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Stormqueen! by Marion Zimmer Bradley

spaceyasay's review

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4.0

Nice epic feel to it; and the overlying warning that power and ambition is the path to corruption.

evaserrate's review

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3.0

Of the two, I prefer Hawkmistress! but this one was nifty as well.

vickeyfoggin's review

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3.0

This exclamation point in the title and the half-naked woman on the cover makes this look like pulp garbage. To be fair, it kind of is but I had fun reading it. Stormqueen! Is mostly about another character who can see all probabilities but can't tell which are most likely to come to pass. You mostly read about his anxiety and attempts to manage the information overload and not be crippled into inaction by the possibility of disaster. But around that you read about people controlling weather and harnessing air currents and fire and throwing lightning bolts when they are angry and that's just fun. Could use more Stormqueen!

qeenb33's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

stormyknight's review

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adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

contessa_montecristo's review against another edition

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4.0

Ho trovato questo libro usato e, sapendo che l'autrice è un pilastro della letteratura fantasy, volevo provare a leggerlo.
Sono rimasta piacevolmente sorpresa perché, nonostante sia vecchiotto, mi ha conquistata anche nel ritmo narrativo. I personaggi rimangono nel cuore, per la loro saggezza (Allart, oh Allart) o la loro rettitudine (Donal, oh Donal). La signora delle tempeste del titolo ispira sentimenti contrastanti, ma sicuramente il suo potere è visivamente stupendo!
Non mi capacito della mancanza di un film!

isabel005's review

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1.0

DNF. I got this at the thrift store. The cover looked super cool, and there was some awesome description of beautiful visuals, but this book gets too convoluted and contains too much rape and graphic sexual parts. It wasn't worth making myself read tons of that to maybe get to some good stuff.

birdloveranne's review

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3.0

It was good....but not my favorite. I think this is the first in the "ages of chaos" time period that I have ever read. Definitely not my favorite period in Darkover history.

lazylys's review against another edition

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4.0

Il primo "vero" libro della saga di Darkover, cronologicamente parlando, e uno dei migliori della Bradley.
Tante storie che si intrecciano e tanti protagonisti, ma l'autrice riesce a gestire magistralmente gli intrecci senza far perdere la strada al lettore.
Un must per gli amanti del Pianeta dal Sole Rosso e un piacevole punto di partenza per scoprire questa variegata saga per tutti gli altri.

llona_llegaconlalluvia's review against another edition

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3.0

non merita 3 stelle ma sono cosi felice di essere sopravvissuta a quello schifo di "la torre proibita" che qualunque cosa è meglio
Questo è l'ennesimo libro demente e indegno del mio tempo ma finalmente dopo 11 libri (!!!) si esplorano altri utilizzi del "laran" e delle "gemme matrici"