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by Piers Anthony
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A Voracious Reader
A Voracious Reader rated it 11 years ago
4.5 *Book source ~ Home library One day when Norton is out camping he meets a ghost, Gawain. Gawain is from a noble family with a long lineage, but he died slaying a dragon (well, he thought it was a dragon) before he could marry and father an heir. So his parents arranged a ghost marriage for h...
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Catchy Blog Title Forthcoming rated it 11 years ago
I find reading this series quite funny. He writes so matter-of-factly. He really likes to explain things. He makes me think of that overly passionate friend who wants to describe everything in great detail to you. I'm totally ok with that. Makes for a fun read.
Reading Adler's List
Reading Adler's List rated it 12 years ago
I don’t want to be critical of this book. I have way too many fond memories of the Incarnations of Immortality series. But, yeah, it’s pretty bad. In fairness, trying to write about Chronos who is living in reverse to the rest of the world must have significant challenges for plot and continuity. ...
Jo Thomas
Jo Thomas rated it 12 years ago
As with the earlier book in the series: not as good as I remembered. But I will finish my re-read!
I only read when my OCD kicks in
I only read when my OCD kicks in rated it 13 years ago
Piers Anthony is one of my favorite authors but this is one of the worst books that I have ever read. Predictable, bad plot, poorly developed main character, rushed story line, uninteresting climax of events; a complete failure and waste of reading time. I will read incarnations of immortality 3 but...
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it 13 years ago
One of the things that I like about Wikipedia is that contain plot summaries of books that I read many years ago (and I don't want to read again) and as such they jog my memory so that I really don't have to reread them (which is a good thing in some cases because a lot of these books I really am no...
Tower of Iron Will
Tower of Iron Will rated it 13 years ago
I think this along with On a Pale Horse are two of Anthony's best Fantasy concepts. I loved this book right up to the ending, which I did not care for.
Sticky Note Quotes
Sticky Note Quotes rated it 14 years ago
This book was... strange. It started slow and was somewhat confusing. Also no where near as good as the first book, On a Pale Horse .
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