Felicity Savage
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 6
Average rating: 3.5 of 5
a unique story... 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
This one is different from most fantasy books; it doesn't fit the mold, and that is a plus. This is not a black/white good/bad sort of world, the politics of Salt are something different. While reading it, I had a hard time liking the main character, and the plot sometimes went beyond the strange to the silly. But by the end the author succeeds because the world she creates is interesting enough that I can't imagine how this will all work out.
thought provoking 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
i find that this book doesn't delude itself as a-fantasy-but-really-is-our-world kind of book. i mean, the characters are surprisingly well liked but you KNOW they aren't exactly like you and me. why? coz they aren't human, and they don't necessarily operate on our social expectations and behaviour. when i first saw the title i wondered why it is called humility garden... it never occured to me that it is a *person's name*! however alien they seem, the book is excellent. humility is portrayed realistically as a country bumpkin trying to make things better for herself. as for the gods, well... the twist that they aren't exactly... er.. what we thought they are is really unexpected... i can say it's brilliant, brilliant work and really imaginative though you can get a 'lil bit confused here and there. myself, i had to read it at least a couple of times coz when i read a new book, i'm like a fiend racing for the ending and i tend to miss a lot of nuances and 'lil info here and there... and i warn you that with this book, somtimes missing the 'lil things can make the flow of the story incomprehensible! so, pay attention... and you'll be greatly rewarded.
Editorial Review:
Like Tanith Lee, Felicity Savage is getting an early start. She's 19 years old, and this entertaining novel is her first. "...Savage has a wondrously individual imagination, a gift for the sensuous detail, and a wit as dark as her Divinarch's." --Locus
