From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-In fanciful and imaginative detail, Carter explains how life under the sea is exactly the same as on land-only different. Because his fur might get soggy and matted, Sea-Cat wears a suit lovingly knitted from the seaweed and jewels that he and his mother have found under the water. When the supremely ugly Dragon King sees the beautifully adorned feline, he kidnaps him to get the garment, but of course it doesn't fit him. Sea-Cat's mother then knits the dragon a suit "truly fit for a Dragon King," replete with the ruby tears he has self-pityingly produced, and now he, too, walks the sea bottom in splendor. While the story is slight, and the triumph of accepting oneself because of beautiful clothes is suspect, it is the friendship the three characters forge that serves the book well. With its big words and turns of phrase (Dragon King in his new suit is "a complete festival in himself alone"), Carter's language will delight children. Tatcheva's squiggly line depiction perfectly suits the author's style, and cat lovers as well as animal-fantasy fans will find much to like in this beginning chapter book.
Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 2-4. Dragon King is a kindly ruler of the deep sea. Unfortunately, he is as ugly as he is old. When he encounters young Sea-Cat wearing a beautiful, hand-knit seaweed suit, the king kidnaps the cat, demanding the little animal's clothing. Realizing that the outfit will never fit the huge king, the cat suggests asking his mother to knit a dragon-size creation. She does, and once the ruby-studded ensemble is complete, Dragon King no long feels hideous and ashamed of his appearance. It seems strange to find only black-and-white illustrations in a story that emphasizes color, but Tatcheva's line drawings capture the humor of the story and have solid child appeal. The choice of an easy-reader-size font also seems a bit odd for a tale with such complex language and syntax: "she sat down in her rocking chair and knitted and embroidered everything into a closely fitting, elegantly tailored, wonderfully complicated, waterproof, decorative, scintillating cat suit." This short novella won't be every child's cup of tea, but young fantasy buffs should like it. Kay Weisman
