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Summary: A great gift.
Review: Artistically and emotionally, this book covers some very intriguing ground. It's not the best story you'll ever read, but matched with its creativity and beauty, I feel makes it a must read. The box set really makes a wonderful gift for someone special.
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Summary: Absolutely beautiful...
Review: These books will restore your faith in beauty and the worthwhile-ness of reading for pleasure. Nothing more needs to be said.
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Summary: Perfect book gift for a boyfriend/girlfriend
Review: I bought the "Griffin & Sabine" books for several girlfriends in the past couple of years which they absolutely loved. Perfect gift to describe your feelings about someone close to you.
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Summary: You thought you had a soulmate...
Review: Those who say these books are worthless because they raise more questions than they answer need to get over their fear of wonder, of uncertainty. I have read these books many times and am still trying to figure out what they mean, but I love the story and the allegories (not to mention the art). None of the other reviews mention The Second Coming, by W.B. Yeats, the poem the trilogy seems to be based upon. If you have any thoughts or insights about the books, please email me, it's interesting to see what others think of them. I suggest you print that out and read through it a few times and then read the trilogy again. See if you notice anything different.
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Summary: It was the most romantic and beautiful story I have read.
Review: This book was so mystical. The art was so beautiful. The way the book was set up, with letters and postcards, was very original and exciting to read. This book made you use your imagination. I couldn't wait to buy each book in the series. It was excellent.
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Summary: Imaginative, rich and to be digested over a lifetime.
Review: Nick Bantock's acclaimed trilogy reaches deep inside the imagination to the place where fantasy can become reality. The reader is transported into the minds and hearts of two very real, mystical souls whose faith in love and the power of connection is strong enough to bring them together from opposite corners of the world. Mr. Bantock provides hope that such possibilities are more than pure speculation....
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Summary: Evil packaged in a pretty casing: a modern horror story.
Review: The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy is an in depth look at deceit, intrigue, and the human psyche. This book is nothing more than one man's story of how evil is able to work in reality. Griffin receives a post card in the mail from a stranger. The stranger knows things about him that no one else knows. The stranger evokes feelings in him that he never knew he could have--feelings that he soon learns to cherish. Sabine allegorically represents evil and the many forms of temptation it can take. Once the story is underway, Griffin is encased in a world that eventually leads to his demise. Leading him on a self deprecating chase, Sabine eventually strips Griffin of all his inhibitions, and leaves him vulnerable to her desires. What ever she is, she is ruthless. Sabine is a killer, and when Griffin is prone and helpless, she kills him. She is the predator, and he is her prey. We are led to believe that his soul was her ultimate goal. In the end, she begins it all again with someone else. Setting them up, making them feel comfortable then striking. She is a celestial hunter, a shade, and she will live on feasting on the souls of the weak. She uses her evil powers under the guise of passion, Sabine is a ruthless killer. Her targets are the people slighted by society, the people who long for love, but don't really know what love is.
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Summary: Fabulous multi-dimensional experience!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed the trilogy and shared it with several friends who went out and bought copies!!! This was a fabulous multi-dimensional experience. Engrossing, intriguing....and a little emotionally disturbing. It needs to be packaged with Todd Phillips' "Timeframe". The music fits and so do the song titles!
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Summary: a little tragedy, a little joy....
Review: I found the book very satisfying....until the end, that is, and then I felt let down because there was no more. While I enjoyed the artwork, I think that the overall experience could have been better had it not all been printed on slick stock paper, though I do understand the financial ramifications of mixing up paper textures. All in all, though, a wonderful read, which I must now go and purchase for my own library.
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Summary: great art work, unsatisfying story
Review: I was drawn to these books by the art work, which has a mystical quality. Taking the letters out of the envelopes was fun; you felt as if you were eavesdropping on someone's private mail. However, the story teased and promised, but in the end, delivered nothing. It also left loose ends. Whatever became of the guy who was harrassing Sabine?
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