A review by ponderinstuff
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
5.0
Was there another book before this one? I just started this book and so far the premise seems highly improbable, even for a fantasy fiction story. A group of university students meet a man who tells them he is going to whisk them off to another time in another world, and only one student comments (just once) that 'this is crazy'. The group is then immediately taken through a kind of time/space travel to begin an adventure.
It's hard to take this book seriously. It's difficult to imagine that out of the group of five people, nobody would put up more serious and lengthy objections if such a proposal were offered to them by a stranger. Even the most adventurous person would ask a question or two about this upcoming quest.
I will continue, for now, to read on because this book has some good reviews.
*Update* - Glad I did not judge this book by the first chapter, because it is an excellent story. However, I am still totally perplexed at why such a good story started off the way it did.
It's hard to take this book seriously. It's difficult to imagine that out of the group of five people, nobody would put up more serious and lengthy objections if such a proposal were offered to them by a stranger. Even the most adventurous person would ask a question or two about this upcoming quest.
I will continue, for now, to read on because this book has some good reviews.
*Update* - Glad I did not judge this book by the first chapter, because it is an excellent story. However, I am still totally perplexed at why such a good story started off the way it did.