The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
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Price: CDN$ 18.40
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Review by Kc for The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
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i LOVE this book and all of the other books i have read by tamora pierce (like the circle of magic series) i have read a ton of books and i am even runnig out of books (if thats possible :P) and when ever im bored or am in the mood 4 a REALLY good book i just pick up a Tomora Pierce book. i recomend this book to ALL readers cuz this book iz FANTASTIC!!!!!
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This book is AWESOME!!!!!! Any girl who loves adventure will love this book. I recommend that you read all of this series (Song of the Lioness 1-4 by Tamora Pierce). There are other Tortallan series after this one. They are all great!!!!
Review by DogsDeserveCompassion for The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
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I just finished reading this in its unabridged audiobook format on my way to and from work. First, I must disagree with a previous review that stated this book stands on its own. I didn’t realize this was book three in an ongoing series and found it a little rough going. Alanna had obviously been through a lot before this book and I continually felt like I had missed out on big important chunks of her past (especially her past relationships with others) and her knighthood.In this book Alanna is a knight in a world where most tribes believe woman aren’t meant to be a warrior (and how she became a knight? well, I still have no clue). The story begins as Alanna, along with her feline friend (whom she can communicate with) and her man-at-arms are attacked by Hillmen. Following the battle (of which Alanna and her crew are victorious) Alanna is forced to stay with the desert Bazhir tribe where her troubles begin in earnest. The local Shaman does not want Alanna around and causes her no end of trouble. Eventually a battle leads to Alanna’s new position as Shaman of the tribe and her days are spent tutoring three gifted youngsters, two of them girls (much to the tribe’s dismay) in the ways of magic. Further complicating things is her relationship (which is surprisingly sexual, though not explicit, for a book marked 7-9 grade!) with Prince Jon. She sleeps with him nightly but as she spends more time with him comes to realize that he’s a bit too spoiled (boy, is he ever!) and that she’s not quite ready for the marriage he wants. She’s also most definitely not ready to birth him a few babies just yet! Prince Jon is not pleased when she voices her opinion on their future together. Soon after Alanna meets up with yet another romantic interest George, the King of Thieves, who I guess is an old pal who becomes oh-so-much more. Finally, there’s some trouble with Alanna’s twin Thom who seems to be swaying over to the “darker side” of magic.This is an okay book, as Pierce is a skilled world-builder, but I felt at a loss through the majority of the story and things didn’t get moving until midway through. I also never felt a connection to any of the many characters which is a shame because I typically enjoy this author’s people and their humorous insights (Trickster’s Choice & Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book are two I enjoyed thoroughly). The Woman Who Rides Like A Man is very much a “middle of the series” type of book and should not be read independently of the others in this series.
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First, I want to say that I enjoyed this book very much. I didn’t find it boring although it does seem as if Ms. Pierce wrote book 3 & 4 of this series as one book which was later broken into two books due to length. As such this book reads like a set up to book four. No major action takes place and there is no real climax to the book. However, Alanna makes two major life changing decisions. 1) She decides to start developing and using her magic. I liked that she became shaman although it seemed ridiculous that the Voice and the headman would have allowed such a weak and stupid shaman to stick around for so long! 2) Alanna decides that she cannot marry Jon. This is a very difficult decision for Alanna to make and I think (given their very young ages) that both Jon and Alanna react in a very realistic manner. Alanna bases her decision on logic and while Jon is not yet ready to accept it, I think Alanna has made a very wise and mature choice. What I didn’t like was that she immediately begins to act immature again by using George to make herself feel better. The way George is written he’s alittle too perfect. He’s always there for Alanna and he is always supportive. You never see him have a relationship with any other women so I really felt sorry for him here. I wish that he and Alanna could have kept their relationshiip platonic until Alanna was ready to make a commitment to him. The way it happens makes them both look rather weak and immature. But, George has always been my favorite so a part of me was happy to see them get together. Anyway, if you are looking for a very romantic relationship in this book, you won’t find it and I know many people were disappointed in that.
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the only reason i’m writing this review was because i almost cried reading all the others. This is my favorite book in the entire series, and this is my favorite series, so you can understand my distress at reading that other people hated it. and, for the record, this is a fantastic book, and really, realy worth reading. it’s a realy emotional book, and also involves a person getting blasted to pieces! i mean, what is there NOT to like? ok, i will admit that Allana should have married jon, but she was angry, all right?