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24. *Tithe by Holly Black (331) YA/Fantasy
Not thrilled with this one. It seemed very cliche to me - the beautiful fey, the good and evil courts, the power of names, and so on and so forth. The writing was fine, but there was very little original in the story.
25. *The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (496) YA/SF
Welcome to Prentisstown. Todd is 12 years, 12 months old on a recently-settled world where there are 13 months in a year and 13 years makes you a man. There are no more women. A disease caused men to generate Noise, a sort of constant telepathy that can't be turned off or blocked except by distance. The same disease killed all the women.
Do not, repeat do not read the final third of this book before bedtime. It is now after 1am, I was supposed to be in bed at 10pm, I have to be awake in not too many hours for work. Lots and lots of things happen in the final third of the book and I just had to keep reading to find out the conclusion and - the end of the book is a huge cliffhanger, so now I'm sitting around waiting for the sequel. Just a little PSA.
Because if you don't like books that do that...you may still like this book, actually. Because I don't like it when books do that. I'm not watching a TV show, I can't just wait a week to find out what happens next. Wrap up a few loose ends! Generally with books with cliffhangers, I would prefer to wait until the series is finished so that I don't have to sit around wondering if _____ is going to happen (or not), when _____ is a HUGE IMPORTANT TIME-SENSITIVE ISSUE.
Ok. Now that that's out of the way.
I really liked this book. The writing reminded me a little bit of Robin McKinley in the slight tendency to ramble off on descriptions of random things that may or may not directly relate to the immediate plot, but are interesting nonetheless (although not, I stress, to the degree that she does it, for those of you who may dislike this trait of McKinley's). The story unfolded in a fantastically careful and subtle way. It slowly became obvious that something wasn't right, then Todd - the main character - slowly discovered more and more clues about what exactly was wrong. It's not until near the end of the book that we (the reader) finally learn everything, though - even Todd, the first-person main character, holds out on us.
25 / 150 books. 17% done!
11 / 75 *new books. 15% done!
0 / 10 ^non-fiction. 0% done!
7191 / 45000 pages. 16% done!
Currently reading:
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (368) A/Fic
Powerlines: Words That Sell Brands, Grip Fans, and Sometimes Change History by Steve Cone (288) A/Non-Fic
Not thrilled with this one. It seemed very cliche to me - the beautiful fey, the good and evil courts, the power of names, and so on and so forth. The writing was fine, but there was very little original in the story.
25. *The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (496) YA/SF
Welcome to Prentisstown. Todd is 12 years, 12 months old on a recently-settled world where there are 13 months in a year and 13 years makes you a man. There are no more women. A disease caused men to generate Noise, a sort of constant telepathy that can't be turned off or blocked except by distance. The same disease killed all the women.
Do not, repeat do not read the final third of this book before bedtime. It is now after 1am, I was supposed to be in bed at 10pm, I have to be awake in not too many hours for work. Lots and lots of things happen in the final third of the book and I just had to keep reading to find out the conclusion and - the end of the book is a huge cliffhanger, so now I'm sitting around waiting for the sequel. Just a little PSA.
Because if you don't like books that do that...you may still like this book, actually. Because I don't like it when books do that. I'm not watching a TV show, I can't just wait a week to find out what happens next. Wrap up a few loose ends! Generally with books with cliffhangers, I would prefer to wait until the series is finished so that I don't have to sit around wondering if _____ is going to happen (or not), when _____ is a HUGE IMPORTANT TIME-SENSITIVE ISSUE.
Ok. Now that that's out of the way.
I really liked this book. The writing reminded me a little bit of Robin McKinley in the slight tendency to ramble off on descriptions of random things that may or may not directly relate to the immediate plot, but are interesting nonetheless (although not, I stress, to the degree that she does it, for those of you who may dislike this trait of McKinley's). The story unfolded in a fantastically careful and subtle way. It slowly became obvious that something wasn't right, then Todd - the main character - slowly discovered more and more clues about what exactly was wrong. It's not until near the end of the book that we (the reader) finally learn everything, though - even Todd, the first-person main character, holds out on us.
Currently reading:
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (368) A/Fic
Powerlines: Words That Sell Brands, Grip Fans, and Sometimes Change History by Steve Cone (288) A/Non-Fic