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I'm pleased with Taran's progress as a boy growing into manhood and I quite like the obvious "growing" scenes where he actually talks through his thought process with his friends - specifically Eilonwy - instead of just changing into a better person. He talks himself through a couple of these "character growth spurts" in this book and, if I were still a child, I could well imagine that reading those specific passages would help me with my own real life personal growth. That being said, I always learned my lessons better from text than through screwing up with my own life, but I'm apparently an odd case. :-)

spinch4's review against another edition

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5.0

Fun book!

cyanide_latte's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm so glad I've been giving this series a chance! The Disney film, much as I appreciate it for introducing me to the story years and years ago, doesn't do this justice. I really, really recommend everyone start reading The Chronicles of Prydain. This book was beautiful and you really need to give the entire series a read. It's so worth it, I don't care what your age is. This was fantastic.

rchluther's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced

5.0

Dark, late elementary-age fantasy. We meet old friends in the second book and some interesting new ones. This may be my favorite of the series just for the Marshes of Morva. Always fun to revisit Prydain. (Note: Bears very little resemblance the the Disney movie of the same name. Disney took the first two books, crammed them together and took out a lot of interesting bits, and turned it into the first -- and only for a LONG time -- PG rated Disney cartoon. Watched it again recently and still pretty meh on it.)

Update in 2023: Love this book as much as ever! As I said above, the Marshes of Morva is one of the best sections of the whole series.

taliesinpendragon's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

apochemu's review against another edition

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5.0

These books are so much better than the Narnia series. There, I said it. This book actually has adventure and not just allegory. Yet you still learn about honor and friendship and duty and consequences of all choices (good and bad) and sacrifice, just without getting knocked over the head with it. I still love Eilonwy the best.

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