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Title: The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry, Book 1) by Guy Gavriel Kay ISBN: 0-451-45822-2 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (105 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: first kay book i read
Comment: This was the first Guy Gavriel Kay book I read and at the time I picked it up I was having a hard time finding any fantasy novels I liked (Kept reading Mckinley over and over). This book introduced me to the Fionavar Tapestry that is key to understanding his other books such as Tigana. I have since read the Tapestry trilogy, Tigana and Song for Arbonne. This book is about a group of college students who are taken to a world where each discovers their true identity. In finding that identity, they also learn more about the new world they are now woven into. There is, of course, an impending war, gruesome creatures, deaths, deceptions and deep romance. If you are looking for a new author to read (as I was), I would suggest starting with the Fionavar tapestry and try Kay out! I look forward to and hope to enjoy all his works.
Rating: 4
Summary: Turns out great!
Comment: The Summer Tree is the first book in The Fionavar Tapestry series (continuing with The Wandering Fire and The Darkest Road).
At Loren Silvercloak the mage's bidding, Kevin, Kim, Jennifer, Paul and Dave, five University students from Toronto, 'cross' into the Kingdom of Fionavar, the First of all Worlds, to help him in an oncoming war against Rakoth the Unraveller, and thus fulfil their destinies.
Like the five heroes, the reader is teleported into a land of magic and fantasy which the author only describes little by little. Although certainly used as a stylistic device, this sometimes makes it hard to understand the ins and outs of certain characters' actions. In the same vein, I also found the few sex scenes somewhat a bit out of place and unpoetic. Anyway, looking back upon it, I realize these were just details.
And indeed, as you turn the pages and learn more about the people and history of Fionavar and about the role the heroes have to play in it, the book really turns out to be enthralling and hard to put down. I particularly enjoyed the third part, where Dave is taken in by a tribe of hunters called the Dalrei, and learns about their customs and rites, to finally risk his own life for them.
Although at first I was a bit sceptical about the mixing of today's world with fantasy, in the end I really liked this book a lot and I'm looking forward to reading the next two. So don't let the first 150 pages or so get you down and read on, it's definitely worth it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Haiku Review
Comment: Tolkien scholar does
Multi-verse druid story.
Brings warmth to old tales.
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Title: Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay ISBN: 0451457765 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay ISBN: 0451458974 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay ISBN: 0061056219 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Lord of Emperors (Sarantine Mosaic, Book 2) by Guy Gavriel Kay ISBN: 0061020028 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Sailing to Sarantium (Sarantine Mosaic, Book 1) by Guy Gavriel Kay ISBN: 0061059900 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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