Nancy Yi Fan, Swordbird Reviews

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So I read Swordbird and I have to say young Nancy Yi Fan is very talented indeed.
However I felt the book read too quickly, althought I enjoyed reading it and seeing how such a young author wrote this fantasy tale of sword wielding birds- I was slightly disappointed.
The storyline was not that original, the villains did seem rather plain and the battles involving pies were not so realistic. I would have liked to have seen a true battle to add that extra wow factor to the book.
Yet although I could ramble on about the faults of this novel I have to hand it to Nancy, she wrote an imaginative book and was able to get it published (without an agent) by Harper Collins! Well done Nancy

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I really did not enjoy the book. And I'm one of the recommended ages. The characters are bland and predictable, with all of them the same: courageous and just. The villains are all idiots, excluding maybe Shadow, but he just crosses the line. Turnatt's most threatening aspect is his bad breath he has no motive, seems to have a mental sickness in his indecisiveness, and he is completely incompetent. The writing is also not exactly stellar, though it is passable. The soldiers are frightened away b ...

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Nancy Yi Fan, Swordbird was horrible, as I say and others. Characters were trite and stale; the crows and such didn't seem evil at all, just foolish. Milton was pitiful, just doing some petty good deeds through it. Also, you can't find all that harvest she talked about in one forest, and birds don't sweat, but unfortunatly, she made one. What kind of research is that? Well, she got it published, but it's not what I expect in a good book.

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Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan was pathetic! (No offence Nancy) The plot was flat, nothing was explained, the setting was horrid and the "bad guys" were given no background and seemed very silly in my opinoin. The battle scenes were poorly done and everything seemed to Redwall-y to me. This should have been a fan-fic or school writing assignment, not a novel. Drawings were nice, overall message was great.

I would like to congradulate Nancy on actually getting her story to go somewhere. I wish her al ...

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I didn't like how the antagonist was just evil. Why was he evil? What made him evil? Also, I am a perfectionist and I love details, but in this book I don't think there is enough details.

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Well, this book could be good but it needs a lot of help in my opinion. Who would publish something that, I think, has errors? Not just grammatical ones.

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Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan is a book that promotes peace, which is good. However, the writing was terrible and the plot was weak. The characters were flat and two dimensional. I didn't feel bad at all when a bird died. Not really worth reading. Not well done at all.

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Swordbird is a marvelous book! I am definitely a bird fan now! I highly recommend it. I love the "peace is wonderful; freedom is sacred" part. I did some research online and read all the reports on Nancy's website.

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Swordbird
Nancy Yi Fan
HarperCollins, Jan 2007, $15.99
ISBN: 0061131008

Turnatt takes control over the hawk population of Stone-Run Forest. He demands loyalty and will punish those who disobey though he can be fickle and inconsistent with his commands. His goal is become the Evil Conqueror and Slayer known as the "Tyrant of Fortress Glooming" that will eventually encompass the entire forest.

As his forces attack the other bird species, the blue jays and the cardinals think the other h ...