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Daughter of the Forest - Community Reviews back

by Juliet Marillier
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Ani's Book Abyss
Ani's Book Abyss rated it 6 years ago
It's that time of year again! Happy Holidays to everyone! Or rather, a belated Merry Christmas, as this review came out a few days later than I'd planned. Of course, it also gave me a chance to include my 100th read book this year, Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets. This is a feature I've been hop...
Traditional Fantasy
Traditional Fantasy rated it 8 years ago
This story has a fairy tale tone, sort of like The Mists of Avalon or Snow White. In some ways it's very magical and has the feel of being set in a mock-Ireland that is at war with the English. The main character is the seventh child of a seventh son and has healing abilities that are used to help...
A Reading Vocation
A Reading Vocation rated it 9 years ago
This book reminded me of why I used to love fantasy so much.*Reading this, I felt totally immersed in Marillier's world, which she accomplishes by choosing just the right details about her settings and characters to convey. All of Sorcha's six older brothers are realistically drawn and distinct from...
Jocelyn (The Reading World)
Jocelyn (The Reading World) rated it 9 years ago
This is...a surprisingly popular book, given that it's much denser, laboriously written, and slower-paced than most YA. I don't say this to be demeaning, just that I had a bit of a struggle reading this, and mostly persevered for the sake of following through with the fairy tale, as this is based on...
LulzCat Reviews
LulzCat Reviews rated it 10 years ago
I have three words to describe this book....beautiful, heartbreaking and enchanting! Okay maybe four words if you count and... This book is something special and it has made its way to my "favorite books ever" shelf! If this is a book you're interested in then stop right now and read it. It'...
Teryna90 BookLover
Teryna90 BookLover rated it 10 years ago
- Spoiler Alert - Un libro davvero sorprendente e delicato che affronta numerose tematiche dolorose e gioiose avvolte in un aura mitologica e fiabesca. Vi sono delle parti un po' lente ed a volte noiose, soprattutto nella seconda metà del libro, ma nonostante ciò risulta essere un testo davvero piac...
CarlAlves
CarlAlves rated it 11 years ago
In Daughter of the Forest, Sorcha is the only daughter and the youngest of Lord Colum’s children. She is pampered by her brothers and leads a fairly idyllic life until her father is taken in by an evil sorceress, an overplayed trope in fantasy fiction, and her brothers are turned into swans. This fo...
saelba
saelba rated it 11 years ago
*Edited* Downgraded my rating when I realized I've spent the past few days feeling increasingly creeped out by the way the romance was handled. Ugh.Uneven in general, and the first half was much stronger than the second. And while I'm not often put off by a book's length, much of the length here co...
The Ninja Reader
The Ninja Reader rated it 11 years ago
The Ninja Reader
The Ninja Reader rated it 11 years ago
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