Details Regarding Books Black Trillium (The Saga of the Trillium #1)
| Title | : | Black Trillium (The Saga of the Trillium #1) |
| Author | : | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 491 pages |
| Published | : | 1992 by Grafton Books (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Paperback | Pages: 491 pages Rating: 3.59 | 3769 Users | 112 Reviews
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Ruwenda is a pleasant, peaceful land-but the magic of its guardian, the Archimage Binah, is waning. Binah must pass along her protectorship to the triplet princess of Ruwenda. She bestows upon the infant girls the power of the rare and mystical Black Trillium-badge of the royal house, symbol of an ancient magic. While the sisters blossom into beautiful young women, neighboring Labornok use a dark magician to sunder Binah's protection. As invaders pour into Ruwenda, the Archimage orders the princesses to flee-and changes them to search for three magical talismans which when brought together will be their only chance to regain their kingdom and free its people. Each must accomplish her task separately-and to succeed, each must also confront and conquer the limits of her own soul.
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| Original Title: | Black Trillium |
| ISBN: | 0586211020 (ISBN13: 9780586211021) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Saga of the Trillium #1 |
Rating Regarding Books Black Trillium (The Saga of the Trillium #1)
Ratings: 3.59 From 3769 Users | 112 ReviewsEvaluate Regarding Books Black Trillium (The Saga of the Trillium #1)
Disclaimer: I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.Black Trillium was first published in the early nineties, a joint effort of three respected fantasy authors now turning their collective attentions toward a trio of three royal sisters who are fated to restore balance to the world.It's now being republished with a neat new cover but, unfortunately, the formulaic story with three heroines who may as well be stock characters for all of the depth they do not possess...The idea behind this novel may have been interesting and the world the authors use as a setting is certainly unusual but that is not enough from saving this book from being a disaster. If you are attracted to it because the book has three female protagonists (rare these days, even rarer in 1990 when the book was first published) or because of the names of the authors, think again. The good thing about buying second hand books is that you can afford to take chances. I never seriously
Awful. Unreadably bad writing.
This book was so bad I couldn't even read it. Definitely not recommended.
I was greatly disappointed by this book. MZB has been one of my favorite authors for a long time, and the promise of a fantasy story with not one but three female protagonists seemed too good to be true. Maybe it was. The story was so incredibly predictable. Each of the three sisters went through the exact same things, just with slightly different colorations. I have no desire to read a book three times in a row, no matter how good it might be. Unsurprisingly, the character development was
I love this book.The story is fairly formulaic, probably as a result of the collaborative compromises required by having three authors - each one established in her own right - work on the same world and then having each author's idiosyncrasies smoothed out for the combined work. That's not really the point, though.The point, for me, is that this story featured women who, abnormally for 1991, had agency and didn't experience their character development by the sufferance of the men around them.
I made a mistake and read the last book in this trilogy first. This first book is written by 3 authors one of which is MZB. It's a pretty run of the mill fantasy novel, (crossing over coming of age with "the journey") but it's well done. Which is probably why I went out looking for the second one right after I finished it.
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