Draco
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Ah, the sexyness of Chris Wooding, wouldn't you agree?
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Post by Draco on Mar 16, 2006 8:28:09 GMT -5
Ok, how can true fans of CW not write a review on Poison? Come on now people.
Oh well, I guess it’s up to me to save the day again.
Poison was a true showing of CW’s imaginative personality. I will admit that some of it was slightly childish, but it is probably impossible to write a fantasy novel without having it be at least slightly childish. Yet again, CW has shown that he writes in his own style, (example: the ending). He definitely threw a curveball with that ending. It was so complex that it was absolutely dazzling. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that had an ending that was not expected, let alone one that was so complex that not even I, who rights stories all the time and has a huge imagination, could never have came up with even in my most deepest dreams. Yet again, CW has created a book that I shall never forget.
*wags tail energetically*
COME ON!!!!!!! WE NEED MORE BOOKS LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!
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Post by Maliris on Mar 16, 2006 12:03:18 GMT -5
°v° I didn´t want to do all the reviews myself and create something like a forum that´s only there for me... I wanted to make people come and post like you do. Again, really! Thank you! :3
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Poison was totally a stunning novel. You can see Chris´s urge to creat a new world, new characters and new plots. And he always succeeds. I was enjoying every single sentence. I know, it´s not really something new to have a baby sister snatched away by faeries and that the elder sister embarks on a terrifying adventure to save her... that was only the start. When Poison decides to leave everything changes utterly. I couldn´t recognize old, already used, situations. It was all totally new. Unused! I liked the party. I liked the cat and Bram. And even Peppercorn. Poison was just the total oppsite so the matched really good. Bram was the experienced old fellow, with a hat, who knew the world and was something like an ... uncle to Poison. And the cat? Well... the cat just rocked! He was cool! :3~ Mr. Andersen! XD I liked the opponents! I adored the chapters with old Bone Witch. She was scary! :3 I can recommend this novel to those who love the old fairy tales but yearn to read something new. Poison has funny, sarcastic dialouges, beautiful landscapes and a breathtaking ending. Really breathtaking! Trust me. |:3 Buy it. It´ll be worth it.
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Lecat
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Post by Lecat on Feb 14, 2007 8:31:43 GMT -5
IMHO Poison is CW's best book yet.
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Post by zemira on Feb 17, 2007 19:18:13 GMT -5
Agreed, Lecat. Luved it way too much to express.
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Post by xxstoneandfirexx on Mar 14, 2007 15:53:10 GMT -5
"Poison" is one of the best books I've ever read!!! It had such atmosphere, just like all of his other books.
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Post by Aryeec {E.F. Forester} on Jul 8, 2007 22:34:30 GMT -5
An overall great book! I wish I could put all of my mental images of Poison onto an empty everlasting canvas!
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xheheroki
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Need more Wooding books over here!
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Post by xheheroki on Nov 26, 2007 20:30:19 GMT -5
I actually wrote a review for it for school. But my teacher still has it. D= Otherwise I would post it.
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Post by lisajane on Nov 27, 2007 4:57:37 GMT -5
I know, it´s not really something new to have a baby sister snatched away by faeries and that the elder sister embarks on a terrifying adventure to save her... that was only the start. When Poison decides to leave everything changes utterly. Admittedly I haven't read Poison but it sounds much like Labyrinth...?
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marleen
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Wazowski!
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Post by marleen on Nov 27, 2007 5:18:35 GMT -5
My review is in German :x on German Amazon.
Chris Wooding gehört definitiv zu den Autoren, die mit viel Phantasie gesegnet sind. Wohin nur mit all den abgefahrenen Ideen? Am Besten in Romane wie POISON.
