Born to Run: Amazon.ca: Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon: Books

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Seeking to make their fortunes in human society, the elves of the underworld involve themselves in stock car racing, child pornography, and worse, and three runaway kids find themselves in a heap of trouble. Reissue. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 Moral irresponsibility, whee!, Janv. 31 2004

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This review is from: Born to Run (Mass Market Paperback)

The basic plot is, child prostitute who's seriously into unicorns meets nice wizard (in a bar); wizard gives her money, says "make your own magic," and stresses constantly that magic can't fix your problems; child prostitute is angst-ridden, shot at, and kidnapped for two-hundred-fifty pages; child prostitute is touched by her unicorn and suddenly her abusive parents are saints and everything's quite all right.

At once point, child prostitute's internal monologue explains that escapism is a myth and she reads fantasy to find *solutions*.

Hopefully child prostitute never reads this book.

(Oh, and there's also some stuff where evil elves make porn films by kidnapping other child prostitutes and taping monsters raping/eating them, if you're into that. We even get to sit in on a brainstorming session. And good elves playing with racecars, as usual.)

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Good, but could have been better., Avril 9 2003

Par	Emma "mollymatheson" (Sebastopol, CA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Born to Run (Mass Market Paperback)

So far, this is my least favorite of the SERRAted Edge novels. The things that really carried the book were Sam, Tannim, and Keighvin: old cranky Irishman, modern mage, elf. Cranky Irishman, modern mages, and elves just about ALWAYS make a book good--and the ywork for this one. Definitely worth the read, if just to stare at elves, even if it's just in the imagination.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Not bad, but not for kids, Mai 11 2001

Par	S. Lawrenz "Lendorien" (Milwaukee, WI) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

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I've always enjoyed Lackey's novels, but this one turned me off. The problem for me was the use of child (s)exploitation and snuff to establish the bad guys. While the "action" was not described explicitely, and no characters were actually mistreated in such a manner, Lackey didn't hesitate to describe what WOULD happen, including how it would be done (without being too explicit of course). The use of snuff and child exploitation as a plot device definately left me cold. Perhaps that was the intention. I felt it was out of place. Instead of making me agry at the antagonist, it made me angry at the author. It's one thing if it's social allegory. It's totally another when it's in a novel written for entertainment value, one that will probably be read by young teens (There's a nice letter to runaway children in the back suggesting places to go for help, but it still left me cold). If you think it won't bother you, go for it. It's not a bad story, and the bad guys get punished (for the most part). But be warned.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Brilliant concept but ...
Brilliant concept, but Lackey pulls the same trick here that she does in many of her other novels -- lots and LOTS of exposition that ultimately slows down the plot. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 3 2001 par leosam116

5.0�toiles sur 5 the perfect hero!
The best part of this book is the hero/main character, Tannim; a human mage who has a big heart with a soft spot for kids in tough places. Read more

Publi� le Mai 31 2000 par lorana

4.0�toiles sur 5 I liked it so much, I gave it away.
I am part of a scifi/fantasy reading group that gets together once a month to discuss a book that we read the month before, and when this title was selected, I was not very... Read more

Publi� le Janv. 10 1999

5.0�toiles sur 5 Spectacular!
Lackey shows incredible versatility in this new series, comparing car-racing to her previous works of pure fantasy. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 5 1999