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GGK is mostly amazing Comet Sedai Send a noteboard - 08/09/2010 01:20:01 AM
I first read the Fionavar Tapestery. I loved it, even if it wasn't perfect. I have read and re-read scenes in those books many times, and the final scene is one of my favorites in fiction.

Which is why I really liked Ysabel--some irritating holes, plotwise, but beautifully written with great cameos (see abovementioned last scene).

Lions of Al-Rassan is one of the best books I've ever read. Period. Can a woman love two men? Can a man love two women?

The Sarantium Mosaic was so-so. Some amazing parts, some ridiculous parts, some really unnecessarily disgusting parts. Characters? Meh, except for the Emperor and Empress, who had amazing scenes and dialogue. Don't recommend unless you want a sense of completion.

I couldn't get into A Song for Arbonne, although clearly it has its fans. It didn't work for me.

Tigana? BLECH, BLECH, BLECH. I realize I'm in the minority here. The writing is okay, and there are some good scenes, but BLECH. Evil tyrants who refuse to take responsibility for their actions, preferring to torture whole countries for their own idiocy, are not loveable. At all. No matter what the traumatized heroine thinks. They are not. I felt the need to shower my brain afterwards.

The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo.
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So, how many of you have (*or have not) read Guy Gavriel Kay? - 07/09/2010 12:09:59 AM 898 Views
I've read most of his books. Read A Song for Arbonne next. - 07/09/2010 12:12:51 AM 583 Views
Everything but his book of poetry. - 07/09/2010 01:22:52 AM 591 Views
You've probably read the best, yes. - 07/09/2010 02:01:34 AM 621 Views
Re: So, how many of you have read Guy Gavriel Kay? - 07/09/2010 08:47:16 AM 648 Views
I wasn't that impressed by Tigana either. - 07/09/2010 08:55:09 AM 591 Views
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Not a fan of bittersweet and tragic stories? - 07/09/2010 09:57:03 PM 574 Views
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Elaine is wise. - 07/09/2010 02:27:37 PM 616 Views
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GGK is mostly amazing - 08/09/2010 01:20:01 AM 680 Views
I've read Ysabel - 08/09/2010 03:24:19 AM 565 Views
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Sorry my FF acts weird today *NM* - 09/09/2010 02:13:04 PM 273 Views
i've read all but the last 2 you mentioned, i think. - 14/09/2010 06:58:25 AM 557 Views

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