Silverwing
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Silverwing
Has anyone else read the series by Kenneth Oppel. So far, I have only read Sliverwing and Sunwing (I want to see if my cousin has the third book lying around somewhere...he bought it a while ago). It's a really good series and just wondering if anyone else has read it...
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"Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth, you will again bring me up." Psalm 71:20
"An eye for an eye, will only make the whole world blind."- Mahatma Gandhi
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Wild Eagle - Posts: 409
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Silverwing was one of my absolute favorite books when I was in my earlier teens!
I kinda found that the second and third book just didn't quite live up to the promise of the first, although they were quite good in their own right. Personally, I thought they crossed the line into out and out magic and mysticism, whereas the first book was set in a relatively real world. Well, except for the talking bats, but the book left me really wondering about any bats I saw from that point on
What I liked most about Silverwing was how Oppel managed to build a society of bats, complete with it's own myths and traditions. I thought that the soundmaps and the use of sound for illusions were too cool, and the whole 'mystery' of the bands was pretty interesting too. I should really reread Silverwing at some point, right now it's just gathering dust on my bookshelf..
I kinda found that the second and third book just didn't quite live up to the promise of the first, although they were quite good in their own right. Personally, I thought they crossed the line into out and out magic and mysticism, whereas the first book was set in a relatively real world. Well, except for the talking bats, but the book left me really wondering about any bats I saw from that point on
What I liked most about Silverwing was how Oppel managed to build a society of bats, complete with it's own myths and traditions. I thought that the soundmaps and the use of sound for illusions were too cool, and the whole 'mystery' of the bands was pretty interesting too. I should really reread Silverwing at some point, right now it's just gathering dust on my bookshelf..
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