My first GGK and the rest of his oeuvre instantly becomes Must Read. If he ever does a London signing I’ll be there, just to check he’s real and not from outer space. This novel is utterly, exquisitely, wonderful.A young Kindath (Jewish) Doctor, Jehane, practising in the Asharite (Muslim) city of Fe...
The Lions of Al-Rassan is the second book I’ve read by Guy Gavriel Kay, the first being Tigana. I really enjoy his writing style. One thing in particular that I’ve enjoyed about both books is that they each managed to satisfy my epic fantasy cravings within a single, standalone novel. I enjoy a g...
I loved this book. The story is seductive and engaging, the characters are adult, well-rounded and sophisticated, the writing style is very versatile: it offers both lavish descriptions, witty dialogues, elegant poetry, emotion and brutal detachment to a great, immersive effect. Subtle, delicate, ha...
I read a little over 50% of this and have lemmed it... It just really wasn't the book for me, and time is to sparse to waste it reading something I am not enjoying (especially a book this long).
I was drawn into this book in the first few pages. The imagery was amazing; I could feel that I was present in the world Kay created. I thought I would love the book, that it would become something I foisted upon my friends with delight and fervor. Then, unfortunately, I kept going. As wonderful a...
Story revolve around people of three religion and their struggle to prevail over each other. These three religions are Ashar (worshipers of Stars), Jad(worshipers of Sun) and Kindath (worshipers of Moons). On a day that was known as “day of moat”, physician Jehane bet Ishak, a Kindath, met Ammar ibn...
Look, it's a great book. There's no doubt. Moments of piercing beauty, and sadness. Heroism, and yet full of the real compromises life often requires. And yet....I have grumbles. Why the insistence on dressing up medieval Spain and the conflict with the Muslim world in fake nomenclature like "Jaddi...
I decided. I have to try reading all of Guy Gavriel Kay's books in this summer. I do not think I can read these kinds of books and not swept away by emotions, too mournful to do anything.The Lions of Al-Rassan happens to kill my most favorite character. One common feature in three books written by K...
As with Kay's other books, The Lions of al-Rassan is staggeringly beautiful in it's prose and character development, it's story flow, it's eloquence and grace. Kay continues to prove to me that he's possibly my favorite prose master in all of fantasy; each of his books I read is more beautifully wri...
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