- Mass Market Paperback: 560 pages
- Publisher: DAW; First THUS edition (Mar 9 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0886779766
- ISBN-13: 978-0886779764
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 3.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #456,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Long out of print, The Chronicles of Cheysuli is the fantasy epic that launched Jennifer Roberson's best-selling career. A sprawling saga of the exiles-and return-of a warrior race of shapechangers, the magical odyssey begins in these two novels, together for the first time in one volume.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Pulp fantasy,
By max jammer (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chronicles Of The Cheysuli Omnibus #1 Shapechangers Song (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is the fantasy equivalent of a soap opera, and not a very good one at that. In the 20 years I have been reading fantasy this is one of the worst of the genre I have encountered, and would very much recommend taking the positive reviews with a grain of salt, I suspect they are written by ardent fans of pulp fantasy.Before starting in on the actual book I read the authors introduction. It was quite enjoyable and I felt myself identifying with the author, her quest to be published and her success. Even give that I still found it difficult to reach page 150, where I gave up. The story, characters, writing, and character development are all second or third rate. The main character Alix seems not to be able to do anything but throw childish emotional outbursts, that go on non stop the for the first 150 pages. Unless you like reading about a foolish, immature, self centered girl I would not recommend this book. The Cheysuli are a bad cliche of Native Americans. The storytelling is worse. It jumps into the main plot after seven pages with no real lead up telling what the world is like or to help identify with the main character. From what I've seen the rest of the book consists of Alix going on a self centered emotional roller coaster with some bits about the genocidal war against the Cheysuli and the larger history of war with Solinde and the Ihlini thrown in.
5.0 out of 5 stars
i've fallen in love with them all,
This review is from: Chronicles Of The Cheysuli Omnibus #1 Shapechangers Song (Mass Market Paperback)
i've read all but the last two books in this series, and i'm going to buy them tomorrow. i love these books; i think that their most endearing factor is roberson's characterization ability. despite the fact that each book has a new main character, she's still able to make them real, make them touch you. after keely's experiences at the end of "daughter of the lion" and ian's vow, i can't wait to pick up "the flight of the raven", even though i found parts of "daughter of the lion" a bit predictable. again, the allure comes from actually feeling as if you know these characters. and it's fascinating to see them from a distant, geneological perspective; we've seen several generations of this family, and the customs, cities, language, etc change with the times. i only wish roberson could rewrite every book from the perspective of a different character. imagine "shapechangers" from finn's perspective, or even from storr's . . . i think it would be amazing to read a story from one of the lir's perspectives.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book,
By "fairygrl1232001" (Mansfield, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chronicles Of The Cheysuli Omnibus #1 Shapechangers Song (Mass Market Paperback)
I thought that this book was very good. It has a little bit of everything. When I got to the end of the book I was mad that I didn't buy the other books. So I would recomend this book to anyone.
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