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Taran Wanderer was my favourite. I'm really happy to revisit the books after all these years. The structure of these chapters are more formal than I remember them being, but supported by very solid and consistent writing and the characterization is excellent and distinctive.
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Many thanks again for posting, it was a great read. Looking forward to the Castle of Llyr!
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That is an excellent book, still holds up to my childhood memory. It's very difficult to write a principled, thoughtful book without being cloying, preachy, or didactic but Alexander did it well.
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For me it was this that stuck with me for all these years.quote:"What lacks?" he cried to Annlaw. "I could forge a sword well enough and weave a cloak well enough. But now, what I truly long to grasp is beyond my reach. Must the one skill I sought above all be denied me?" he burst out in an anguished voice. "Is the gift forbidden me?" He bowed his head, and his heart froze even as he spoke the words, for he knew, within himself, he had touched the truth. Annlaw did not gainsay him, but only looked at him for a long while with deep sadness. The parts with Llonio and in the Commot are so, so good. Rereading it, I expected each part would me much longer, they've stuck in my memory so well. Nine paths are offered to Taran, by my count:
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