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Elizabeth H. Boyer

Teoksen The Sword and the Satchel tekijä

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Sisältää nimen: Boyer Elizabeth H.

Sisältää myös: Elizabeth Boyer (1)

Tekijän teokset

The Sword and the Satchel (1980) 388 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
The Wizard and the Warlord (1987) 354 kappaletta, 3 arvostelua
The Elves and the Otterskin (1981) 352 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart (1982) 322 kappaletta
The Troll's Grindstone (1986) 305 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
The Curse of Slagfid (1989) 165 kappaletta
The Dragon's Carbuncle (The Wizard's War, Book 3) (1990) 117 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
The Lord of Chaos (1991) 91 kappaletta
Keeper of Cats (1994) 87 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Clan of the Warlord (1992) 58 kappaletta
The Black Lynx (1993) 53 kappaletta
Freydis and Gudrid (1976) 16 kappaletta

Associated Works

Catfantastic (1989) — Avustaja — 567 kappaletta, 4 arvostelua
Catfantastic II (1991) — Avustaja — 380 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
Four From the Witch World (1989) — Avustaja — 184 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Sunstone - Vol. 18:3, Issue 100, December 1995 (1995) — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
Sunstone - Vol. 16:8, Issue 94, February 1994 (1994) — Avustaja — 1 kappale

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Yleistieto

Virallinen nimi
Boyer, Elizabeth Hall
Syntymäaika
1952
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
United States of America
Asuinpaikat
Idaho, USA
Koulutus
Brigham Young University
Ammatit
poet

Jäseniä

Keskustelut

80s/90s fantasy book, Name that Book (joulukuu 2023)

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This is the third book in the Skyla series. I have not read the first two books in the series but the books are only loosely related. I read the first 120 pages and just couldn’t get into it. This wasn’t an awful book, it was just slow moving and boring. There wasn’t a lot going on here that I was interested in; the writing style felt very stilted and dated to me.

The story is about a 19 year old girl who is sent to live with her five grandmothers. The grandmothers are obsessed with their cats that they say aren’t cats at all but are magical creatures from another realm.

I really struggled to stay engaged with this story and decided to set it aside. The world wasn’t explained that well and none of the characters were that interesting to me. It looked like an interesting mystery might be developing around the grave barrows near where Jetta is sent to live; however it was just so slow moving that it never really grabbed my attention.

The book does have a very classic mid-90’s fantasy feel to it. So if you are feeling nostalgic for an older, slower moving fantasy you might enjoy this one. As I said, it wasn’t awful it just wasn’t all that great either. If I had nothing else to read I would have probably finished it.

Overall an okay fantasy book but a bit too slow moving and boring for me. Has a very classic fantasy feel to it. I wish the world had been better developed, the characters more interesting, and the story more fast-paced an engaging. I don’t plan on reading anymore by Boyer.
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krau0098 | Jul 12, 2018 |
Of all of Elizabeth Boyer's books, this has been and always will be my favorite of them all. When I was an impressionable teenager, I stole a copy from my father's book stash and read it so much that it fell apart.

There was and always will be something alluring to a young thief on the run who, forced into a chance, finds himself rising to become a better man. Or elf as it were.

When it comes to Boyer's books, there's always something a little formulaic about them: wizards all act the same, the heroes all have the same brazen stance, and yet the blend and the fact that the stories don't always *follow* the same old story formula makes the rest more than alright. I've always felt her books stood a little apart from the rest and don't get the recognition they deserve. This book is definitely at the top of them.… (lisätietoja)
 
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spearcarrier | 1 muu arvostelu | Jan 18, 2016 |
While it took most of the book to stop being annoyed with the main character (basically until about 18 pages left), the book was otherwise quite good. The only other problem was that, occasionally, the author will be very obvious. For example, you're read the whole book, and she'll say, "Mikkla is very stubborn". Like you would have forgotten that or wouldn't have picked it up every time he's stubborn. Fortunately, it doesn't happen very often.

Spoilers: a young man travels to the "Alfar" realm where he tries to open a box with "something" in it of great importance and everyone he meets seems to want to get it. The surprises in the book (ie the box contains a magical gauntlet and Sigurd's father is Halfdane) are very good. And the not-so surprises (Jotull and the other Warlord being the worst) are not so obvious that you're annoyed. As I noted above, some rough, meandering, editor-fail writing, but I still mostly enjoyed it. Probably will not read again because Sigurd (the main) is almost insufferably stupid, stubborn, and arrogant throughout. Probably some good stuff about Norse mythology here and all the norse names, places, and customs are cool. A very original book.… (lisätietoja)
 
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phethpwar | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jul 3, 2014 |
 
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