Black Unicorn (Unicorn #1)
A young girl, ignored by her sorceress mother and with no distractions in the desert fortress they live in, discovers a unicorn skeleton. Employing her only talent, Tanaquil rebuilds the skeleton with added parts to make it a movable work of art. She doesn't realize that she does indeed have magical ability and the unicorn bones will transform into a living beast. Tanaquil is thrust into a fantastic journey as the unicorn leads her to the City by the Sea where she discovers who she really is.
This is a very good fantasy novel with interesting characters and rich atmosphere. The story is interesting and has a very fairy tale feel to it, however, i feel like half of the main character's adventure was filler and would be better suited to be a long fairy-tale or, my preference, a longer, more in depth and meaningful epic. The whole book i asked myself what the point was but it's not discovered until the very end. All of the struggles were wrapped up either as they went or at the end,
Tannith Lee has created a world that is at once magical and mystical--an imperfect world where Tanaquil dwells as a young fixer or mender or tinkerer, but she surely knows that she is no witch, as is her mother. After all, her mother has tested her and tried to train her in the ways of witchcraft all to no avail. But, after she finds a set of magical bones and puts the skeleton back together it turns into a big, blacker than night unicorn with red eyes. At once she knew that it came for her and
I'd read this back in high school, but really didn't remember anything about it, so I decided to reread the series to see if it was as good as I remember it being. Well, yes and no. The plot revolves around Tanaquil, the young daughter of a powerful (if erratic) desert-living sorceress. When a semi-tame peeve (think a catlike creature)discovers a sparkling, moonlight-colored bone, she is intrigued and follows it to find the rest of the bones. She uses her unmagical talent for mending things to
Black Unicorn is a sly book. A teen girl rebelling against her career-focused mom, till she runs off after a unicorn. How very YA. And yet... the book keeps bumping up against what it means to be broken, to be lost, to be a part of something that has no place in the world. This is the kind of book that gives YA a good name. Not to forget that the Peeve is the best comic sidekick since Gurgi.
First line: The first thing Tanaquil saw almost every morning on waking was her mother's face. 4 1/2 stars rounded up.Tanith Lee almost always writes amazing fantasy, and "Black Unicorn" is very, very good. Her writing style is lush, evocative, beautiful. Her settings are poetic. In "Black Unicorn", Tanaquil is the ignored young daughter of a sorceress, skilled as a tinker/mechanic, but seemingly without any magical ability. Her loneliness leads her to discover, with the help of a pet peeve, the
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Original Title: | Black Unicorn |
ISBN: | 1596871628 (ISBN13: 9781596871625) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Unicorn #1 |
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Nobody knew where it had come from, or what it wanted. Not even Jaive, the sorceress, could fathom the mystery of the fabled beast. But Tanaquil, Jaive's completely unmagical daughter, understood it at once. She knew why the unicorn was there: It had come for her. It needed her. Tanaquil was amazed because she was the girl with no talent for magic. She could only fiddle with broken bits of machinery and make them work again. What could she do for a unicorn?Describe Epithetical Books Black Unicorn (Unicorn #1)
Title | : | Black Unicorn (Unicorn #1) |
Author | : | Tanith Lee |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 138 pages |
Published | : | December 1st 2005 by iBooks (first published 1991) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Unicorns |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 3932 Users | 188 ReviewsEvaluate Epithetical Books Black Unicorn (Unicorn #1)
I remember this fantasy vividly from my childhood, or at least the first "book," with Tanaquil, the fortress, the peeve and the bones of the unicorn. Re-reading it now I seem to have completely forgotten about the rest of the story so that's probably why it doesn't quite live up to the first part for me. But overall this was definitely worth a re-read as an adult. Tanith Lee has a unique voice in fantasy, one that I appreciate very much. Her prose is vivid, fresh and alluring. I look forward toA young girl, ignored by her sorceress mother and with no distractions in the desert fortress they live in, discovers a unicorn skeleton. Employing her only talent, Tanaquil rebuilds the skeleton with added parts to make it a movable work of art. She doesn't realize that she does indeed have magical ability and the unicorn bones will transform into a living beast. Tanaquil is thrust into a fantastic journey as the unicorn leads her to the City by the Sea where she discovers who she really is.
This is a very good fantasy novel with interesting characters and rich atmosphere. The story is interesting and has a very fairy tale feel to it, however, i feel like half of the main character's adventure was filler and would be better suited to be a long fairy-tale or, my preference, a longer, more in depth and meaningful epic. The whole book i asked myself what the point was but it's not discovered until the very end. All of the struggles were wrapped up either as they went or at the end,
Tannith Lee has created a world that is at once magical and mystical--an imperfect world where Tanaquil dwells as a young fixer or mender or tinkerer, but she surely knows that she is no witch, as is her mother. After all, her mother has tested her and tried to train her in the ways of witchcraft all to no avail. But, after she finds a set of magical bones and puts the skeleton back together it turns into a big, blacker than night unicorn with red eyes. At once she knew that it came for her and
I'd read this back in high school, but really didn't remember anything about it, so I decided to reread the series to see if it was as good as I remember it being. Well, yes and no. The plot revolves around Tanaquil, the young daughter of a powerful (if erratic) desert-living sorceress. When a semi-tame peeve (think a catlike creature)discovers a sparkling, moonlight-colored bone, she is intrigued and follows it to find the rest of the bones. She uses her unmagical talent for mending things to
Black Unicorn is a sly book. A teen girl rebelling against her career-focused mom, till she runs off after a unicorn. How very YA. And yet... the book keeps bumping up against what it means to be broken, to be lost, to be a part of something that has no place in the world. This is the kind of book that gives YA a good name. Not to forget that the Peeve is the best comic sidekick since Gurgi.
First line: The first thing Tanaquil saw almost every morning on waking was her mother's face. 4 1/2 stars rounded up.Tanith Lee almost always writes amazing fantasy, and "Black Unicorn" is very, very good. Her writing style is lush, evocative, beautiful. Her settings are poetic. In "Black Unicorn", Tanaquil is the ignored young daughter of a sorceress, skilled as a tinker/mechanic, but seemingly without any magical ability. Her loneliness leads her to discover, with the help of a pet peeve, the
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