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Carregando... Song of Homana (1984)de Jennifer Roberson
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I have rarely been more offended and disgusted by a female author before. I can't believe the number of high ratings this book has received. I can't believe anyone liked this thing. There are certain things heroic characters do not do. Things that make them, in fact, a villain. Things like telling a woman you're going to kill her father and then force her to marry you. This is something the most despicable of villains does. This is also something Carillon does. And despite my clinging to the hope that he'd have a moment of sanity and realize that his plans made hima disgusting, deplorable human being, he carried through with these plans. I feel nothing but utter contempt for this character, and for the author who expects readers to like a book about a man who is nothing better than a rapist. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
For five long years the land of Homana had been strangling in the grasp of a ursurper king#151;its people ravaged by strife, poverty and despair; its magical race, the Cheysuli, forced to flee or face extermination at the hands of their evil counterparts, the sorcerous Ilhini. The time had come for Prince Carillon, Homana's rightful ruler, to return from exile with his Cheysuli liege man, free his land from the evil dominantion of the tyrant Bellam and his villainous magicians, restore the Cheysuli to their rightful position of grace, and claim his birthright. To do this, he would not only have to raise an army, but overcome the fear and prejudice of an ignorant population and answer the call of a prophecy he never chose to serve! Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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Other reviewers on this site have taken offense with Carillon's views on arranged marriages. I went into this book having read those reviews and so the issue was in the forefront of my attention. While early in the book, Carillon does play fast and loose with the noble institution of marriage - using it as a tool of politics - all of those plans come undone in most hideous ways. If anything, the book could be viewed as a warning against using marriage to further political goals. I think those other reviewers may have found themselves placated had they continued reading and allowed the author time to let her lesson become fully realized. ( )