Tam Lin

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crowyhead, March 19, 2007 (view all comments by crowyhead)
This really is a lovely, absorbing novel, but it's also kind of frustrating. It bills itself as a fantasy novel -- and it is -- but it's nearly 500 pages long and the fantasy element doesn't come to the fore until the last 75-100 pages. It's as though Dean suddenly recalled that she was meant to be writing a retelling of a fairy ballad, not just an exceptionally well-written collegiate romance, and the whole story suddenly comes to a galloping magic-strewn conclusion. I won't lie -- I still really liked the book. It made me nostalgic for my days at my own tiny, liberal arts college in the northern Midwest, and parts of it are deliciously creepy in a Secret History kind of way (what IS it with creepiness and Classics majors, huh? Novelists love that combo). But overall it's not 100% successful and that made me twitchy, because I wanted it to be even better than it was. I still recommend it, but with reservations.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780142406526

Author:

Dean, Pamela

Publisher:

Firebird

Introduction by:

Terri, Windling

Introduction:

Terri, Windling

Author:

Terri, Windling

Subject:

Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic

Subject:

Love & Romance

Subject:

Fairy tales

Subject:

Historical - United States - 20th Century

Subject:

Tam Lin (Legendary character)

Subject:

Fantasy & Magic

Subject:

Fantasy fiction

Subject:

Children s-Science Fiction and Fantasy

Edition Description:

Mass Market

Publication Date:

20060803

Binding:

Paperback

Grade Level:

from 9 up to AND UP

Language:

English

Pages:

480

Dimensions:

8.18 x 5.52 x 1.32 in 1 lb

Age Level:

from 14 up to AND UP