The Girl with Glass Feet

Apr 13, 2013 Megan Baxter rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I...I don't know what I was expecting. It certainly wasn't this. I knew nothing about this book before picking it up. It turned up on one of my lists, and I ordered it from the library, and eventually read it.

And at times, it felt like it was written just for me. It fit so neatly into things I love, writing styles I enjoy, and tales that have personal resonance. Oh yes, and tears. There were tears.

It has the feel of a fairy tale crossed with a hint of horror. Creepiness lurked around the edges...more

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Jun 04, 2010 Sparrow rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Casey Shaw

Recommended to Sparrow by: Kay Bailey

Shelves: reviewed

There is no particular type of person so easy to make fun of as the teen or twenty-something man who takes himself really seriously. And yet, despite Ali Shaw basically falling into that category, imao, I don’t want to make fun of this book. I knew this guy, a while back, who was an emo musician surfer, and he was also so handsome that people apparently didn’t tell him he was wrong very often. This one time, when I first met him, he told me that Bright Eyes was the new Bob Dylan. That ended up r...more

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Jul 06, 2011 Jo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: hometown-glories-uk, gorgeous-prose, boy-crush, just-been-cutting-onions, soul-sister-heroine, when-can-i-move-in, heart-skipped-a-beat, e

4 ¾ Stars.*

“I should take a photo.”
“No. Just remember it, and us in it.”
He swallowed.
She smiled. Here was rightness of place and time.”

There isn’t much I can say about this book that other people haven’t said in the other comments here.
This book is absolutely breath taking: it’s perfectly executed, immaculately paced and I fell in love with every single character**- flaws and all.
The world that Shaw creates is so lush and full of vivid colour and texture that if someone had run into my room pr...more

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Feb 21, 2011 Jillian -always aspiring- rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone who wants to read a very nearly heartbreaking fairy tale

Shelves: covers-i-love, titles-i-love, very-nearly-heartbreaking, heroes-i-love-and-respect, heroines-i-love-and-or-admire, comfort-reads, made-me-cry, soared-above-and-beyond, wish-i-could-write-a-book-like-this, writing-to-which-i-aspire, glad-i-gave-it-a-chance, exceeded-my-expectations, wowed-me, fab-writing, amazing-storytelling, best-characters, best-couples, 2011-reads, out-of-the-box-ideas, i-am-not-worthy, couldn-t-stop-reading-it, ultimate-favorites, will-love-it-until-i-die, swoon-worthy-book-crushes, prose-envy, reviewed

It seems that 2011 is the year to reaffirm the list of authors to whom I would like to dub the title 'I Am Not Worthy of Your Greatness' (thanks to my Goodreads friend Galla for giving me the idea in the first place). Among the authors on said list are: Suzanne Collins, Melina Marchetta, Juliet Marillier, J.K. Rowling, and Markus Zusak. Basically -- you do not make the list unless I actually fret when I think about how much I love your writing, your storytelling, and your characters and wonder j...more

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Jan 03, 2010 Laura rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

I want to like it. Fault - too often the characters are unrealistic. There are several moments where I didn't believe in the characters. Falling in love is a facing life action - not a facing death action. It felt like the main plot worked against itself without any of the characters acknowledging this. Also - at times I was confused by the characters. The absolute magic of the book is interesting - but there is a forced sense of poetry that conflicts with just telling me a story. The glass feet...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Erica (daydreamer) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Fairytale lovers, especially of the original fairytales

Shelves: love-the-title, cover-love, 2011-reads, absolute-favorites, beautiful-writing, best-characters, love-love-it, incredible, made-me-cry, purely-brilliant, treasured-keeps, fairytale-reminiscent, enchanting-reads, novels-that-inspire-me, didnt-expect-to-love-so-much, strong-heroines, i-own, meaningful-heartfelt-books, heartbreaking-endings, original-creative-premise, love-with-all-my-heart, best-endings, brilliant-authors, endearing-heroes, i-recommend-it, release-in-2009, ya

Warning: this review is long and gushing because I love the book so

The Girl with Glass Feet is a beautiful, achingly romantic tale, full of breathless wonder and untold promises. It captured my heart, and I became a part of the story, part of the enchantment. And I loved it, oh so dearly. This book is like a fairytale, a poetically beautiful fairytale. Yet it’s more reminiscent of the original fairytales, with the flow of the writing and the very detailed descriptions. Ali Shaw, though, is moder...more Warning: this review is long and gushing because I love the book so

The Girl with Glass Feet is a beautiful, achingly romantic tale, full of breathless wonder and untold promises. It captured my heart, and I became a part of the story, part of the enchantment. And I loved it, oh so dearly. This book is like a fairytale, a poetically beautiful fairytale. Yet it’s more reminiscent of the original fairytales, with the flow of the writing and the very detailed descriptions. Ali Shaw, though, is modern, so this fairytale has more of a modern feel, with more developed characters and more emotion. But he still manages to make it feel like an old, graceful captivating tale, and it swept me away with its magical allure.

