LitPick Review
Orphan Tildi Summerbee's family is working when her
brothers are kidnapped by thricks, giant bird-looking
creatures. On the same day of Tildi's loss, the town
decides that Tildi must marry to keep the family land. They
decide that she must marry someone she hates, so Tildi
decides to run away.
Disguised as one of her dead brothers, Tildi runs to a
wizard named Olen. She takes up an apprentinceshp with him
and pretends to be her dead brother for three months.
During that time, she learns about runes: markings that
every object in existance has. All runes are kept in a book
called the Great Book. At the end of three months, she
tells Olen she's a girl and finds that the Great Book has
been stolen. She is requested to go on a quest with others
to find the Great Book and return it to Olen.
Once they find the Great Book and its kidnapper, Tildi
and the kidnapper, a man named Nemeth, magically fight for
the book. Tildi wins and at the end of the book has to
return the Great Book to Olen.
Opinion:
The book reminds me of the
Lord of the Rings trilogy, except that the main character
is a girl. I liked the book, though I think the book could
extend its action scenes. Out of all the characters, I
would have to say that I liked Nemeth and Tildi best of
all. Tildi showed that women CAN be the heros of the story,
though her town decides that women aren't capable of taking
care of themselves. I like Nemeth because he shows loyalty
to his master. I think the ending was good, though the
author could have extended it. I think it was a good book
for it showed women in a different light; as
heroines.
