Diane Duane
Paperback | Pages: 464 pages Rating: 4.06 | 2043 Users | 141 Reviews
Point Appertaining To Books The Book of Night with Moon (Feline Wizards #1)
| Title | : | The Book of Night with Moon (Feline Wizards #1) |
| Author | : | Diane Duane |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 464 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 1999 by Warner Books (NY) (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Young Adult. Animals. Cats. Urban Fantasy |
Description Conducive To Books The Book of Night with Moon (Feline Wizards #1)
Rhiow seems a perfectly ordinary New York City cat. Or so her humans think -- but she is much more than she appears. With her partners Saash and Urruah, she collaborates with human wizards to protect the earth from dark forces and maintain the network of magical gateways that connect to different realities. But amid this amazing secret animal world lies a danger that threatens not only the cats of the world, but humans as well.Describe Books To The Book of Night with Moon (Feline Wizards #1)
| Original Title: | The Book of Night with Moon (Cats of Grand Central, #1) |
| ISBN: | 0446606332 (ISBN13: 9780446606332) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Feline Wizards #1 |
| Characters: | Rhiow, Saash, Urruah, Arhu |
| Setting: | Manhattan, New York City, New York(United States) |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Book of Night with Moon (Feline Wizards #1)
Ratings: 4.06 From 2043 Users | 141 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books The Book of Night with Moon (Feline Wizards #1)
This book is the SHIT. I don't even LIKE cats and this book is, still, the SHIT.Wizard cats that can see the forces of physics... I want to sit in a coffee shop just so someone will ask me what my book is about.
Being owned by cats, it's always a reassuring pleasure to know that you aren't alone in this feline-run world. Diane Duane writes about felines from such an informed perspective - the book is told from the lead feline's POV - it's clear that she loves cats and is loved by cats in her home life. Only a cat "owner" would know to say, "Y'know the tuna wasn't all that bad" in a feline's attempt at an apology and be able to wring tears from her audience. Being read to via Audible was also a pleasure
This book was so weird and I don't regret reading it at all, but parts of it were a slog and other parts were amazing. It is super uneven. It goes full-on Watership Down with its own world of cat culture and language. And then adds magic on top of that. And dinosaurs. And cat mythology?? There is just so much going on with this book. There are things that I thought were foreshadowing, that are never brought up again. There is a lot of cat culture explained just for the heck of it. There are
Every species in the universes has its wizards. Human, alien, cetaceans... felines.Rhiow is a wizard. She and her team, Saash and Urruah, help keep the worldgates (magical portals) in Grand Central station in New York City in working order. They work alongside human wizards to keep things humming along.But something has started to interfere with the gates... something, or someone. Rhiow and her team, joined by Arhu, a youngster on Ordeal, must go Downside in order to get at the root of the
I love Duane's "Young Wizards", but had only heard of this companion book once. But regardless, knowing how successful Duane is in writing I had to snag this book when I saw it for sale at a used book store. Seriously, $3.50 is a steal. The entire cat culture described in this book is phenomenal; so detailed and yet also not entirely fiction. Yes, this is a fantasy novel, but everything is so plausible. If cat wizards did exist, they would behave exactly like this. And the word crafting! Duane
This book, while set in the Young Wizards universe, and using the same principles, mythological structure, and type of magic generally, though all adapted for cat use... manages to come off entirely differently in execution and tone. I mean this in the fondest and most excellent of ways, because following different characters of a different species even, it should feel different. Duane manages to ground it in familiarity, while also introducing a wide swath of variation that makes this book feel
0 Comments:
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.