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Title: The Silver Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon ISBN: 0-88677-685-6 Publisher: DAW Books Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.19 (31 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not the ending I'd been hoping for
Comment: I was very dissapointed with the conclusion to the saga that started with "The Black Griffon" and continued with "The White Griffon". The final book felt too much like Mercedes Lackey was getting tired of the story arc and wanted to end it as quickly as possible. After so throughly enjoying the first two books, the final one fell flat.
Rather than focusing on the characters that we found so facinating in the first books, Lackey abruptly shoved them into the background and focused on their children. Skan and Amberdrake, who's friendship was the foundation of the saga felt strangely absent. While Blade and Tadrith were interesting characters, they felt too much like understudies rather than figures strong enough to hold their own in the story.
Several other readers complained that the book felt rushed, and that is probably the most accurate critcism you could argue. Much shorter than the other books, it had a hurried feel and a distinct lack of pacing. Again, it gives the impression that the author lost interest and just wanted to get it over with.
It's necessary to read this book to get a better understanding of the story arcs that follow, but it's such a shame that it felt less like the treasured friends that the other books felt like, and more like homework.
Rating: 1
Summary: Severe disappointment
Comment: I've been a Lackey fan for years, and this is by far her worst book ever. I've always loved the Valdemar universe and I had been excited when the "pre-history" series was coming out. I don't know if it's the influence of her husband as a co-author, but this trilogy is one that I don't think I can bear to read a 3rd time. I only read it twice because I couldn't believe it had been as awful as I'd recalled.
The characters in the 3rd story are so hard to care about that it becomes nearly impossible to care about anything happening in this book. The book seemed rushed - almost as if it had been thrown together to complete the trilogy.
I'd recommend reading ANY of Ms. Lackey's books before these. I still think she's a wonderful author, but don't let this trilogy be your first experience reading her work.
Rating: 4
Summary: Much better than the reviews say
Comment: After finishing this book I can only partly understand why folks are disapointed by this book. Yes it is more of a stand alone novel than a part 3, but really how much was there that needed to be said after book 2? Nothing that I could find, so this is a perfectly decent book with a nice suspenseful plot. It is, however, rushed and a bit sloppy in places.
But my goodness moral depravity? Where on earth did that come from? There is nothing of the sort in this book, there is some pragmatic thoughts by characters because of the stubborness and bad decisions made by others that those characters could not prevent. But nothing to suggest such a term as moral depravity.
To sum up it was a fun book with a nice and interesting plot. But I too would have liked another 50-100 pages of plot for a better ending...not just abruptly stopped as it was.
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Title: Storm Breaking (The Mage Storms, Book 3) by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0886777550 Publisher: DAW Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Storm Warning (The Mage Storms, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0886776619 Publisher: DAW Books Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Storm Rising by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0886777127 Publisher: DAW Books Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Oathbound (Vows and Honor, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0886774144 Publisher: DAW Books Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Oathblood (Vows and Honor, Book 3) by Mercedes Lackey ISBN: 0886777739 Publisher: DAW Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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