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Summary: People of the Owl
Review: As always I was not dissapontd.They write about people who are real.I have read the series once a year (icluding the Anazi mysties). I enjoy the deepth of story and charcters.I eagerly await the next one. Thank you for giving me a place to go when the world is crazy.Your Most Devoted Fan
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!!!
Review: I am the first to admit it took me a bit to get into. As soon as I thought I had a grasp on all the characters, they start to change on me. I had to stop reading it for awhile. However, once I started reading it again, I was quickly drawn into the intricate web of political struggle developing among the characters. I was mesmorized and couldn't put it down!
If you give it a chance and push yourself past the beginning, it is well worth it. The Gears' skill is phenominal. I found myself crying along with the characters in the end. I felt I knew them so well. This book was truly a masterpiece any fan of the Gears should read!
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Summary: More quality historical fiction from the Gears
Review: I found People of the Owl to be a very absorbing story. It is historical fiction that deals with Native Americans living in America's first real city, located in present-day Louisiana. It is the 11th book in the Gears' series about early Native Americans and reads similar to the others.
I've read them all and have enjoyed them all. The Gears manage to create vivid characters time and time again that you grow quite attached to. They mix suspense and excellent story telling with history, since much of their setting is based on archaelogical evidence.
This particular volume, while very enjoyable and hard to put down, did have a bit of a weaker ending than some other books in the series. It dragged a bit while Salamander pondered his big choice at the end. And his decision seemed a bit anti-climactic.
But I still would recommend this book. Definitely to fans of the Gears other works. And also to fans of pre-contact Native American historical fiction.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ!
Review: I REALLY LOVED THIS BOOK AND I THINK ANYONE WHO READS IT WILL I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE TO COME OUT!
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Summary: Good read
Review: If you are looking for a book on facts, then don't pick this up -- the Gears write hoping to understand what life may have been like for prehistoric Americans, based on what we do know about the various cultures but this book isn't tedious fact after fact. It is, of course, a historical fiction book and a wonderful one at that. If you enjoyed the others in the series, then you are definitely going to enjoy this one as well.
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Summary: Open Wide the Gates
Review: In their latest "People of the Owl" Micheal and Kathleen show us once again how narrow our view of our country is. This land is a great land doesn't even begin to explain the wonders of the acients that preceded us on this Continent. The Story is fantastic.
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Summary: Disappointed !
Review: Remembering when the newspapers ran a story on Poverty Point, identifying it as a large and meaningful site, in 1955, I was excited to find something written about such a mysterious place. Something a layperson could understand and enjoy. This story, while touching, failed, in my opinion, to include so much of the true wonder of Poverty Point. The lapidarian skills, the questions about the use of the stones we now call plummets, were ignored, so, I was disappointed. Chances are I may have enjoyed it had it been written about another site, which, with no more about Poverty Point actually included, it could have been.
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Summary: Disappointed !
Review: Remembering when the newspapers ran a story on Poverty Point, identifying it as a large and meaningful site, in 1955, I was excited to find something written about such a mysterious place. Something a layperson could understand and enjoy. This story, while touching, failed, in my opinion, to include so much of the true wonder of Poverty Point. The lapidarian skills, the questions about the use of the stones we now call plummets, were ignored, so, I was disappointed. Chances are I may have enjoyed it had it been written about another site, which, with no more about Poverty Point actually included, it could have been.
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Summary: unrealistic
Review: The back cover of the book is misleading because the story does not arrive to that point until around page 200. Also, the language is unrealistic in that they use many words that would not have existed (e.g. scapula). Please! It should have been written with a more simplistic vocabulary.
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Summary: Great authors - Great Book
Review: This is one of the best of the Gear books. It opened up a whole new culture of North America for me that I wasn't aware existed. This book is about a culture that may be to North America what Mesopotamia was to the Middle East. I highly recommend this book if you have any interest in North American cultures.
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