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Laddar... Lady of horses (utgåvan 2000)av Judith Tarr
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. What a compelling, engrossing book! I often lost myself and was surprised to find myself sitting in a chair with a light nearby instead of out on the plains in a tent! For once, this is a positive treatment of ancient power and women. Instead of being taken away, it is reborn and reclaimed. Amazing detail, wonderfully complex characters depicted with great care and intuition. A marvel - I will be reading more of Judith! inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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A young girl-child first dared to mount on the back of a mare, but the priests declared that this must be a mans privilege only. They stole her achievement and made a new legend giving that achievement to her brother. But the spirit of the horse is a Goddess, and Horse Goddess would not be deprived of her servants. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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I didn't care for the book much. The prose style isn't stellar--there are point of view slips and Tarr has this disconcerting habit of calling the male member a "rod" (when she isn't calling it a "manly organ" or "manly parts.") Indeed, I could wish this was a young adult book. It would have fit, this being a coming of age tale, and teen girls might relish more the girl power message. Moreover it would have meant no sex scenes. I'm no prude, and I can relish them well-written, but these were frequent and graceless. But I think I was most irked by this being one of those stories that thinks creating a strong female character means making almost every male character a jerk. Well, at least in the first part among the patriarchal tribe. Then we meet another tribe with a female chief and we're over the rainbow in what I thought was a rather pat way. When the two groups meet again, I thought it rather puzzling how easily Sparrow's tribesmen got over the shock of women on horses when this was supposed to be sacrilege.
The story and characters just never clicked with me. I think I would have given up early in if this book hadn't been on my shelf unread for years, giving me an investment in getting through it. It's not the kind of book I imagine I'll ever read again, and thus won't be keeping its place on my bookshelf much longer. ( )