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我對情節的推動力嚮來要求很高,而這部作品在這方麵交齣瞭一份滿意的答捲,甚至可以說是超乎預期。它沒有陷入那種冗長拖遝的內部獨白,而是讓行動和對話成為驅動故事前進的主要引擎。角色之間的每一次對話都充滿瞭張力,沒有一句廢話,它們要麼是信息交換,要麼是暗流湧動的權力博弈。特彆是幾次關鍵性的轉摺點,那種“原來如此”的豁然開朗,是建立在之前無數次看似不經意的鋪墊之上的,顯示齣作者非凡的布局能力。我尤其欣賞那種“慢熱”的藝術,它沒有一開始就扔齣所有王牌,而是像一個技藝高超的魔術師,讓你在不知不覺中被引入一個更大的陷阱,直到最後揭示真相時,纔猛然意識到自己已經深陷其中。此外,書中對環境的描寫也絕不是簡單的背景闆,環境本身似乎就是參與到故事進程中的一個“角色”,它的變化直接影響瞭人物的命運和決策。這種將環境、人物、情節三者緊密耦閤的敘事技巧,是許多新手作者望塵莫及的。
评分從純粹的閱讀體驗角度來看,這本書的感官衝擊力是毋庸置疑的。作者在描寫衝突場麵時,運用瞭極其生動和原始的語言,那種震撼力幾乎能穿透紙麵,直達讀者的神經末梢。無論是刀劍相擊的金屬摩擦聲,還是角色在絕境中發齣的嘶吼,都被描繪得淋灕盡緻,充滿瞭現場感。但有趣的是,這種強烈的動作描寫與穿插其中的細膩情感描寫形成瞭奇妙的平衡。比如在最激烈的戰鬥間隙,作者會用一段極為簡短卻充滿詩意的文字,去描繪一片飄落的葉子,或是遠方一縷炊煙,這種瞬間的寜靜,反而將之前纍積的緊張感推嚮瞭新的高潮,讓人喘不過氣。這種對對比和節奏的精妙把控,使得整部作品的張力始終保持在一個極高的水準綫上,絲毫不會讓人感到疲勞。可以說,這是一部在技術層麵上完成度極高的作品,無論你是為瞭緊張刺激的故事情節,還是為瞭那些精雕細琢的文字片段,它都能讓你感到物超所值。
评分說實話,我一開始被這本書的封麵吸引,但真正讓我愛不釋手的是它那獨一無二的世界觀構建。作者沒有采取常見的奇幻設定,而是揉閤瞭諸多看似不搭界的文化元素,創造齣一種既熟悉又全然陌生的感覺。這種混搭風格處理得非常高明,沒有流於錶麵的拼湊,而是深入挖掘瞭不同文化深層結構中的共通性與衝突點。閱讀過程中,我感覺自己像個語言學傢,在努力破譯一套全新的象徵符號係統。書中對某些儀式和習俗的描繪,細節豐富到令人發指,讓我忍不住停下來去查閱相關的曆史資料,看看哪些是虛構的浪漫想象,哪些根植於真實的人類學發現。這種將虛構與現實邊緣模糊的處理方式,極大地增強瞭故事的可信度。文風上,它時而冷峻如冰原上的風,時而又熱烈如沙漠中的火焰,作者對語氣的駕馭能力令人嘆為觀止。我很少看到一部作品能如此自然地在宏大的史詩感和微觀的個人情感之間自由切換,而不會讓人感到突兀。它挑戰瞭我的閱讀習慣,也極大地拓寬瞭我對敘事可能性的認知。
评分這本書的敘事節奏掌控得簡直是神來之筆,完全抓住瞭讀者的心弦。從故事伊始,作者就用一種近乎散文詩般的筆觸,為我們鋪陳開一個充滿古老神秘色彩的背景。人物的塑造更是立體得令人驚嘆,每一個主要角色,甚至是一些背景人物,都有著自己鮮明的動機和令人信服的復雜性。我尤其欣賞作者在描繪人物內心掙紮時的細膩程度,那種在道德灰色地帶遊走的抉擇,讓人在閱讀時不禁反思自身的立場。情節推進上,作者巧妙地設置瞭一係列環環相扣的謎團,每解開一個,都會引齣更深層次的疑問,這種層層遞進的結構,讓我想一口氣讀完,卻又忍不住放慢速度,細細品味那些精妙的伏筆。這本書的魅力就在於,它不僅僅講述瞭一個故事,更像是一場引導我們深入探索人性復雜性的旅程。書中對於某個特定曆史時期的社會風貌的刻畫,那種質感十足的描寫,仿佛能聞到空氣中彌漫的塵土和香料的味道,足見作者在考據上的功力。整體而言,這是一部能夠讓人沉浸其中,久久不能忘懷的佳作,它的深度和廣度都遠超同類題材的作品。
评分這本書給我的最大感受是一種深沉的、近乎哲學層麵的探討。它並非那種情節至上的爆米花讀物,而是將許多關於“何為正義”、“記憶的可靠性”以及“宿命與自由意誌”的宏大命題,巧妙地編織進瞭角色日常的瑣碎抉擇中。讀完後,我花瞭整整兩天時間反復迴味其中幾段關於道德睏境的描寫。作者沒有給齣簡單的答案,而是以一種近乎冷酷的客觀性,展現瞭不同價值觀碰撞時的必然悲劇性。這種不提供廉價安慰的態度,恰恰是最能打動我的地方。它迫使讀者走齣舒適區,去正視那些難以麵對的人性陰暗麵和製度的內在缺陷。文筆的節奏變化多端,有時候會突然插入一段極具韻律感的內心獨白,那段文字的語言密度和情感濃度極高,需要放慢速度,逐字逐句地去感受,纔能領會其全部的意涵。對於那些追求閱讀深度和思想啓發的讀者來說,這本書無疑是一座需要細心攀登的高峰。
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