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Title: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley, David M. Johnston ISBN: 0-688-02593-5 Publisher: Greenwillow Pub. Date: 15 October, 1984 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (196 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best book by the best author
Comment: For a fantasy-lover who has read everything from Robert Jordan and Melanie Rawn to David Eddings and Mercedes Lackey, this is a big thing to say. I'm saying it. ROBIN MCKINLEY IS THE BEST AUTHOR! Not just fantasy, although she's really good in that; but in literary stuff. Her writing is superb. And, by the way, she's a really great lady too. I wrote a fan letter to her (I didn't know she was in the middle of writing a novel) and she took time off from it to reply in a one-page letter and even give me some advice on the book I'm writing! Anyway, Aerin-sol is THE HEROINE of all fantasy literature. Not just for teenage girls. I'm nearly fourteen, and I love her (I have since I was eight) and my mom loves Robin McKinley's stuff too. I don't know how many copies of The Hero and the Crown we have. Aerin and Tor, Luthe and Talat, even Galanna, are so believable. They're real people, and the story grabs you right in and holds you there. The villains (Maur and Agsded) are incredibly villainous; the love-scenes are very good, not overdone (which is one mark of sloppy writing, and Robin McKinley definately isn't a sloppy writer); the problems are real and the characters engaging. This is getting to be a really long review so I'll just end now, although I continue to sing Robin McKinley's praises.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must-read for any fantasy fan
Comment: This is, I believe, Robin McKinley's magnum opus. This book is often hard to locate, buried in the young adult section where it only half-belongs. Yes, this tale is about a teenage heroine, but the subject matter, her trials and emotions, are not limited to that audience. (Note to booksellers-By the way, most avid young adult sci-fi and fantasy fans have been reading from the adult section for years-you might do better to rethink the placement of these types of books.) Anyway, this novel tels the story of Aerin, arguably one of the most well-written and believable heroines out there. Her feelings of ineptitude and clumsiness are universal, yet her unknown powers don't develop miraculously, deus ex machina style, but are fought for and gained as a result of this fight. The narrative twists and turns in surprising ways, and the tale doesn't always turn out the way we originally think it will, and yet the turns never feel out of place. This is a novel from a whole other world, and yet it feels real. The characters are true-to-life and honestly drawn by this masterful author. This book would definitely draw someone into the fantasy genre.
Rating: 4
Summary: McKinley is a hero
Comment: Have you ever read a book as a child that still managed to resonate as an adult? "Hero and the Crown" was one such book for me. I can still remember reading it as an 11 year old, and presenting a shoe box diorama of the showdown between Aerin and the Dragon in my reading class. While the strong feminist principles were not quite understood as an 11 year old, they are today. Even re-reading it now, you cheer for Aerin as she begins to understand her place in the world, and how what others say really doesn't matter. She longs to be more than the sum of her parts, and proves to be more than capable not only to herself, but to her father and the Damarians.
Great example of Robin McKinley's writing, that transcends age and sex, and is a worthy adventure/fantasy for everyone.
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Title: The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley ISBN: 0441068804 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley ISBN: 0064404773 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley ISBN: 0441005837 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Spindle's End by Robin McKinley ISBN: 0441008658 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Deerskin by Robin McKinley ISBN: 044100069X Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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