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OK, I finished the book about 2 weeks ago and my heart is still broken. I can't even pick up and really get into another book (I have tried everyday, so far... no success yet.) It was an amazing book that I am still trying to come to terms with and am still thinking about, now.

In fairness, Courtenay did have some repetative notions about Hate and Power that were a little cumbersome in Tandia, that were not so obviously awkward in The Power of One...I felt he struggled with Tandia, much more than The Power of One. Righly so, I think, I've always wondered how someone could write a sequel to it... At least I know it wasn't easy for him to do what he did- read it and maybe you'll understand my sense of betrayal as a reader mixed with the acknowledgement of his absolute power as an author. I could not put the book down, nor do I think any less of the writer... Odd how that happens.

Without reservation, I highly recommend both The Power of One and Tandia to everyone.
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This is essentially the Power of One- Part 2... It's absorbing and Bryce Courtenay has a way of making me feel like I can taste the dust of South Africa. He makes characters that are real- riddled with human frailties or flaws and yet so utterly familiar that I cry with them and wince with them through their journey. I'm not even 1/2 way through the book yet and I already know its a masterpiece.