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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
I read The Fionavar Tapestry when it first came out and several times since over the years. When I read it is being made into a TV series, I knew it was time to read it again.
Five college students from Toronto are transported by a mage, Loren Silvercloak and his source, Matt Soren, to the city of Paras Derval for the anniversary of the king. Each of the five has a part to play in the events that follow: Dave is lost on the way through the portal and is separated from the rest, Jen is taken, Kevin becomes one of the supporters of Prince Diarmund, Kim is introduced to the Seer of Brennin, and Paul must defeat the deep sadness he owns from the death of the girl he loved.
This is the first of Guy Gavriel Kay's books. It doesn't have the power and depth of some of his later works but is still a fine work of art. His descriptions and world-building are some of the best in the fantasy world, understandable as he worked with Christopher Tolkien in editing his late father's works. Kay's later works delve into mythology set in Spain and the Far East, but the Fionavar Tapestry is very Celtic in tone with elements of British lore and tales.
It is still one of my favorite fantasy works and one that I reread every several years. It's a lovely piece of art set in a world I love.
Five college students from Toronto are transported by a mage, Loren Silvercloak and his source, Matt Soren, to the city of Paras Derval for the anniversary of the king. Each of the five has a part to play in the events that follow: Dave is lost on the way through the portal and is separated from the rest, Jen is taken, Kevin becomes one of the supporters of Prince Diarmund, Kim is introduced to the Seer of Brennin, and Paul must defeat the deep sadness he owns from the death of the girl he loved.
This is the first of Guy Gavriel Kay's books. It doesn't have the power and depth of some of his later works but is still a fine work of art. His descriptions and world-building are some of the best in the fantasy world, understandable as he worked with Christopher Tolkien in editing his late father's works. Kay's later works delve into mythology set in Spain and the Far East, but the Fionavar Tapestry is very Celtic in tone with elements of British lore and tales.
It is still one of my favorite fantasy works and one that I reread every several years. It's a lovely piece of art set in a world I love.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
At some point between this and Tigana, Kay became a good writer. Go read Tigana.
http://wordnerdy.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-book-187.html
Very engaging! It's what I refer to as "classical / high" fantasy - very Tolkien-esque at times, but in this case it's a good thing. If you compare, say, to Eddings and his Belgariad, the latter also falls under the same genre (in my eyes) but is much more... cliche, I guess.
Took some doing to get into it. It's hard because the book seems to start off *knowing* just how epic it is, so the reader is hit with a bunch of obtuse, grand references that make one think one has missed some vital clue as opposed to the narrative being full of itself. But somewhere in the middle, either the book hits its stride or I finally saw the start of the tapestry already woven, and I really got into it. By the end, I was moved.
Read this a long time ago but it was good... maybe I can find them to re-read!
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