- Taschenbuch: 352 Seiten
- Verlag: St Martin's Press; Auflage: 1st Trade Pbk. Ed (14. Oktober 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0312859708
- ISBN-13: 978-0312859701
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,8 x 13,7 x 2,5 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.1 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (22 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 944.251 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary, Pamela Dean explores the life of 15-year-old Gentian (the middle of the three titular sisters)--the homework, the Halloween parties with her best friends, the spats with elder sister Juniper. Gentian is a student at an "open" high school, and her telescope and astronomical observations are her paramount interests. Then her well-ordered days are disturbed by traces of a mystery. A house suddenly appears next door, complete with a darkly handsome boy who speaks only in quotations. Is he interested in Gentian, or Juniper, or even Rosemary? The final conflict of the book involves a time machine in the attic and unfurls with a hallucinogenic intensity. In her first series, which started with Secret Country, Dean depicted an absorbing fantasy world with an old-fashioned flavor. Here, she shows herself to be a careful, highly controlled writer with a thorough knowledge of the heart of a gifted teenager. --Blaise Selby
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Dean's latest, excellent fantasy novel takes its inspiration from the oft-told folktale and oft-sung ballad concerning three sisters and a young man, in Dean's work named Dominie. The three sisters are adolescents with the horticultural names of the title, but the protagonist among them is Gentian, most mature of the three, thanks to her interest in astronomy. With truly marvelous skill, Dean weaves together adolescent social and romantic fumbling, hints of ancient magical feuds, a Nancy Drew^-like mystery, urban fantasy in the manner of Charles de Lint, and state-of-the-art astronomy. Dean sometimes seems to be standing back from her characters in a way that reduces the story's emotional impact, and the pacing is more than occasionally slow. But the sheer intellectual pleasure of dealing with so much intelligent storytelling will carry many readers happily through to the end. Patrons possessing the taste for literary fantasy may find this a favorite new book. Roland Green
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Format:Taschenbuch
I really did want to enjoy this book, but I didn't. It had all the flaws of Tam Lin, but less plot and humor. Oh, and yes, it was boring.
Yes, I found this book to be lacking in humor. An occasional wry remark or giggle from one of Gentian's friends does not a good book make. I do not mean that I expected some kind of comedy, but all the characters take themselves too seriously. And, of course, they're all one-dimensional. Gentian seems to dislike her sister Juniper immensely, but has no qualms about regularly sneaking and reading her diary. Who is in the wrong there? Also, doesn't anyone notice that Dominic can't seem to speak but in quotes? Sure, a certain amount of quoting is all well and good, but when a person just can't seem to speak any other way, don't you begin to wonder if he is some kind of freak? Gentian also somehow is convinced that he is somehow obsessed by her, but every time he meets one of her friends, he spends most of the time checking that friend out. I did not find Gentian to be a particularly strong, self-reliant heroine. She's as superficial as any of the other people she loves to sneer at. There's a lot of throwaway stuff too-- just what is the point of Dominic being touchy about Alma's race? And that Ouija board episode? That kind of thing did nothing for the characterization or the plot, though I guess it did its job of adding pages to the book. Grrr.
Dean is more than a little inconsistent with her quoting. If she expects her readers to have a good deal of familiarity with various writers and poets such as Heinlein Pope and Keats, then why does she basically recap the entire plot of two of Shakespeare's plays-- Julius Caesar and Twelfth Night? It's as if she wanted to give us her own opinion about various characters such as Anthony and Malvolio without actually writing an essay about them. What was the point? Please, tell me.
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You don't read Pamela Dean books, you fall into them and forget the world. She remembers what it feels like to be a child, and especially what it feels like to be a bright girl. Can't wait for her next book.
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So short of perfection it's eerie, Dean has once again wrapped a world of literature and magic in her work. I flipped from allusion to qoutation breathlessly, starting to wonder if any of me and my "sophistacated" friends of youth had ever sounded half as elegant. The word play and word craft is as impeccable as Dean's other works - my notable favorites of Tam Lin and The Dubious Hills. The only thing lacking are the last few chapters where the intense, hallucination quality almost took over the story. Slightly hazy at times, the occasional lack of clarity is nearly made up for by the sheer poetry of Dean's writing.
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disappointing let down
After reading and adoring Tam Lin, I rushed out to buy Juniper, Gentian, & Rosemary, but after the first few chapters I was bewildered, and finished the book out of duty,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. Mai 2000 von Samantha A. Mcmahon
Puzzling
Found this story very interesting and at the same time very aggravating. Couldn't put it down and yet stayed aggravated. Pamela Dean's magic is invitingly strong and disturbing. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. April 2000 von Barbara Noble
This one's a keeper
I picked up a paperback copy of this book before going off to a conference in Hungary and then doing a bit of travelling. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
these are not real people
the only other book of pamela dean's i've ever read was TAM LIN, and this one has the same fault -- the people aren't real. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
Intelligent heroine, portrait of great family life
slips almost unnoticed into fantasy. I understand why people found it slow and were frustrated that things don't happen quickly for a long time, but I so enjoyed all the slow... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. November 1999 von flimfrik
Breathless with Wonder
I am in love with this book. I've been a fan of Pamela Dean from the start, and only become more of one with this novel. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. November 1999 veröffentlicht
I fell in love with this book
If you consider yourself a literary person, you would probably enjoy this book. Gentian and her friends and family constantly refer to the wide variety of books they've read, and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Oktober 1999 von Allison Feliciano
BORING
The headline is my teenage daughter's one word review of this book. I thought she was being unfair until I tried to read it myself. No wonder she didn't like it! Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
About 250 Pages Too Long
I wondered how the author managed to get enough inspiration from a relatively short ballad to produce a 350 page book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. August 1999 veröffentlicht
I've read better...
I began reading this book thinking I was reading a true FANTASY. It was very tedious and hard to get into. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. April 1999 veröffentlicht
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