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I just couldn’t do it anymore.

The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry, #2) by Guy Gavriel Kay

December 30, 2022 by narfna 8 Comments

I have done something now that I almost never do, and that is give up on a fantasy series. There is only one more book in The Fionavar Tapestry for me to read, and it’s not even that long compared to the books I’m used to tackling in this genre, but I just couldn’t do it anymore. The idea of reading that book filled me with dread and despair. When I was reading the first book in this series, even with how much the genre […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, epic fantasy, Guy Gavriel Kay, narfna, nopenopenope, the fionavar tapestry, the wandering fire

narfna's CBR14 Review No:244 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, epic fantasy, Guy Gavriel Kay, narfna, nopenopenope, the fionavar tapestry, the wandering fire ·
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This guy wanted to be Tolkien so very badly.

The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry, #1) by Guy Gavriel Kay

August 19, 2022 by narfna 8 Comments

I was but a wee little fetus when this book was published in 1984, so I should probably give it some leeway—it was 38 years ago, times have changed, this probably seemed great back in the day, the genre hadn’t evolved yet, blah blah blah—but I don’t want to, and I’m not going to. This book is the sort of stuff new writers churn out when they are getting their own voices under them, almost nothing but imitation of things the author loves with small […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, epic fantasy, Guy Gavriel Kay, narfna, the fionavar tapestry, the summer tree

narfna's CBR14 Review No:135 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, epic fantasy, Guy Gavriel Kay, narfna, the fionavar tapestry, the summer tree ·
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