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Vengeance Road – Classic Western Style Revenge Anyone?

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Tales Untangled

Book Review : Vengeance Road By Erin Bowman Spoiler Alert! Summary Revenge is worth its weight in gold. When her father is murdered for a journal revealing the location of a hidden gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy … Continue reading →

Posted in young adult book reviews | Tagged Apache, Apache mythology, Arizona, betrayal, classic themes in literature, classic western novel, Erin Bowman, forgiveness, girl disguised as a boy, girls pretending to be a boy, gold rush, guns, Jesse Colton, Kate Thompson, Liluye, mercy, modern western novel, murder, old west, painted ladies, poker, religion, revenge, Rose gang, saloons, Ussen, Vengeance Road, Waylan Rose, western, westerns written by women, Will Colton, YA western | Leave a comment

“The Queen of Attolia” – Do You Love This One Or Hate It?

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Tales Untangled

Book Review: The Queen of Attolia By Megan Whalen Turner Spoiler Alert! Summary Revenge When Eugenides, the Thief of Eddis, stole Hamiathes’s Gift, the Queen of Attolia lost more than a mythical relic. She lost face. Everyone knew that Eugenides … Continue reading →

Posted in young adult book reviews | Tagged adventure, Eddis, Eugenides, fantasy, gods, love, magus, Megan Whalen Turner, political intrigue, recommend A Cast of Stones, revenge, sequel to The Thief, similar to Greece and Persia, Sounis, The Queen of Attolia, why does Gen love Attolia | Leave a comment

“Shadow Scale” – Does the Sequel Live Up To Seraphina?

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Tales Untangled

Book Review: Shadow Scale By Rachel Hartman Spoiler Alert! Summary The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy balance, and those few who are both human and dragon must hide the truth. Seraphina … Continue reading →

Posted in young adult book reviews | Tagged adventure, avatars, coming of age, compared to The Blue Sword, Compared to The Hero and the Crown, conflict, dragon, fantasy, Goredd, half-dragons, Jannoula, lawyers, Lucian Kiggs, Ninys, political agenda, Porphryry, Queen Glissenda, questionable material in young adult novels, Rachel Hartman compared to Robin McKinley, revenge, saints, Samsam, Seraphina, Shadow Scale, strong female protagonist, war | Leave a comment

“Les Misérables” – Redemption of Man

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Tales Untangled

Book Review : Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Prior to your reading this review, I warn you that I cannot write a short review for a book that is well over 1000 pages. If I attempted a short review it … Continue reading →

Posted in All Time Favorites, grown up books reviewed, literary classics in review, young adult book reviews | Tagged atone, Bishop Myriel of Digne, black and white, blackmail, classic literature, classical literature, Cosette, debt of honor, Eponine, ex-convict, Fantine, Fauchelevent, fiction, forgive, forgiveness, historical fiction, inner conflict, Javert, Jean Valjean, Jondrette, justice, les mis, Les Miserables, liberal, Luxembourg Gardens, Marius Pontemercy, mercy, Monsieur Madeleine, moral consequences, one of the best 100 books, Paris, Petit-Picpus, Philanthropist, political turmoil, prison, redemption, remdemption, revenge, silver candlesticks, student revolt, suffering, symbols of Christ, Thenardiers, timeless themes in literature, transformation, Victor Hugo, what makes a classic a classic, why is this book a classic, young love | Leave a comment

“The Count of Monte Cristo” – Love of a Swashbuckling Tale

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Tales Untangled

Alexandre Dumas was a very interesting man. He was the illigitimate son of Alexandre Dumas and Marie-Catherine Labay, a dressmaker. He was acknowledged by his father, and as the law allowed, was removed from his mother’s custody. He appears to … Continue reading →

Posted in All Time Favorites, grown up books reviewed, literary classics in review, young adult book reviews | Tagged 1830, Abbe Faria, adventure, adventure book, Alexandre Dumas Biography, buried treasure, Chateau d'If, classic literature, classic themes, classical literature, Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes, Elba, ethics, forgiveness, french aristocracy, french novel, greed, Haitian slaves, historical fiction, influence of Napoleon Bonaparte on literature, influenced African-Americans, Is the Count of Monte Cristo an anti-Christ, island of Monte-Cristo, loss of innocence, love triangle, Mercedes, mixed race, Napoléon Bonaparte, parable for emancipation, power, prejudice, racism, reborn, redemption, required high school reading, required reading for life, revenge, savior, suffering, symbolism of Christ, symbols in literature, symbols of Christ, timeless themes in literature, wealth, why is this book a classic, wisdom | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: revenge

Vengeance Road – Classic Western Style Revenge Anyone?

“Shadow Scale” – Does the Sequel Live Up To Seraphina?

“Les Misérables” – Redemption of Man

“The Count of Monte Cristo” – Love of a Swashbuckling Tale

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