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<a href="https://blog.juliobiason.me"><h1>Julio Biason .Me 4.3</h1></a> |
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<p class="lead">Old school dev living in a 2.0 dev world</p> |
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<h1 class="post-title">The Book of Kells - R.A. MacAvoy</h1> |
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2018-08-13 |
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<a href="https://blog.juliobiason.me/tags/books/">#books</a> |
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<a href="https://blog.juliobiason.me/tags/r-a-macavoy/">#r.a. macavoy</a> |
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<a href="https://blog.juliobiason.me/tags/fantasy/">#fantasy</a> |
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<a href="https://blog.juliobiason.me/tags/published-1985/">#published:1985</a> |
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<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941468.The_Book_of_Kells">GoodReads Summary</a>: |
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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.</p> |
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★★☆☆☆ |
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<p>I really don't know how to categorize this book.</p> |
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<p>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.</p> |
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<p>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.</p> |
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<p>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.</p> |
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