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Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock

marekvit's review

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4.0

No es fácil evaluar este libro. A veces quise poner 5 estrellas y a veces solo una. Me gustó la primera mitad mucho, pensando que era un libro fenomenal. Sin embargo, me sentí decepcionado al principio de la segunda mitad. De repente el libro se había convertido en una tarea un poco aburrida, la historia se hizo demasiado complicada, perdí el interés por los personajes... pero seguí leyendo.

Me alegro de no haber dejado de leer. La última parte del libro es alucinante, aunque un poco difícil de entender. Probablemente tendría que leer la novela otra vez (quizás más veces) para entender todos los arcos en la historia. No obstante, devoré las últimas 100 páginas casi sin parar, leyendo con ojos saltones y boca entreabierta.

Me encanta el estilo del autor y su prosa hermosa y cautivadora.

ladyofnorthfarm's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

kurwaczytaj's review against another edition

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5.0

Už první díl ze série Le Mytág mně uchvátil. U Lavondyss se mi nejvíce líbil začátek (cca do dvou pětin), pak střed jsem četl s menším nadšením a finále mne opět bavilo o něco více. Kdybych to měl nějak shrnout do jedné, dvou vět, tak napíši: "fantasy pro dospělé" pohybující se už na samé hranici opravdového velkého románu.
Prostě draci, upíři a podobné propriety youth fantasy not included. xD

snowmaiden's review against another edition

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4.0

I really enjoyed the first part that takes place in the real world, but just as with [b:Mythago Wood|126192|Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1)|Robert Holdstock|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1308639607s/126192.jpg|121534], I found the story confusing and muddled once the action shifted to the wood itself. Some have faulted Holdstock for losing control of the story, but I wonder if this was part of his point. No matter how much preparation you do, and no matter how much you think you understand it, once you enter the wood you will forget all your training and do nothing more than struggle to get out again. That's the moral I came up with, anyway.

dria42's review against another edition

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5.0

Re-read this again. Love it. My current laptop's name is from it.

pigeomita's review

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adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

my_inner_filomena's review against another edition

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5.0

Druhé, tentokrát intuitivnější setkání s Robertem Holdstockem se už vydařilo mimořádně! I'm in. Možná správný čas, možná už prostě postavena před natolik uchvacující a pohlcující příběhy, představy, obrazy, vjemy a jazyk nedokážu odolávat déle. Konečně chápu, proč Les mytág pro tolik lidí tolik znamená.

archmageofthearchive's review against another edition

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5.0

Ok, so I am 100% in favor of Mythago Wood winning the World Fantasy Award in 1985. However, I’m at a complete loss as to how on earth Lavondyss wasn’t even shortlisted in 1989, let alone denied.

This was an exceptional novel. Much digestion needs to happen.

courtneykim2's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious slow-paced

3.75

curgoth's review against another edition

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5.0

Read this years and years and years ago. It blew my mind. This may actually be the book that tipped me over into being Pagan. And changed my way of looking at masks forever. I have a birch bark mask up on my wall inspired by this book.