, until Tobin learns the truth, and then... it abruptly stops.
It is an interesting character study, I suppose, mostly of Tobin and her brother, but there wasn't much surprising, and there was very little in the way of actual plot. It's a very slow-moving story, as well, and not in a lush, dense way--more like a heavily padded YA story, except for the slightly gratuitous and almost creepily un-sensual sex.
A lot of the reviews cited the unusual magic, but I'm having trouble seeing that. Maybe I'm jaded, but it didn't seem all that unusual or all that well described. A lot of other reviews praised it for not being George R. R. Martin or LKH, which is undoubtedly true, but I can't like it just for that.
Mostly, it seems like a one-trick pony. A girl in a boy's body. Everything else in the book is there to support that concept. It's interesting, but not nearly enough to carry a 500+ page book for me. I won't be looking for the sequel.”
“I loved this book. It explored a concept that I, personally, had never seen in a work of fiction before (a girl growing up in a boy's body). I was surprised when I first started to read it in how quickly it drew me in.”
Kathleen wrote this review Saturday, June 21 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Amazing book, very well written, draws you in and lets you feel what the character is going through. I strongly recommend reading the entire series”
Kori H wrote this review Friday, February 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
