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Title: No Paean for Gaian
Review: What happened to Bishop? I loved her Black Jewels series, but this one seems like a regression. Was this her first novel? The characters are stiff or annoying, the plot too conceptual and obvious. The Back Jewels stories are creative, complex and interesting. She minimizes the boring black/bad vs. white/good split. For example, her twist of usually "evil" names used for places, and for characters who are often more good than bad. The Gaian story is simplistic and predictable. Skip it.
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