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| Original Title: | Die Zwerge |
| ISBN: | 1841495727 (ISBN13: 9781841495729) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Die Zwerge #1 |
| Characters: | Tungdil "Goldhand" Bolofar, Boïndil, Boëndal, Rodario der Unglaubliche |
| Setting: | Geborgene Land |
Markus Heitz
Paperback | Pages: 736 pages Rating: 3.95 | 9964 Users | 702 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Dwarves (Die Zwerge #1) |
| Author | : | Markus Heitz |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | English Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 736 pages |
| Published | : | August 6th 2009 by Orbit/Yen (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. High Fantasy. Epic Fantasy |
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For countless millennia, no man or beast has ever succeeded in breaching the stone gateway into Girdlegard. Until now... Abandoned as a child, Tungdil the blacksmith is the only dwarf in a kingdom of men. But when he is sent out into the world to deliver a message and reacquaint himself with his people, the young foundling finds himself thrust into a battle for which he has not been trained. Not only his own safety, but the life of every man, woman and child in Girdlegard depends upon his ability to embrace his heritage. Although he has many unanswered questions, Tungdil is certain of one thing: no matter where he was raised, he is a true dwarf. And no one has ever questioned the courage of the Dwarves.Rating Out Of Books The Dwarves (Die Zwerge #1)
Ratings: 3.95 From 9964 Users | 702 ReviewsNotice Out Of Books The Dwarves (Die Zwerge #1)
This book was so much better than I anticipated that it would be. I had never really heard much about 'The Dwarves' as a series and so I picked this up on a whim and just hoped that it would be good, and I was not disappointed. I would give this a 4.5* rating because the beginning was a little slow and there were a few moments of confusion between characters which lost my immersion a little, but other than that it's a brilliantly composed story in a classically fantastical world.The Dwarves is aBrothers of the mine, rejoice!(Swing, swing, swing with me)Raise your pick and raise your voice!(Sing, sing, sing with me)Down and down into the deep,Who knows what we'll find beneath?Diamonds, rubies, gold and moreHidden in the mountain store...Born underground, suckled from a teat of stoneRaised in the dark, the safety of our mountain homeSkin made of iron, steel in our bonesTo dig and dig makes us free!Come on brothers, sing with me!I am a dwarf and I'm digging a holeDiggy diggy hole, diggy
I really didn't enjoy this nearly got too 100 pages and the dialogue is just awful in places and sounds more like a Disney film at times then a proper fantasy book.Characters are dull and plot is full of so many holes and inconstant.Not for me, I'm really having a bad year with fantasy books :(
I could not take it any more. I am taking some advice and I am not going to finish this book even though I REALLY tried. I started this book in August and have taken breaks from it 4 or 5 times. I wanted this book to be good, but its way too simple. The plot is very simple and predictable. The characters are Tolken templates and are not very interesting. At times it seemed the dialogue between the dwarven characters in this book came straight from 6yr old boys who were having a make a believe
The best review I can give is that my 17 year old son spent his own money to buy the first three books (in hard cover), read them and encouraged his friends to read them. I just had to read them myself and found myself enjoying them. Let the author speak for himself."Death came for the dwarf and tried to take him, whereupon the warrior squared his shoulders, dug his heels against the granite floor, and told him to go. Death turned around and left. - Apologue from the southern provinces of
This book can be described as a badly written spin off of LOTR where the attention has been shifted from elves and humans to dwarves. Being a fan of fantasy it is rare for me to rate a book 1 star but I didn't find anything here that made me think of giving it anything more.Writing is one of the main flaws of this book (among others) I dont know if its the translators fault or the original authors but the writing is too simple and unappealing. Its like a kid wrote this for his high school
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