Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #191537 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

A MUST HAVE BOOK!!!
This well crafted fantasy adventure story begins in the city of Aramanth where everything is based upon exams and family ratings. So to end this hated lifestyle Kestrel, Bowman and the hilarious Mumpo must find the voice of the wind singer, so the city will finally be free of the morah and the invincible army of zars.

I enjoyed reading the wind singer because the characters were well thought and they developed their own individual characteristics throughout the story. The author uses very descriptive language and gripping words that help you to visualise and make you feel like your actually there.
However, in my opinion when you look at how much time the author had spent writing the beggining and middle of the book (which is evident when you read them), the ending does seem rather rushed. BUT don't let this put you off buying the book.
Overall, the Wind Singer is worth reading due to the great story structure and interesting plot, and once you've started to read the wind singer you won't be able to put it down again. I highly recommend this book to others.

A cut above the rest.
...I've read most of Philip Pullman's books, the Harry Potters and several others, but there is something about the writing style of this book (and the sequel) that sets it apart - it has that undefinable quality of picking the exact words to fit a situation, thus rendering long descriptive passages unnecessary; it has fast-paced excitement and best of all, it is not predictable.

On the face of it, some of the characters seem very one-dimensional - intentionally so, as we then explore why they are like that and see them develop into more rounded characters; OK, there is a slight moralising influence here, but certainly no more than C.S. Lewis, or Tolkein for that matter.

This is one of those few books that transport you into a different world, completely visualised in your mind's eye, knowing exactly what the characters look like (probably different for each reader!) and almost compelling your interaction with the personalities of the characters.

Thoroughly recommended!

Why has nobody reviewed this yet?
This totally absorbed me when I first read it, and I just couldn't get enough of it.

It really is truly amazing and groundbreaking; I can't remember reading anything like this before. Some of the ideas are so epic and huge I couldn't believe them, for example the giant wheeled cities (I won't give anything else away!).

You should definitely read this if you want fantasy adventure that is a little different to anything else you have ever read.