The story begins as a young man, Midas, is in the forest taking pictures. He comes upon a young woman, whose name is Ida, sitting on a rock. He finds her perhaps a bit odd, with her drab and strange appearance, and her rather large boots. Yet he is intrigued with her, of the picture she could pose in a photograph with the right lights and scene. After they part, he keeps thinking about her, about wanting to photograph her, but mostly of her strange boots. She finds him the next day, and they start spending time together. And then he discovers the truth about why she wears those boots. He feels compelled to help her, not necessarily because he feels that he should, but because he sees that she needs help, and he finds he wants to help her. He senses something beautiful from her, and feels drawn to her. But he’s unsure of these awakening feelings.

As their story develops, he starts to find himself, made possible by Ida. She brought light to his life, though he was always searching for it, when taking photographs to create the best possible picture with any light he could find. And he begins to realize that photographs are just captured memories. Nothing more. Those captured memories can’t bring back pleasant memories, not like the ones he remembers when he’s with Ida. He starts to look at life more closely as he is slowly brought out of his camera shell he introverts himself with. As the story progresses, they try to find a cure to Ida’s ailment, supposedly caused by a strange creature that turns everything it looks at pure white. As I kept reading, and was nearing the end, I realized where it was heading, where it had to inevitably go, and I feared for what I knew it would be. I pled with the book to not let it happen, to have a perfect, happily ever after ending. But I realized that that can’t always happen. Happy endings are far and few in between. It’s more the journey that makes the story, the trials and emotions the characters go through, that make them the person they become at the end, no matter the bitter ending it may hold. And I found I was pleased with the ending, though tears were streaming down my face.

I thought the development of the characters was done brilliantly. I connected with each character, I felt for them, I understood them and their plights. Ali Shaw stealthily works a way open for the reader to see into each characters minds, and to understand them better, especially through someone’s else’s eyes who may not think so highly of them. Ida was perhaps my favorite, although I love Midas, for his endearing qualities. He is a sweetheart. Ida is not afraid to let her guard down or to show people that she doesn’t care what they think. She never thinks that she isn’t good enough or beautiful enough to let someone love her. And she cares about people. Not everything is about her, though she still is desperately trying to find a cure. The best description of her is thought by Midas. He was amazed at how she took a moment to encounter the fear, then shouldered it and moved on. She is a strong heroine. She doesn’t let the presence of impending doom reduce her to a pathetic whisper of herself, or purge out the love she could feel for Midas.

The ending was heartbreaking, but amazingly done, with so much emotion and love. So perfect. I am in love with this book. I was enchanted with it. The writing was often thought provoking, infused into the characters minds and words and relaying them to the reader in a delicate, yet deep manner that made me stop and think some times. I didn’t expect to connect so fully with this story, but I did, and I enjoyed every last bit of the journey, and I’m still breathless at the wonder of it.

This is the type of book that everyone should read. It should be loved, and reread and praised for the truly breathtaking novel it is. It’s an engrossing, brilliant read. But it’s a quiet engrossment, that slowly wraps around you, tying you up in knots until you are completely bound, utterly captive to it’s allure, and you find you don’t even want out. You want to stay within the enchantment and never let it go. This is what happened to me. The Girl with Glass Feet is a brilliant jewel in my treasure chest, that will always stay close to my heart. The intriguing enchantment and endearing love story, the heartfelt moments of self realization and discovering one’s self and learning to love and trust others, the beautiful writing that flows slowly, unfolding the entire scene and background, and then flowing smoothly to the next scene; the entire story, every word and thought, stole into my heart, leaving me breathless with wonder and in utter awe with the poignant emotion interwoven into the story. Ali Shaw is a brilliant storyteller, and I praise him for his talent and stunning ability to weave such a heartfelt, beautiful tale.

