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| Original Title: | Being a Green Mother (Incarnations of Immortality, #5) |
| ISBN: | 0345322231 (ISBN13: 9780345322234) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Incarnations of Immortality #5 |
| Characters: | Orb Kaftan, Parry, Orlene, Niobe Kaftan, Luna Kaftan |
Piers Anthony
Paperback | Pages: 314 pages Rating: 3.96 | 17469 Users | 234 Reviews
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Quest. World faces doom. (view spoiler)[ World ends. Earth quakes, tides tsunami, winds hurricane, everyone dies. (hide spoiler)] Prophecy says Orb will marry Satan. (view spoiler)[ She does. Life goes on. (hide spoiler)] First time through series, heroes (men and women) seemed to stretch pre-ordained parameters of roles, grow into best they could be. Death and War were seen in new, surprising, positive lights. On re-read some decades later, maybe dated, maybe worst forgotten, but cannot continue when soap-opera family tangles into too many knots. (view spoiler)[ Satan knows marriage ceremony will destroy him, so sacrifice proves his love. Bright light is "redeemed souls being released from Hell" p 301, so he saves all those in Hell too. Orb makes big mistake common to first love, does not marry Mym. She gives up him up to prevent berserker bloodshed p 73; he never was hidden. To take job of Nature, she tosses daughter to adopters without a single thought, ever. No wonder poor Orlene suicides in #1. Place-holders plunk into plot without regard to individual personalities. She is not nice. (hide spoiler)] Her music tames whale Jonah, houses band Sludge. Drug addicts and Jezebel, succubus cursed to copulate every hour of every night (exhausting), all feel relief inside. Orb and (second) cousin Luna call each other Eyeball and Moth. Cute comic relief? (view spoiler)[She continues Llano search, though "her reasons for pursuing this song seemed trivial; she might as well have gone naked into the jungle to pursue a tiger" p 161. She cannot control powers of Nature unleashed by a portion. Obviously suitor Natasha is acronym for Ah Satan, also on track of ultimate weapon. Nat claims "I lied to you when I said I knew only fragments of the Llano; I know all of it, but I can only use fragments" p 239. Of course she wants other two themes "Loss and Dissolution" or "Night and Chaos", and plays them, the End of the World, invokes Fire to better, only worsens. Jezebel "doesn't dream .. didn't remember .. warning" p 244 ignored. Powers of Nature are put in hands of spoiled brat. Finally between Death, Chronos reversing time, "agreement of all the Incarnations" p 291, Earth returns to safe state. Do her job skills improve in rest of series? (hide spoiler)]
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| Title | : | Being a Green Mother (Incarnations of Immortality #5) |
| Author | : | Piers Anthony |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | LCC 8747742 |
| Pages | : | Pages: 314 pages |
| Published | : | October 1988 by Random House Ballantine Del Rey (first published October 1st 1987) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Science Fiction. Urban Fantasy. Mythology. Magic |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 17469 Users | 234 ReviewsEvaluation Epithetical Books Being a Green Mother (Incarnations of Immortality #5)
Re-read 2018The second book in the series that focuses on a female main character. Orb is a musician who is traveling the world looking for a specific magical song called the Llano She ends up in an old style traveling circus, however, this circus is a bit different being in a land that has magic there are Lamia and wizards as well as jugglers and various animals. Orb brings a twist to the series she is the first main character who knows about the Incarnations, her mother Niobe has become anI think this book was the best one of the series, that I have read so far. Despite me putting in a rather long pause after just about a third of it, I was immediately pulled back in when I picked the book up again.I read this book on Kindle, as I did all the previous books in this series. Unfortunately the next two parts are still not available on Kindle, which is a bit annoying and also a decision by the publisher that I cannot comprehend.
Quest. World faces doom. (view spoiler)[ World ends. Earth quakes, tides tsunami, winds hurricane, everyone dies. (hide spoiler)]Prophecy says Orb will marry Satan. (view spoiler)[ She does. Life goes on. (hide spoiler)] First time through series, heroes (men and women) seemed to stretch pre-ordained parameters of roles, grow into best they could be. Death and War were seen in new, surprising, positive lights. On re-read some decades later, maybe dated, maybe worst forgotten, but cannot continue
I read a review that pointed out that as this series progressed the instalments diminished in quality and I have to say that I agree. In this book our heroine doesn't have to do anything to win the day. Up until this point, all of the other Incarnations, had to use their wits and powers to defeat the bad guy, not so in this case. It felt like she stumbled from place to place, never really doing anything besides being the focus of the entire plot.Also, I complained that there was a lot of filler
Orb has a baby with Mym and gives her Sning! Orb has music powers, and when she's told she's fated to become the next Incarnation of Nature, she attempts to learn a special ubermagical song that controls nature... but ends up falling in love with Satan in disguise! However, it is true love, and Satan destroys himself by singing a duet of a religious Hymn! Orb, now Nature, is sad, but the day is won!
I picked up this book because I wanted to believe it would be better than "With a Tangled Skien" by the same author. But I was sorely disappointed. This book, like the rest of the series, has a wonderful concept and a lot of potential. But the author's writing style is horrendous, and the way he treats women in his stories is nothing short of appalling. The lead character of this story, Orb (yes, that's right), might be one of the most inept characters I've read in any book ever, let alone in
I really loved this series when I was a lot younger. I was planning a full re read but I had to stop after this book because I couldnt stomach it anymore. I enjoy the idea and the world behind the book. However, the writing is so inherently sexist that I cant support this book anymore.One could argue that these books were written a while ago and that explains the outdated male and female roles in the books. I think that this crosses the line between not knowing better and outright sexism.
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