The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry #2)
ISBN:
9780586215234 (0586215239)
Edition language: English
Series: The Fionavar Tapestry (#2)
After the dramatic ending to 'The Summer Tree' the series was in need of some breathing space and Kay wisely takes his time in the beginning of 'The Wandering Fire'. Kim using her Seer powers and somehow tapping into the power of the Baelrath, brought the Five home from Fionavar with the help of Hig...
A good second book in this series. My review of the first book could be copied here. I can see why people enjoy it, but for me there is something missing to completely enjoy it. But that's just me, so go on and read the series. Language and writing keep on enjoying me. An example, in this book there...
The end of this one almost pushes it up to a four--and maybe upon further reflection it will--because it is a truly spectacular last forty pages or so, but this is the one book in the series that I always found just a little too disjointed.
3.5 stars. Written review coming soon . . .
Okay, this story finally got me. Fiction takes life and crystallizes it. It boils down and simplifies, so that when real life is too overwhelming, I can remember what to filter out and what to hear. I can remember that the pining lovers reunite, the little girl grows into wisdom, the white horses...
6 years ago
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