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Title: Hidden in Sight (Webshifters, 3) by Julie E. Czerneda ISBN: 0-7564-0139-9 Publisher: Daw Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A masterful follow-up
Comment: It seems to me that one often sees a slip in series books, as the original inspiration for the series can't support the fan's hopes for more. An author continues in the series not because there is more story to be told but because there are more books to be sold. Thankfully, for fans of Czerneda and the Web series, this was not the case in Hidden in Sight.
Hidden in Sight is a wonderful third book that not only maintained the depth of character and attention to detail of the first two but, to my mind, expanded the story and characters to new levels. I hate spoilers in reviews and won't have any here, but it's difficult to avoid because of how much I enjoyed the additional characterization of a couple in particular. I'll just say that I'm not talking about Esen or Paul, though the continuation of their relationship and characterization is well handled and moves along wonderfully in this third book of the Web series. And there are new aliens! I [have a weakness] for alien cultures -- when done by someone who handles them with the depth of detail and careful consideration that Czerneda obviously always does.
It's a five star book. Buy it, and if you haven't read the earlier ones, buy them as well. They are all wonderful and this one my favorite so far. I can only hope there are more of the Web series, because they just keep getting better. Write faster, Ms. Czerneda. Write faster.
Rating: 5
Summary: Top reason to have a book series
Comment: This author is simply beyond words- If at all possible, Czerneda just gets better & better with each book she writes. In the third of this series, we get to return to the universe where our favorite alien Esen resides and get to see our little blue blob grow up- and get one hell of a great story to boot. Esen-alit-quar is simply one of the most beautifully written characters I have ever come across, a being so different & unique but so vulnerable, sweet and good that she personifies the phrase "never judge a book by it's cover." You never lose sight of her being an alien, but she is so endearingly "human" that you cannot help but love her. It is characters like this that make me still read Sci-fi. I only wish all authors had one ounce of the skill that Czerneda has in her craftsmanship. If you can only get one book, definitely get this one. The story & the character will become a part of you.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not anywhere near as strong as the first two books
Comment: "Hidden in Sight" is a disappointment. It does not live up to the promise of the first two books in the series, "Beholder's Eye" and "Changing Visions," and it brought back someone I was hoping was safely dead from the first book -- Skalet.
Skalet is not a likable person by any means. She does lots of things for the wrong reasons, and never did understand Esen. To have _her_ be the last surviving member of the original six (aside from Esen) made me feel cheated. And I really didn't like her being in this book.
Since she's such an integral part of the book, that might explain why I mostly didn't like it. The ending is rather hopeful, I guess, but it was a trial and a struggle to get there. And, frankly, I put the book down for a good week and a half before I went back to it, and had no trouble finishing the thing, with no need to re-read anything for greater clarity.
Note that my husband has a dissenting view; his point is that, as an author, if you can delineate your world so well that it sticks in the reader's brain, especially if you don't like one of the characters, you're doing your job. :)
At any rate, because I dislike Skalet so very much, and because I don't like how she interacts with Esen (she pushes her around, as older siblings often do), I had a very hard time getting through this novel.
I still like Esen and Paul, and their relationship; I liked most of the other people in this book, even the flawed Kearn who's _still_ trying to rehabilitate himself. But as I did not like Skalet, it made it harder to buy into the premise of this book.
As for how to rate the whole series, I'd give the series four stars. It's a good series, and other folks might not hate Skalet as much as I do. ;-) And I really like the premise (it's extremely original and well done), and hope that Ms. Czerneda will write more books in this universe (hopefully without Skalet, or with a reformed Skalet that isn't as repulsive).
Barb Caffrey
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Title: Changing Vision (Web Shifters, 2) by Julie E. Czerneda, Julie E. Czerneda ISBN: 0886779049 Publisher: Daw Books Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Beholder's Eye (Web Shifters) by Julie E. Czerneda ISBN: 0886778182 Publisher: Daw Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: To Trade the Stars (Trade Pact Universe, 3) by Julie E. Czerneda ISBN: 0756400759 Publisher: Daw Books Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Ties of Power (The Trade Pact Universe Number 2) by Julie E. Czerneda ISBN: 0886778506 Publisher: Daw Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Thousand Words for Stranger (Daw Book Collectors) by Julie E. Czerneda ISBN: 0886777690 Publisher: Daw Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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