Poison (Gift) ist der selbstgewählte Name der Hauptdarstellerin der Geschichte. Sie ist übrigens NICHT 12, sondern bereits 16. Sie ist außerdem Außenseiterin in ihrer Heimat, einem Dorf im Sumpf, das hin und wieder von "Phaeries" (Märchengestalten) heimgesucht. Eine solche raubt des Nachts Poisons 3jährige Schwester Azalea, und damit geht die Geschichte los - denn Poison zieht natürlich aus, um ihre Schwester zu finden, zu retten und nach Hause zu holen. So verlassen wir mit Poison die "Black Marshes" bereits, was in sich schon ein bißchen schade ist; über das Leben im Sumpf hätte ich gerne noch mehr gelesen.
Auf der Reise passiert das, was Poison nur aus Märchen kennt - sie findet Mitreisende (vielleicht Freunde?), muss Prüfunden bestehen, Geheimnisse aufdecken, Intrigen überleben und sich mit einer verstörenden Wahrheit abfinden... damit sie ihren Platz im Leben finden kann.
Dass die Charaktere etwas klischeehaft herüberkommen (die trotzige, unverstandene Teenager-Außenseiterin, die liebenswert-verwirrte und naive Mitläuferin, die vertrauenswürdige Vaterfigur...) stört in diesem Roman nicht - denn inhaltlich passt alles zusammen. Poison sagt ja selbst, sie habe manchmal das Gefühl, in einer Geschichte zu leben - eben wegen der Klischees, auf die sie selbst auf ihrer Reise trifft...
Sprachlich gibt es, finde ich, einige kleinere Schwächen; aber bei so einer schönen Geschichte - mit so einem schönen Ende - verzeiht man diese gerne.
Auch deshalb wären eigentlich 4 Sterne angemessen, denn man muss sich ja nach oben noch Platz lassen für die Meisterwerke. Aber ich gebe trotzdem 5, einfach so, weil ich das Buch einfach so sehr mag.
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Post by zemira on Nov 27, 2007 9:05:16 GMT -5
It kinda is like Labyrinth. That's why we think David Bowie would make an awesome Phaerie King. ^_^ I highly recommend it. Good reading while we're waiting for Malice to come out. ^_^
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Post by Sara Elizabeth on Nov 27, 2007 14:06:41 GMT -5
(Edit: I clicked submit before I was done, heh)
When I got Poison, I was really hoping it was a good book. I had been reading lots of "just okay" books and I was sick of it. I love fantasy novels, but it's hard to find ones that I can really follow. Some are just too complicated with their own language and terms that are never explained, and it takes me twenty minutes to find out what the character is saying. Others are just so typical, I already have the ending figured out.
Poison was a book that I at first thought I had figured out. I thought "Oh, well, she's going to go on an adventure.. kick some ass...and get her sister back" --- obviously I was wrong! Hah. Poison isn't the typical hero girl. There isn't the suspected happy ending.
The characters rock! I love Peppercorn, Andersen, Bram --- all of them. My favorite scene within the book was probably when they were in that spider world place.
Poison, as weird as this may sound, helped me with one of my own struggles in life. Being a Christian, I always question "who created God?" and I related to Poison when she was thinking if there is another writer, heirophant.. and one above that person and so on. After reading the book, I decided not to worry about that question anymore, and focus on what I know.
All in all, this book was great. I was beyond satisified with it. I love how the book, even though it has this whole other world I can just picture in my mind, doesn't over do it. I mean, I hate reading a whole page about one pointless object that doesn't even show up again later in the book.
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Post by zemira on Nov 27, 2007 15:11:28 GMT -5
I agree. I can't stand books with too much description. It annoys me so much, I actually prefer those that have too little description. The amount of descriptions is about the only complaint I have for The Braided Path. But Poison had the perfect amount. I get bored easily with just descriptions, and I was never bored when reading Poison!
And Poison herself is enough reason to buy the book. Other authors attempt at characters like her, but IMO, Chris was the first to succeed.
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Post by GhostEggplant on Dec 9, 2007 22:19:07 GMT -5
I'm generally able to see the setting (and characters) very well in my mind when Chris describes it. One of the many awesome things about his writing. ;D
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Post by kaiku on Dec 10, 2007 15:09:31 GMT -5
Yeah, same here! It is a talent that I must say I am very envious of.
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