| Tithe | 
 enlarge | Author: Holly Black
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 64379
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0689860420
EAN: 9780689860423
ASIN: 0689860420
Publication Date: February 2, 2004
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Definitely a page turner July 8, 2008
The story of a teenage girl from the modern day world who discovers a world of magic, mystery and mayhem.
I thought 'Tithe' was really enjoyable and easy to read. I couldn't put it down. There is strong language used but not in an excessive way. I'm not one for swearing but I felt it added to the true atmosphere that teenagers face in the modern day.
There are some really interesting twists in the tale and Holly Black has created suspense in every chapter. It was fast paced as well, so no time to get bored, but enough description to take you to both the 'real' and faery world. A fantastic read for young adults looking for a magical adventure.
 Not that great June 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to say that I didn't really enjoy this book. I sometimes felt that the plot jumped or skipped over parts which I felt were important. It left me at times feeling a little bit disorientated.
There were moments of acute realism combined with faerie images and this was what originally attracted my interest in this book. The author's idea of realism obviously includes profanity, yet I felt she overdid it. There was a time when it was necessary to have your characters swear alot if they were to be portrayed as streetwise or worldly (or trying to be)but I think many writers now realise that only a small amount of profanity does the job, or works even better (what with it being more noticable).
Some of the images the author uses work - and sound great - but there is so many of them (in replace of a fantastic plot) that their effect is somewhat diluted. For me, a great book should sound effortless and this just appeared too 'trying too hard'.
 fairy story with freshness and hard edged realisem for grown ups unwilling to give up on fairys March 17, 2008
i loved this book sick of the constent rewritting of the lord of the rings and having loved harry potter books and his dark miterals i was giving teen novels a go . i got this book on the strength of the spiderwick books that i had read to my god son and my fasination with fairys. it is hard edged and no fluffy kids book or thinly diskisd teen romance.It takes risks in showing teen the way thay are in the real world that makes the fairy word more real.At 35 i now i am not the targit for this book but i am very glade i gave this book a go and will be reading more holly black and taking chanses on teen fiction to see if i can find more of this freshness that i have been missing in fiction written for grown ups who crave fairy tails
Tithe February 10, 2008
From reading a short synopsis online, I went out and bought Tithe, and I must admit that the first few chapters were surprising. The life Kaye leads was not what I was suspecting at all, and I did spend a few moments regretting buying the book. However, I continued with it and found that it was actually pretty awesome. Holly Black has an unique writing style, together with the originality of the character Kaye and the cruel faerie world, this was a very enthralling read, but nothing of what I expected it to be like. But give it a try, perhaps from the library first!
 not a midsummer nights dream December 12, 2006
4 out of 16 found this review helpful
more much ado about nothing! I really wanted to like this book, but while throwing all the typical sensationalist teen angst stuff into the mix - a dab of ethnicity, a dollop of gay fantasy, and a few parboiled screwed up teens with issues, attitude and way too many hormones... all set against the background of the seelie & unseelie faerie courts. Unfortunately the story lacked substance and the characters were shallow, unsympathetic and mostly stereotypical. Feral faeries - nope, this lot belonged on top of a christmas tree... especially with their fashion sense! I know it was a first novel but nothing about it left a lasting impression at all. Even the cover art was banal. C'mon people faeries deserve so much better than this!
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