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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #11a: Huntress by Joellyn Auklandus, Steve Blevins ISBN: 0-936861-46-0 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Flawed, but be sure to read it anyway. It grows on you.
Comment: This book was disappointing on first read, mostly because it doesn't fill in the emotional details for you. It makes you use your imagination to realize how the characters feel about the terrible things that are happening to them. My advice is to buy the book (yes, definitely buy it) and read it slowly a few times. I like it a lot, now that I've had time to ponder it. The artwork is quite good, the characters look pretty much the way Wendy Pini would draw them, and the sharp, clean pen and ink reproduces nicely in black and white. This book contains quite a lot of violence but very little nudity and no "adult situations" (yay). I really liked the continuing character development with Skywise and the very interesting new guy, Teir. On the down side, the story revolves around a pretty unbelievable group of adversaries, and I don't see why the authors have decided to make Winnowill responsible for every big problem the Wolfriders encounter. Not very plausible. Also, it's frustrating that the mysteries regarding Teir are not explained in this volume -- although apparently that is to be done in an upcoming book. But WORST OF ALL (!) this one spoils the suspense of other volumes (Shards - Ascent - Reunion) by telling what happens to the elves who are fighting elsewhere while Ember is muddling through "Huntress." I'm amazed that the authors did such a clumsy thing! And if you read "Reunion" first, it will spoil the end of "Huntress." ("Huntress" is meant to be read before "Reunion.") Very bad! But I do recommend that you read this book. It's an important and poignant part of the saga.
Rating: 4
Summary: Ember and Teir: a story about the decision from hell
Comment: "Huntress", the follow-up to the book "Legacy", describes the struggle of the young chieftess Ember to reconcile her love for the stranger Teir with the scary possibility that his presence could lead to the deaths of her tribesfolk. (Without giving too much away, let it be said that the ending of the story is NOT neat and clean, but raw as an open wound - and very moving for that reason. This story-line does not reach closure for a dozen years; but that is another story, another book - and not anytime soon.)
Compared to the artwork in "Legacy" (both books together comprise the last 14 issues of the "Hidden Years" comic-book series), that in "Huntress" is nearly all of a piece, and of a much higher standard. The one controversial point is the abrupt switch, after the second chapter, from color to black-and-white. WaRP's spin on this change is that it was an artistic decision. Don't believe it - in fact WaRP Publications faced a cash crunch in late 1995 that forced them to abandon color publication in order not to have their several stories - seven, at one point - orphaned. This is unfortunate, even though the present book is not in color; much of the extra visual richness comes through anyway.
A final note: to get a full grasp of the complete story, read this volume in conjunction with volume 12a, "Reunion" (not yet published), whose story parallels that in this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A worthy continuation of this magnificent series!
Comment: I was first introduced to the Elfquest world over 13 years ago, and I fell in love with the story. Unfortunately, I was too young at the time to have enough money to buy the other books, however, that's all changed. I now have a job of my own, and can buy the series whenver I feel like it. This story tells of Cutter's grown up daughter, Ember, who must lead her people away from the war that her Father is fighting, thus giving the Wolfriders a chance to survive. In this story, Ember must make some hard decisions, which show that she has truly earned the right to be chief.
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Title: Ascent (Elfquest Reader's Collection, Book 12) by Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Brandon McKinney ISBN: 0936861436 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #12a: Reunion by Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Brandon McKinney ISBN: 0936861444 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #10: Shards by Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Brandon McKinney, Charles Barnett ISBN: 0936861428 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #9a: Wolfrider! by Christy Marx, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini ISBN: 0936861673 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #9b: Blood of Ten Chiefs by Richard Pini, Andy Mangels, Terry Collins, Brandon McKinney, Steve Blevins, Janine Johnston ISBN: 0936861681 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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