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title = "The Book of Kells - R.A. MacAvoy"
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date = 2018-08-13
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tags = ["books", "r.a. macavoy", "reviews", "fantasy", "2 stars"]
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941468.The_Book_of_Kells):
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An unusual and original work of fantasy from the acclaimed author of Tea with
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the Black Dragon. A contemporary man, John Thornburn (a meek, non-violent and
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unpredictable artist) and woman, Derval (his tough, confrontational, strong
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and warrior-like lover) time travel to ancient Ireland to avenge a Viking
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attack. Packed with fascinating details of historical time and place in Irish
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history and delicately balanced on the border between realism and fantasy, the
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story centers around one of the most famous and beautiful illuminated
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manuscripts in history, the legendary but entirely real Book of Kells. Celtic
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history blends with magical fantasy for a strange and immersive tale of
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adventure.
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{{ stars(stars=2) }}
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I really don't know how to categorize this book.
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I mean, for a while, I thought it was a serious fantasy book. Then things got
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way crazy and I thought it was a comedy. Exactly at that point, craziness went
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out and things were not funny anymore.
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Maybe the guy just read too much Irish tales and decided to write about it,
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since there are very few books in which the story happens in Ireland.
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In the end, sure, it's a story around some Irish tales, based on Irish history
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and, basically, that. It's crazy, it's hard to follow and jumps around too
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much.
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