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Title: Nameless Magery by Delia Marshall Turner ISBN: 0-345-42430-1 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 27 May, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (37 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Yay!
Comment: How can you not love a book with a first chapter entitled "In Which I Don't Eat a Rat"? Fascinating and funny, "Nameless Magery" is one of the most original fantasy novels I've read in a long time (and my current collection boasts over 700 fantasy novels). The plot was entertaining enough, though the last few chapters seemed pretty rushed--the author could have added another 50-100 pages without going overboard. But this book would have been great if the plot involved nothing more than the characters sitting around clipping their toenails! I mean, EVERY character in the book was interesting--I'd be happy to read a novel dedicated to each one: Simon, Detter, Kaihan, Jens & Annesil, Charonne, and Gelmas. Not to mention the whole story of Mennenkaltenei and the Enforcers. Just SO much here! Lisane is the type of heroine found too-rarely in fantasy literature: strong, sensible, able to see the humor around her. And the rendition of magic in this novel is nothing short of brilliant: the same magic, viewed through the eyes and cultures of two different worlds. What to Lisane is a sentient natural being, a religious entity almost, is simply raw magical, mysterious power to the mages. Thus, Lisane's friendly communication with the magic succeeds where the mages arcane rituals fail. Amazing, and totally original! As an English major, I also have to applaud the author for the creation of a unique pronoun to refer to the sentient engery force: lle. Creating a nominitive (lle) and an objective (ller) case for the energy worked wonders in communicating just how much the force is a part of the Mennenkalts' world. Magic, in their world, is not an "it". It is "lle." And that's all that need be said of ller. Brilliant! I await Marshall Turner's next novel with great excitement!
Rating: 4
Summary: Intriguingly Different Fantasy Novel
Comment: Lisane crashlands her spaceship on an unfamiliar planet when she is forced to flee for her life from the Enforcers on her home planet. She was the princess of her old world and destined to rule her people for the rest of her natural life, but all that is gone now. Lisane is not sure what to make of the new world and is slowly starving to death when Simon finds her. Simon is a wizard and a teacher at a school where other wizards are trained. He is unaware that Lisane is a girl and takes her to the school, where all the other students are boys. Lisane doesn't exactly fit in on this new planet, but she refuses to let the others get her down, especially the sadistic Detter, who looks like an angel, but must surely be a demon in disguise. When her education is complete, she leaves the school with Simon and Detter to journey across the land to face the Beast and win her magebands. The lands through which they pass are varied and some like wizards and others hate them. Along the way, Lisane has the opportunity to grow up and realize that this world is no less complex than her old world. As she struggles to find a place for herself and to figure out her feelings for Kaihan, the acknowledged head of the wizarding world, she discovers that her unique way of looking at magic, or ller, may be all that can save her newly adopted planet from the Enforcers, who are heading down to destroy them all...
I enjoyed the story and thought that Delia Marshall Turner was very creative in her treatment of magic and the different planets. This book is a unique blend of science fiction and fantasy that actually worked really well. I felt that the beginning of the book was a bit slow and then it was a huge rush at the end, but the storyline itself was good. This book is well written and Turner's descriptions are quite clear, although sometimes a little dry. However, the reason why I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 is that I really hated Lisane. I know that it is good to have a strong female character in a book, but I just couldn't relate with Lisane and found myself really disliking her at times. I hated Detter, of course, but Turner portrays him in a way that you have to hate him. I was also disappointed at the lack of interaction between Kaihan and Lisane. It was like Turner was building up to the moment when the romantic tension between them would come to a head and then it is over in one page! What is up with that? I would definitely have liked to read more about Kaihan and how he fits into the world there, but he was left a shadow figure in the background. Very disappointing. I think that the book is appropriate for mature teens and adults, but I would be careful about recommending it to all young adults (even though it is considered a young adult book) because the book deals with quite a bit of sex, including homosexuality, S & M, etc. and is not for all readers. Also, bear in mind that this book is rather hard to get into at first, it took me weeks to get through it, and that is very unusual for me. A good book, but not necessarily likeable, if you know what I mean.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Read
Comment: This is a wonderful book. It kept me interested and snickering the whole way through. When I finished I felt energized and yearning to read something else by this author. The only reason I didn't give the book five stars is that the end felt rushed and Kaihan wasn't developed enough. If for no other reason, you should read this book for Detter. Absolutely fascinating character - I'd love to read an entire book about him! Or this book from his point of view.
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