Example of the writing I loved: It was a humid night, later to become a hated night, played over in his thoughts until he could watch it like a theater, retrospect’s dramatic irony making him scream at his younger self to see sense, see what his father had planned. Gray clouds had hung like dead petals in a spiderweb. In the far distance a lighthouse had pulsed. A haze of moonlight covered everything.(less)

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Jul 29, 2010 AtenRa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-fiction, contemporary, hints-of-paranormal

I have contradicting feelings about The Girl With The Glass Feet.There were times when I absolutely loved it and times that I was sure I was not gonna be able to finish it.
Let me elaborate:

The book describes how a girl named Ida, is slowly turning into glass because of white monster that she saw in a bog(?? That's all I know,believe me!)and it somehow "cursed" her.Ida, meets Midas, a very shy and introverted guy-daddy issues-who falls in love with her and tries to save her.The other characters,b...more I have contradicting feelings about The Girl With The Glass Feet.There were times when I absolutely loved it and times that I was sure I was not gonna be able to finish it.
Let me elaborate:

The book describes how a girl named Ida, is slowly turning into glass because of white monster that she saw in a bog(?? That's all I know,believe me!)and it somehow "cursed" her.Ida, meets Midas, a very shy and introverted guy-daddy issues-who falls in love with her and tries to save her.The other characters,besides Carl and Midas's father maybe, are not worth mentioning.If you are confused already, I don't think it gets any simpler!

Let's get one thing straight:this book was written brilliantly!Shaw's portraying of characters kind of reminded me of Stephen King's style, using each chapter for a different character, describing his/her most intimate thoughts and secrets,mostly about their lives and how they have come to be like this, in a very depressing and pessimistic way.

All this is of course great, but somewhere along the line it became quite tiring.You want to get to the story so much, and the book would not let you.Instead, it bombarded you with countless and very detailed descriptions of scenery and of stuff which was,in my opinion, completely irrelevant (moth-winged cattle??What was that all about??),that you constantly felt that the story is going nowhere and that you should probably put it back on your shelf.

And just when you thought this book is a lost cause, then came an amazing scene to completely change your perception about the whole thing.Especially Midas's flashbacks with his father and Carl's scenes.Then again, you come to rethink some stuff in the end and you just shrug and go "meh".All in all, I believe that the magnificent writing got in the way of the story because maybe, it was too good for it after all.

One thing is certain:The Girl With The Glass Feet is a very difficult book to critique!If you are looking for a very fine and exceptional prose, look no further.If you're looking for an amazing story,I'm not so sure.(less)

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Apr 06, 2010 Melinda rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-that-will-never-leave-my-mind

Oh but I did not want this book to end. I didn't want to get to the end as I knew it would break my heart. And it did, but in a good way.

Let me tell you about this wonderful book.

Ida Maclaird visited St. Hauda's land a year ago and met a strange man. Henry Fuwa accidentally told her about the moth-winged cattle and she'd heard of the beast whose glance could turn anything it fell on pure white. And so when she remembers him mentioning the glass people in the bog, she knows when the tips of her...more Oh but I did not want this book to end. I didn't want to get to the end as I knew it would break my heart. And it did, but in a good way.

Let me tell you about this wonderful book.

Ida Maclaird visited St. Hauda's land a year ago and met a strange man. Henry Fuwa accidentally told her about the moth-winged cattle and she'd heard of the beast whose glance could turn anything it fell on pure white. And so when she remembers him mentioning the glass people in the bog, she knows when the tips of her toes turn to glass that this is something that could have only come from St Hauda's. So she returned to the island where the jellyfish glow in technicolour phosphorescence as they die.

And she meets Midas Crook, a loner photographer who sees the world only as a potential photographic composition and for whom the idea of touching someone makes him want to faint. But something in Ida pulls at him and as he battles against the legacy his father left him, Ida battles against the mystery that is slowly turning her body to glass. Somewhere in between, they realise they are falling in love. But time isn't going to wait for Midas to relax around Ida, or for the creeping glass to stop converting Ida's body to a statue.

Can they find a cure for the sickness that is going to absorb Ida?

The rest of the book contains a motley crew of characters, including the mysterious Henry Fuwa, Gustav, Midas' best (and only friend) and his daughter Denver, the local rich recluse and his healer wife and Ida's mother's lover all of whom have a part to play in a story of pure magic and wonder.

The locations are so rich too, the deep, grey and blue sea, the icy bogland, the silent forest where mysterious albino animals move silently above and around you. The blaze of colour in the florists, the unescapable truth in Midas's photos, covering the walls. I was there, I could taste the salt and feel the eyes on me.

