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Title: The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip ISBN: 0-14-131262-9 Publisher: Penguin USA (Juv) Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lyrical, moving, enchanting: vintage McKillip
Comment: A magical, moving, and completely original story, peopled with quirkily charming characters. Unlike most fantasy novels, this isn't about wielding swords and spells to save the world, but about the power and wonder of both magic and human relationships. Peri is a likable, offbeat heroine, and the choice she makes regarding the three men who come into her life, the magician, the prince, and the sea dragon, is believable and heartwarming. All the characters, even the most minor ones, have their own lives and agendas, bringing to life the vividly imagined setting of a fishing village on the edge of enchantment. Dialogue is sometimes poetic, sometimes funny, but always well-phrased. The balance in this book between the little moments of daily life and the beauty of magic and feeling reminded me of movies like The Secret Garden and John Sayles' The Secret of Roan Inish.
Rating: 5
Summary: McKillip is a master...
Comment: Despite the age reccomendations on this book (9 to 12), McKillip's story is a wonderful fairy tale for any reader, as are all of her other works.
The Changling Sea is an excellent combination of fantasy and reality - the balance of hard working villagers and magical beings from another world make this story not only enchanting, but lovely in its realism.
Fans of McKillip will of course love this story. For children and adults who have never read her: this is a great place to start.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful and Magical, but a little anticlimax
Comment: After all the mysterious and marvelous and occasionally sad events, I thought that the end was a bit- well, I thought I missed something. So I read it over a couple of times. And I found out I had not missed anything. The ending simply left me hanging. I wanted to know more.
And the romance between the magician and Peri is a little obtuse... You only notice in the last little few chapters of the book.
Other than that, it was a marvelous book, well written. It kept me floating, and I didn't sink below the realm of fantasy into the real world a single bit. (Pardon, that was the best analogy I could think up.) It was a fantasy world that was truly a fantasy world, and the text was appropriately dreamlike. And even though it was funny, it was funny in a good kind of way, not a way that would destroy the atmospere. I will read more of her books, and a sincerely recommend this one.
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Title: In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip ISBN: 0441010113 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip ISBN: 0152008691 Publisher: Magic Carpet Books Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip ISBN: 0441010164 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip ISBN: 0441011306 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip ISBN: 0441003613 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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