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Title: A Sparrow Falls by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0-330-25394-8 Publisher: Books Britain Pub. Date: July, 1981 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Tumultuous adventure in Africa
Comment: A Sparrow Falls is the third of Wilbur Smith's books I've read in the Courtney family series. Each has its own flavor; each one is delightful and hard to put down, but A Sparrow Falls was a real demonstration of a powerful writer taking his readers on a turbulent, tumbling ride on a river of adventure and emotion!
Smith's protagonists draw you in with their magnetic personalities and complicated problems to confront. The antagonists, the crude diabolical bad guys, are truly despicable. In this book, there is a seemingly impossible task in which the "good guys" must preserve a large African land area in its natural state, and to shield the wildlife which has rapidly been disappearing. Sections of the book which deal with the cruel maiming and killing of animals are hard to read, yet you know it has happened and continues today. We witness the bloody mutiny of the Marxist-led strikers, and atrocious deeds committed by greedy, evil people. The ending of the book is rather jarring and sad, and should not be given away in a review, but the ending works, and I closed the book with a "Wow!".
Yet Smith balances these intense scenes with humorous interludes, and equally intense romance and beauty. When he describes the African landscape, the sky, and animals, you are there, standing on a high peak, absorbing a flaming pink sunrise, or squatting down, admiring a tiny and delicate sunbird flitting among the flowers.
The Courtney family books, though written in the '70s and '80s are as appealing as any recently written adventure stories...they are timeless. I am eager to get my hands on any other books written by Wilbur Smith!
Rating: 2
Summary: not great wilbur smith
Comment: im an avid wilbur smith fan and i have read all his books, starting ten years ago. due to lack of availability, i have had to acquire many of them out of country, including canada, britain, the far east, and south africa, where i started reading them. it seems like wilbur only became popular in the US with river god. I consider a sparrow falls to be his weakest book. after reading a number of books on south african history, fictionalized or not, i find a sparrow falls to be much fiction, little history, as opposed to lion feeds and sound of thunder. its like this story was made only to finish off the series and tie up the loose ends. my favorite of his novels were the next five courtneys and elephant song. of course, anyone interested in the fictionalized history of southern africa, the worlds most fascinating, also has to read the covenant. try robert ruark as well for eastern africa.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: I've read about 20 of Wilbur Smith's books and this one is my favorite. The characters, the history, the wildlife descriptions, and the occasional humor combine to make this book unforgetable.
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Title: When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith, Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0749322926 Publisher: Reed Consumer Books Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Sound of Thunder by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 044914819X Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 24 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Power of the Sword by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0449214141 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Rage by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0449216136 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 28 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Burning Shore by Wilbur Smith ISBN: 0449211894 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 January, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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