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by Guy Gavriel Kay
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chadkoh
chadkoh rated it 13 years ago
Tigana is a very deep book, with a number of themes and rich language. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Simon Vance, which was excellent, but I would recommend you read it in print to enjoy the writing better. Tigana is high literature. GGK takes his time in description, tweaking at strings o...
The Golden Darter
The Golden Darter rated it 13 years ago
Sword and Laser - June
hpagano
hpagano rated it 13 years ago
Tigana explored some cool ideas and developed conflicts that made for an interesting story. However, the story always pulled away from those conflicts before they could fully establish serious tension or fully develop characters. I constantly felt as though a great setup was being put in place, bu...
Jennavier
Jennavier rated it 13 years ago
There's been a lot of talk about Tigana in the decades since it was published. Guy Gavriel Kay is considered by most, especially most authors, to be one of the premier voices of fantasy fiction. That's possibly because he's one of the only people who can write with the depth and lyricism of Tolkien ...
The Reading Jackalope
The Reading Jackalope rated it 13 years ago
Tigana- I wanted to love this book a lot more then I actually did. It is beautifully written and the plot is engaging and thought provoking but I could walk away from the book for days at a time without needing to pick it up again and the female characters bothered me.Basic plot. Two sorcerers co...
target acquired
target acquired rated it 13 years ago
oh Tigana! 20 years ago, the warring lands of the peninsula known as The Palm were conquered by two opposing Tyrants, and split into two. during this time of war and magic, one land was punished, transformed, forgotten. 20 years later, a band of men and women fight to reclaim that land, its history,...
Ironic Contradictions
Ironic Contradictions rated it 13 years ago
Personally it just wasn't my style of fantasy writing. Honestly it just wasn't. It wasn't too dark. I've read similar novels before. The entire novel just wasn't my taste.I also felt Tigana was too much for a single book, the ideas and plot dragged. I didn't hate it it was just average which was rat...
captainspiffy
captainspiffy rated it 13 years ago
Hooked till the end. Immense improvement between "The Darkest Road" and this. :)
Janelle Reads and Writes
Janelle Reads and Writes rated it 13 years ago
The best of the best!
Merle
Merle rated it 14 years ago
I first read this book about a year ago, but wasn't sure I could do it justice in a review. Simply put, this is an amazing book. Tigana is the name of a lost country, conquered in the prologue by a sorcerer determined to wipe out its culture and even its name and identity. The story mostly follows a...
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