Sue Bursztynski
Auteur de Time Travelers: Adventures in Archeology (Rigby PM Plus)
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Œuvres de Sue Bursztynski
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 60 3 exemplaires
Bytepals 2 exemplaires
The Sword From the Lake 1 exemplaire
Choices 1 exemplaire
Of Loaves Fishes and Mars Bars 1 exemplaire
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- female
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 13
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 88
- Popularité
- #209,356
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 19
Brief summary (SPOILERS): In a feudal society that is almost but not quite historical, there are two types of werewolves -- the 'wolfborn', or bisclavret; and those who have chosen to become wolves, usually for bad reasons, and thus owing a debt to the gods. Boy who knows he has bisclavret heritage is fostered away from home as a page, meets cute girl in the woods, learns more about wolves (were- and otherwise) than he ever expects to, gets caught up in major political intrigue (ie. who is the monster here?), gets caught up with the gods, saves his liege (and possibly the king), and eventually ends up on a quest to save the cute girl.
Plot is a slow burn of betrayal and intrigue, with enough personal interaction leavened in that I didn't get really grumpy (all plot and no/cardboard people pisses me off). World building was lovely - there were multiple political entities, where there were different opinions on major topics! Plus, I didn't get thrown out of the story, Because Werewolves.
And the writing is lovely. Understated, but very enjoyable use of language. And when I say understated - there is no one section that I noticed the writing, indicating that it is consistent. This comes out in the characters as well. Apart from the viewpoint character, there are several other major characters, all of whom come across in detail, with more than just a sense of the physical description.
I will say though, that this is not a gripping read. I did not stay up late any of the nights I was reading it for 'just one more chapter/page'. I did keep picking it up, and didn't find that I had lost track of the story, which is a nice change from the usual, where one paragraph is so removed from the next that one has to go back to a familiar point well before the stopping point in order to keep track of the story.… (plus d'informations)