I got the sense that the author was trying to write a sort of parable about love and devotion, a la Paulo Coelho, but it lacked the finesse that is present in Coelho's writing. Little time was spent exploring other aspects of their personalities except in the most simplistic way. First, all of the characters felt hollow with love, chastity and devotion to religion being the main aspects of their characters. This book was a quick and easy read, but I found it lacking in many ways. The landscape is that of 12-13th century Europe and Asia and the group of companions have adventures all over Europe, the middle east and India including evil caliphs, fires, leviathans and yetis. Along the way they are joined by other equally chaste and selfless men and women who seek to aid them on their quest. She is chosen because she is both chaste and selfless. Garden at the Roof of the world is about a quest undertaken by Gwen and a unicorn named Britomar to find the fruit that will heal the eldest of all the unicorns. I am sorry to say that this book hits all three of these. Other common tropes in fantasy novels include a medieval setting, and rape/whoring of female characters. Note: this book was made available to me via LibraryThing's early reviewers.Įver since Frodo set off to toss the ring into the fires of Mount Doom (or maybe before!), a band of heros on a virtuous quest has become a trope in fantasy fiction.
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