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Original Title: | The Curse of the Mistwraith |
ISBN: | 0586210695 (ISBN13: 9780586210697) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | The Wars of Light and Shadow #1 |
Janny Wurts
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 830 pages Rating: 3.76 | 5138 Users | 258 Reviews
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The world of Athera lives in eternal fog, its skies obscured by the malevolent Mistwraith. Only the combined powers of two half-brothers can challenge the Mistwraith’s stranglehold: Arithon, Master of Shadow and Lysaer, Lord of Light.Arithon and Lysaer will find that they are inescapably bound inside a pattern of events dictated by their own deepest convictions. Yet there is more at stake than one battle with the Mistwraith – as the sorcerers of the Fellowship of Seven know well. For between them the half-brothers hold the balance of the world, its harmony and its future, in their hands.
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Title | : | The Curse of the Mistwraith (The Wars of Light and Shadow #1) |
Author | : | Janny Wurts |
Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 830 pages |
Published | : | May 1st 2009 by HarperCollins (first published 1993) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Epic Fantasy. Fiction. High Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Science Fiction. Epic |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 5138 Users | 258 ReviewsEvaluation About Books The Curse of the Mistwraith (The Wars of Light and Shadow #1)
The best thing I can come up with to describe this book is that it's the most frustratingly amazing book I've ever read.I can see why The Curse of the Mistwraith is one of those love it or hate it kind of books. It's been called overly-long, overly-detailed, and overly-descriptive, but I didn't find that to be the case. Instead, I'd go with the word 'immersive,' a word more often used to describe imagery and 3D technology.What polarizes readers of this book/series comes down to the writing. This*SIGH* This book is one of those that grips you tightly and takes you you on a journey... The writing is lyrical but comples, with layers of nuance. But the imagery... *speechless* It's not an easy read...it takes concentration to gleam understanding and the characters (and you) are more than put through the wringer. (And yes, there are still certain characters that I want to rip apart with my bare hands.) But...this book is so worth it. It has been over a decade since I first read it and yet
I literally always forgot, once I start a book in this series, that they were exiled from a whole other world!!
Well, either Goodreads has changed the way you can review books, or I didn't see how to post more than one review before. I've read this one at least 3 times, I enjoyed it that much. There are two authors whose writing is dense and difficult but in the end reveals a story both exciting and addictive - Janny Wurts and Dorothy Dunnett. I've read and reread their works and never get tired of them.This first book of what is to be an eleven book series is the introduction to a world of wonder, and
The first book in a sweeping epic, it sets up a complex set of worlds & yet also has a ton of action. If you're looking for something that rivals the Lord of the Rings, I think this is it. If you're looking for a quick easy read, something you can skim through - don't read this book. You'll only get confused. Every word is hand picked & polished to wring out the full meaning.While the book is a setup to a series, it doesn't end on a cliff hanger, something I appreciate. Actually, it
If I had read just the last 50 pages of this novel I would have been quite impressed. They are wonderfully moving, reminiscent (in a good way) of the section in The Return of the King after Sauron is defeated but before the hobbits head back to the Shire.Unfortunately, those last 50 pages are not earned by the 540 pages before. The first 540 pages were really quite bad -- not because Wurts is a poor writer, but because she is a poor storyteller. The sentence-by-sentence writing is actually quite
Unfortunately, I did not enjoy Mistwraith at all. I literally was forcing myself to read 50 to 100 pages at a time, before I'd lose interest and set it down again. Had the plot been told in a more linear fashion, with less background and more actual action, I might have enjoyed it more. The writing suffered from a disjointed structure and over-abundance of verbage. As in example, within the first twenty-seven pages of the book, we are treated to a "Prologue," written in historical fashion; a sea
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