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S'està carregant… Pigs Don't Fly (edició 1994)de Mary Brown (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Not horrible, but not horribly entertaining. The style is a little wordy for me - long descriptive paragraphs with interminable lists are not that interesting. I've always been a fan of fantasy novels with talking animals (Narnia, Atlanton Earth, Spellsinger, etc.) but, in this case, it wasn't enough to make me want to continue to read this series. This is one of my all time favorite books. The heroine is fat, the prince is rescued instead of the rescuer, the whole story is a series of adventures that always end with the unexpected. It's a quest novel, only the people on the quest aren't completely aware that they're questing. It's actually the second book in a quadrilogy, however, each book stands alone. Meaning that you can read each book independently and not need the other 3 to understand what's going on. I liked book 1 almost as much as book 2 but not quite as much. Book 4 was okay, but not that great. I have had a really, really hard time reading book 3, which is surprising to me. It's the continuation of book 2 and since that was my favorite I assumed that I would love book 3 as well. No such luck. I highly recommend this book. I absolutely hated this book when I read it. I thought the main character was so incredibly stupid and annoying that I kept hoping she'd get herself killed whenever she was in trouble so some new (and more interesting) protagonist would take over the plot. I was also extremely annoyed by the fact that the book's main plot twist--that the flying pig is really a dragon--is completely given away by the moron who designed the cover. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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SUMMER'S JOURNEYLeft an orphan with a small dowry and a magic ring, all Summer wanted was to find a husband and settle down. But she hadn't reckoned on the raggle-tail assortment of creatures who needed her help, even if the amnesiac, blind knight was the handsomest man she had ever seen....But the blaspheming dog, broken-down horse, crippled pigeon, half-dead tortoise and flying pig had ideas of their own, and Summer was to find her journey's end -- and love -- very different from what she expected.... No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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I quite forget what I loved about this, though I can speculate based on what I do know of 20something Lexie's preferences.
It was a quest, with magic and folklore and a girl who had troubles with her mother but always found the right answer to save the day. Except...that's not true upon rereading as a full adult. Summer rarely finds the solution---if she does she nearly kills them all by bungling it.
Trusts the wrong people. Says the wrong thing. Hardly listens...
It's Whimperling (the eponymous flying pig of the title) who almost ALWAYS saves the day. Contrast that with THE UNLIKELY ONES wherein Thing did make mistakes but had many clever solutions and her companions by in large were useful much of the time.
Meanwhile I find it interesting that unlike TUO that Summer's companions here all settle or compromise on their greatest wish for life. I wonder if it's because Thing's friends were far better creatures? Though to be truthful Summer is nowhere near as close to her friends as Thing was.
All in all I'm disappointed...even in Jasper...hopefully the next 2 books are better and I didn't misremember. ( )