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Moonheart (Audio CD)

by Charles de Lint (Author), Paul Michael Garcia (Narrator)
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In this captivating urban fantasy, a genre that is the specialty of Canadian writer Charles de Lint, a traditional Native medicine bag of artifacts and strange events at an old mansion bring together a pair of antiquarian booksellers, a Druid, a biker, an Inspector of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and an ancient Welsh bard. They enter a strange, enchanted world in which magic and myth are part and parcel of everyday life and they must take sides in a long-standing battle between good and evil. Moving between this extraordinary other world and present-day Ottawa, Moonheart is a fantastic tale of magic, horror, suspense, and romance. De Lint brilliantly walks the fine line between realistic fiction and the stuff of legend in this captivating novel. --Jeffrey Canton --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


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Canadian de Lint put himself on the fantasy map with this 1984 novel that shifts between the Wales of yore and the Ottawa of today. A mythical fantasy for all large collections.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Impersonal but enjoyable read, April 23 2004
By Kit "bownci" (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Moonheart (Paperback)
This was my first Charles De Lint book. I ordered it from amazon after hearing some good reviews, but I didn't really know what to expect except that some people told me that it was sad and they cried at the end. And on the back cover, there are some people talking about how beautifully Charles De Lint writes.
I was somewhat disappointed in that aspect. I didn't find his writing to be anything special. It was sometimes choppy. I guess in some ways the writing style in each section as they jumped from character to character was supposed to make it more personal - showing each person's thoughts and stuff...but I felt like it sort of made the writing very vulgar.
Additionally, the emotion and sadness never really hit me at the end - or at any point in the book. For some reason, none of the characters really mattered to me. I kept reading because it was interesting - the story was good and I liked it and there was a lot of suspense. However, I never really felt that "wow I really care about these characters" thing. It was more like "oh okay now something bad is happening. Now someone's dying. Sucks for them." Very impersonal.
Should I add that I was never really fond of any of the characters in the book? I guess that goes with the impersonal aspect...but it wasn't just that we never got to know or care about them. They just weren't very likeable people. There weren't any qualities in any of them that I really loved and sometimes they even annoyed me with their horrible decisions, the way they did things, they way they thought etc.
Oh yeah...and I understand that a lot of these people were from "the modern world"...but why the heck did they have to say "Jesus!", "Jesus Christ!", "Jesus H. Christ", "Mary, mother of Jesus!" and such exclamations so much? First of all, nobody in the real world uses that exclamation as much as these characters do. Second of all, I just really felt like it didn't fit in in a book where they were talking abnout the afterlife as the summer country or the thundering dreams or whatever they were called...and in a place where there are people who live forever and spirits and forest lords and elves. Jesus and Mary and other Christian idols just DID NOT fit in here. This is not to say that I'm against Christianity or God or anything. But using the names of Jesus, Mary, and God in vain so much doesn't do anything to benefit Christianity in any way - better, in my opinion, to leave out all mention of it at all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely read -, Feb 29 2004
By EmBee (Oregon, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Moonheart (Paperback)
This is a charming story with interesting characters - including, incredibly, the great bard Talesien - and a story line that doesn't race, but never drags for a moment. Tamson House and its mysteries are some of de Lint's best, the characters interesting and nuanced (well, mostly - de Lint doesn't seem able to craft a convincing policeman), and the great swooping confrontations between forces of good and evil - and sometimes between good and good - are carried off well. It has everything you can reasonably ask for in a good fantasy novel. Fans of de Lint's later work can safely buy this one without disappointment, and if you've never touched one of his books, this is a nice one-off or a good introduction to an excellent body of work. Seekers of hidden knowledge will find some things of interest here, as well. If you become enamoured of the weirdin discs introduced in this book, be sure to visit his web site and let him know.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great mythology, Jan 27 2004
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This review is from: Moonheart (Paperback)
This book interweaves different mythologies with surprising results...and its just---nice---to stop borrowing everything from the Europeans all the time. Its time we became more aware of legends that are here, inherent, as part of the North American landscape. It is a well constructed story as well and keeps you going until the end. The Canadian setting is especially effective. This is the kind of book that may make you look into the subject, like Native American or Celtic mythology, further.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My fav!
This was my first Charles DeLint book and it is still my favorite! I found the mix of Celtic and Native American folklore to be facinating and well written. Read more
Published on Jul 6 2003 by C. Fisher

5.0 out of 5 stars Correcting a Mistake
Moonheart of course is an incredible book. I have read it many times and have emailed Mr. deLint and told him how wonderful his novels are. Read more
Published on Jun 13 2003 by ravenssong

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the best urban fantasy around!
This is the best of the best, and one of the first in urban fantasy.

Moonheart was the first De Lint book I ever read, and turned him immediately into a favorite author of mine... Read more

Published on Dec 13 2002 by pjenning

5.0 out of 5 stars My first encounter with de Lint
A friend gave me this book with no warning. I started it at 9pm on a Friday night and was still up early Saturday morning. Read more
Published on Jun 15 2001 by Stephanie Lynch

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
This was the first De Lint book I read, and I loved it. It was well-writen, and I got attached to the characters, all of whom seemed like real people. Read more
Published on May 29 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars A new Charles De Lint Fan
I picked up MoonHeart which was my first book to read from Charles De Lint. I didn't really know what I was about to read, other than that the book was re-printed and a fantasy... Read more
Published on Mar 4 2001 by Holly

5.0 out of 5 stars gripping and magical!
I was very impressed with De Lint's novel, Moonheart.Now take a great portion of celtic and native american myths, stir in unrelenting suspense and just hint of Xfiles style... Read more
Published on Nov 6 2000 by Rodney Powell

5.0 out of 5 stars breathtaking
Like many others Moonheart was my first de Lint. I happened upon it in amongst a pile of 2nd hand books and since that day I've been completely and utterly addicted to the... Read more
Published on Oct 28 2000 by Amanda

5.0 out of 5 stars Magical, enthralling book! A must-read.
This is the first of DeLint's books that I read many years ago and I keep on going back, and then back again to read. Read more
Published on Oct 27 2000 by Janice L. Pearson

5.0 out of 5 stars my first de Lint novel, but won't be my last
In general, I don't read much fantasy, because I find that it's a lot of the same old, same old (and not very well-written, at that). Read more
Published on Aug 15 2000 by Elizabeth A. Genco

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