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polijn

Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: Been so long since I read this one... |
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But the things I remember most are: A lip scar would be really handy to have. And I really HATED the main female character (Teresa?). I hated her like I hated the main female character from Stephen Donaldson's A Man Rides Through series.
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Greg_from_NC

Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 37
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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It's been a long time since I read this one too. It kinda pushed the enevelope of being a little romance-y for me, but I still really enjoyed it. I remember I really liked that the hero (his name slips me at the moment), was mercenary who had worked for the enemy. I also liked the monsters and as always, JVJ has a lot of great action.
Too many fantasies are all-talk and conspiracies but no combat. I hate any book like that. What can I say? I'm a guy and like most men we need some good ol' violent fightin’ in our stories. 
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Isengrim
Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 18
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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You are probably confusing the two. The protagonist of "The Mirror of her Dreams" and "A Man Rides Through" was called Terisa Morgan (spelling may be a little off). If my quick search is correct the protagonist of The Barbed Coil was called Tessa McCamfrey.
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polijn

Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 63 Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:27 am Post subject: |
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| Isengrim wrote: | | You are probably confusing the two. The protagonist of "The Mirror of her Dreams" and "A Man Rides Through" was called Terisa Morgan (spelling may be a little off). If my quick search is correct the protagonist of The Barbed Coil was called Tessa McCamfrey. |
*squints* Well, there you go. I wanted to stab them both in the head with pieces of broken mirror. _________________ "The Alliance ain't the good guys. They're the opposing faction." ---Sam Shepherd or Stephen Howie
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DaeniiNightstar

Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 17
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:07 am Post subject: |
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I liked Tessa. She reminded me a lot of myself, except that I don't have tinnitus and I was born in Ohio, not England...lol.
I'm seriously and literally in love with Ravis of Burano...the main male character. I liked Camron and delicate little Angeline and her precious No Good Dog, Snowy. Don't forget Emith and his dear old mother! Izgard and I have a love-hate relationship... It's about 60%-40% hate.
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Ed Diggs
Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 60 Location: Sacramento, California
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:49 am Post subject: what i liked of the book |
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I liked how a woman went from a life with problems in San Diego to being a heroine in a fantasy world. Rather like the Chronicles of Narnia; also a little like the author (English woman who lives in San Diego).
I liked the characters. I havn't read the book in a long time but I enjoyed it and how the story began and ended quickly. I also liked the world with it's cultures and I loved the map. I always like looking at fantasy maps.
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Greg_from_NC

Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 37
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Its just so rare to even find a stand-alone book in fantasy anyway, so when you find a good one. It's a keeper.
I also like the theme or plot where you have an everyday person or even a person that has problems or may be considered a loser in our world, but is a hero in another world or time.
I know they were cheesy b-flicks but that's what I liked about the Mad Max movies. Most the characters were nobodys before the apocolypse but we're, in-a-way, successful afterwards. _________________ Reviewer on www.FanLit.net
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amaranth
Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 3
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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I love this book and read it at least once a year...
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Al'Shebek

Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 29 Location: Outside Yer Window
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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I enjoyed this book so thoroughly that for a few years after reading it I kept combing the bookstore shelves looking for a second volume; stubbornly not ever wanting to believe that it was a solo work. _________________ Remember to always use fresh macaroni, if the box rattles throw it away.
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