Lára Kristjánsdóttir từ Suprun, Rostovskaya oblast', Russia

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2018-02-25 03:30

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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: James C Collins

Because Michael Alexander asked and he's a cool dude (a little cleaned up from my comments version): War for the Oaks's the kind of book where I end up feeling like I'd have to be exactly like the main character to really love the story, because it has so wish-fulfillment. In this case, the main character Eddi is an aspiring musician. I'd have to be youthful in the 80s and into rock and roll and jamming into my guitar and fantasy (well, I guess I am the last one) to really appreciate the book fully like I really wanted to. But that being said, I enjoyed the atmosphere Emma Bull crafted, both on the 'urban' side* with the travails of gigging (even if the constant name-dropping of rock songs was totally lost on me, Bull seems to speak from a place of real experience) and on the 'fantasy' side with the war between the fairy courts (where sometimes Bull crafts some really beautiful language and spooky situations). *The Minneapolis setting is particularly refreshing (not only because I've never read anything set in Minneapolis, but also because it's integrated into the story and Emma Bull really seems to love it there). **She's good at set-up but does tend to pull punches at the conclusion where it should get tighter but instead she falls back onto purple prose. But yeah, War for the Oaks is a good example of the urban fantasy genre. It's not trashy, but it's also the kind of book where you always get to know what the main character is wearing (and it's actually quite entertaining because it's always an hideous-sounding 80s ensemble featuring a signature piece that Eddi inevitably found at a thrift/vintage store), along with her love interest (whose fashions tend more towards the hilariously romantic, but it's the kind of story that's self-aware enough that Eddi calls him on it). Rating: 3.5 stars

Người đọc Lára Kristjánsdóttir từ Suprun, Rostovskaya oblast', Russia

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.