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| Original Title: | Urban Shaman |
| ISBN: | 0373802234 (ISBN13: 9780373802234) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Walker Papers #1 |
| Characters: | Joanne Walker, Gary, Coyote, Cernunnos |
| Setting: | United States of America |
C.E. Murphy
Paperback | Pages: 410 pages Rating: 3.73 | 14058 Users | 797 Reviews
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| Title | : | Urban Shaman (Walker Papers #1) |
| Author | : | C.E. Murphy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 410 pages |
| Published | : | May 31st 2005 by Luna |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Magic. Fiction. Mystery. Supernatural |
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Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt.No worries. No pressure. Never mind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams.
And if all that's not bad enough, in the three years Joanne's been a cop, she's never seen a dead body -- but she's just come across her second in three days.
It's been a bitch of a week. And it isn't over yet.
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Ratings: 3.73 From 14058 Users | 797 ReviewsCriticism Epithetical Books Urban Shaman (Walker Papers #1)
Urban Shaman. C.E. Murphy. 2005. Luna. 344 pages.Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy is a book I wish dearly that I could have gotten into because I'm well aware of how the Walker Papers has gained popularity over the years...Sadly, I lost interest in the near beginning.Initially, I fell in love with Urban Shaman when Murphy makes a wisecrack about the vulgarity of Austin Powers' teeth in the very first paragraph! I thought to myself how could I not appreciate Murphy's humor?!However, when we meet MarieAn interesting first book. I really like Joanne, Gary and Cernnunos. Plus, it had Coyote and I love Coyote. I think Morrison could grow on me. The book was heavy on descriptions, which I suppose was a good thing because Joanne's situation was a bit of a doozy. The magic went over my head a bit, though. A bit difficult to follow at times.Overall, I enjoyed the book and will read the next one to see how it goes.
Finally! It's over! I can't remember the last time I got so annoyed with a heroine. Oh yes...I can! It was a couple of days ago when I DNFed Heart of Stone, a book by this same author. It's clear that this author's ideas and mine don't match so this is the last book I'll read by her. (I finished this one because it fits two challenges I'm doing. Otherwise, I would have dnfed it too.)The first thing that struck me about Urban Shaman was the similarities between Joanne and Mercy Thompson: both are
In general I find that I like urban fantasy, so picking this book up was easy to do. Let's get quickly to the positives:There wasn't a single anthropomorphic cat-person. A+++The characters were well written, but often rendered a bit simplistically. I quickly gained a sense for who the characters were without feeling they were too one-dimensional. BThe friendly roster lists a cross-dressing police detective. A+Now for the downers:Murphy periodically seems to be someone who is operating just
Ms. Murphy managed to do something I didn't think could be accomplished. She wrote this incredible story that seamlessly intertwines Celtic and Native American folklore and mythology. Let me tell you this is a book you don't want to put down. It is so vivid it's like a movie, but I haven't seen a movie this cool. Hollywood doesn't like to take chances on women in high prolife action roles. And this is definitely a woman's story. Joanne Walker is running away from her dual heritage as a Cherokee
I don't give a one star review to a book very often. Usually, when a book is only worthy of one star in my opinion, it ends up in my DNF (Did Not Finish) pile, and I don't write reviews on DNF because it wouldn't be fair to the author if I reviewed something I didn't finish.But I actually stuck around until the very end of Urban Shaman, because I kept hoping that things would get better. Sadly, they didn't, which is a shame, really, because the book is well written. There is plenty of action. I
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