La voleuse sans ombre (Poche)
Format: Poche
ISBN:
9782352942641 (2352942640)
Publish date: February 3rd 2009
Publisher: Bragelonne
Pages no: 401
Edition language: French
When the most well-drawn & sympathetic character in the book is the magical talking dog & the secondmost interesting character is the villainous magical monster who's cursed the "hero's" family for generations, you've got a characterization problem, big time. Traditional magical fantasy tale, mi...
This is a pretty gritty story of prejudice and alien races and the building of respect between people. It all starts when Melke steals a necklace and gives it to the Salamanders who in this world are vaguely humanoid beings, to ransom her brother, Hantje. She is helped by her ability to go invisibl...
Not nearly as good as I thought it would be. The random intervals that the heroine kept bursting into tears was really enough to ruin the enjoyment of the book.
If I had a minus-star, I'd give this book that. Not at all what I thought it would be like. I thoroughly disliked it and would not recommend it. Writing was paltry, the characterizations hackneyed, the plot was forced, there was much immorality (and in such a vulgar manner.) The background was scant...
This appears in the webiste http://www.solarisbooks.com/ about the book. Let me say first and foremost I've been intrigued to read Solaris books. I've bought already three books, this one and Summoner and Helix. I have read Black Library books, I've got them all. And I've got a dozen books of Black ...
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