- Paperback: 400 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 006447335X
- ISBN-13: 978-0064473354
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #289,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I love griffins...,
By yvette "starlet" (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Year of the Griffin (Paperback)
... although I still haven't quite figured out in my head how their beaks move then they talk because we use lips to form words and they don't have any. Anyways, this is the sequel to Dark Lord of Derkholm (which you really should read first), and although different in quality is equally as entertaining. I loved seeing the familiar characters pop in and out, and getting updates on them. Although I would have liked to see more of them, I hardly noticed as we were busy getting to know a whole new cast of intriguing character... Elda's new classmates. I took this book up in the evening just before bedtime. Always a bad idea. I was reading all night! I thought I would have enough self control to stop after a chapter or so but Diana Wynne Jones had me hooked. Right from our first meeting with Elda's new classmates, I was already laughing out loud. Instead of the questing and defeating the enemies tone of the first book, this book focused more on renewal and growth, of both Elda and her classmate friends, as well as of the University. And as I mentioned before, it was great to hear of all the familiar faces. I long for a third book from this world! Her fan website says she has promised her sister that she will write one. Can't wait!
5.0 out of 5 stars
I want a sequal to this sequal!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Year of the Griffin (Paperback)
This book is as great as the origanel book, Dark Lord of Derkholm. It is about Elda as she goes to the Wizard's Universety. It also is about her friends and the problems they have. Although it is a great book, it is not like Dark Lord of Derkholm, and Derk is barely in the book.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful story, though...,
By "molly_danielle" (Silver Spring, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Year of the Griffin (Hardcover)
As a sequel to "The Dark Lord Of Derkhom", this book does not continue the plot of Derk, the former "Dark Lord", but instead follows his young griffin daughter, Elda, as she attends Wizard's University. Elda, the kind-hearted giant golden cat/bird, makes several friends (each with their own different and strange pasts and personalities) and a crush on a certain teacher.The plot of "Griffin" does not really stay the same. It basically follows the first year of Elda and her friends' year at the Wizard's University. Through strange magic (using oranges, which the group seems to adore), the friends must protect one of their own from his kingdoms assasins. If only they could convince the teachers that there really are assasins... Hopefully DWJ will follow this up with a sequel to finish the love insinuations at the end of the book, but it looks doubtful. Nonetheless, read this book if you want a twisted, funny outlook on a traditional fantasy story!
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