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luke1carman 's review for:
The Summer Tree
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Tolkien, through a looking glass.
Which makes sense given Kay’s work on Tolkien’s writings after his death. So many parallels-a quest with elves-ish people, dwarves, a city people and a horse people. Wizards, an angry, ancient forest. A volcano tied to an ancient evil who is rebuilding his strength...humans from earth take the role of the hobbits, but there’s a lot of connections. It holds up, even though it’s very, very close.
Really enjoy Kay’s writing, and I very much see the seeds of Lions of Al-Rassan in this book. I’ll keep on reading them, (if our dang library would order them)
Which makes sense given Kay’s work on Tolkien’s writings after his death. So many parallels-a quest with elves-ish people, dwarves, a city people and a horse people. Wizards, an angry, ancient forest. A volcano tied to an ancient evil who is rebuilding his strength...humans from earth take the role of the hobbits, but there’s a lot of connections. It holds up, even though it’s very, very close.
Really enjoy Kay’s writing, and I very much see the seeds of Lions of Al-Rassan in this book. I’ll keep on reading them, (if our dang library would order them)