And despite the detail it's so simply written, it's whimsy and yet plausible. It's romantic without being flowery. It's so honest and the characters are so flawed and I loved them. I spoke out loud to them. I raged at them at times, for being so blind or so foolish. And yes, I cried.

If you have a heart and if you believe that sometimes there are things which you can't explain or understand then you should read this. It's destined to become one of those tatty, coffee-stained, wrinkle-paged books that you have to have in your bag or under your pillow, just in case. It's the hot Ribena of books, it is soul-food. You will love it forever. (less)

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Apr 23, 2013 Jayne rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: novel, fairy-tale, my-bookshelf, favourites, beautiful-prose, winter-read, gorgeous-cover-art

An unconventional and beautiful love story /fairy tale.

I really enjoyed the unique and odd-ball characters Shaw created: shy and quiet Midas with his long list of hangups, live-life-to-the-fullest Ida, and loyal, grieving Gustav were among my favourites. These characters are full-bodied and leap right off the page. I also like for the books I read to have a message and purpose, so appreciated this story's: true love sets you free. Ida and Midas' certainly did. Rooted in friendship, forgiveness a...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Suzanne rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: first-reads

I just love the concept of this book! A girl that turns into glass? Amazing! I can hardly wait to read this one!

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I just finished this book today, and I have a lot to say about it!

First of all, the great things:

Ali Shaw writes amazing and beautiful descriptions. When it comes to describing the world he is writing about, he doesn't miss a speck on a leaf. As a reader, you can breathe in the air h...more I just love the concept of this book! A girl that turns into glass? Amazing! I can hardly wait to read this one!

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I just finished this book today, and I have a lot to say about it!

First of all, the great things:

Ali Shaw writes amazing and beautiful descriptions. When it comes to describing the world he is writing about, he doesn't miss a speck on a leaf. As a reader, you can breathe in the air he is writing about, see every sight, and smell every smell. I loved his use of metaphors through out the story. There were such amazing allegories through out the entire book as well. Beautiful use of the English language such as his description of "the lumberjack sea" and boots that "weep" mud had me very impressed from the beginning.

Unfortunately, for me, although Ali Shaw is clearly a great writer, I didn't feel like he was a great "story teller." The story itself seemed to lack some of the attention to detail that he gave to his descriptions. He slowly unraveled all of these details throughout the story, writing mysteriously, and making me, as a reader, want to carefully collect each thread so I could have a beautiful thing at the end. However, after collecting all of my threads, I felt a little as though part of the picture was missing. It was as though he unraveled something that could have been beautiful, but it just didn't come together properly.

I don't want to give away any spoilers, so I will just say that although some character's stories wrapped up neatly, others were left frayed, and gave me the impression that maybe they shouldn't have been a part of the story to begin with.

As for the characters themselves, Ali Shaw's descriptive nature left me feeling almost as though I knew them. Ida's transformation (from hope to acceptance) was amazing to witness. As was Midas's transformation from guarded to welcoming. All in all, I really did enjoy this book. I believe I will read future books by Ali Shaw, if for nothing other than his almost poetic writing style. I would definitely recommend this as a good read, just be prepared to enjoy the journey more than the destination!

By the way, I won this book in a goodreads giveaway, so thank you so much goodreads for introducing me to this new talented writer!(less)

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Apr 10, 2012 Beth Cato rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: in, 2009, magical-realism, fantasy, literary, fiction

This book is an ARC received through the LibraryThing Early Reviewer program.[return][return]Ida Mclaird has returned to the isle St. Hauda's Land, the place she visited on holiday only months before. However, this visit is not a vacation. Her feet are turning to glass, and a mumbled sentence from an eccentric islander leads her to believe she may not be the only one to suffer this disorder. As she searches for a cure, she encounters Midas Crook. Midas is a photographer and a loner, emotionally...more

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Mar 29, 2011 Kitty Lovelace rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: through-the-looking-glass, favorites

Entrancing

At first I was a bit skeptical. I picked it up because of its fairytalesque title but then reading the description on the inside cover I gre afraid that I had picked up some boy-meets-girl in the lonely gray landscape of some random small town island. The kind where 'their love for each other melts the winter's chill'. But I was very very happy to find that it is probably the exact opposite of that kind of book. Yes there is a man who meets a woman on some island in winter. But the boo...more

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May 29, 2013 Teatree_elle rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Admittedly, I didn't think that I would like this book prior to starting the first page. The title was poetic, the cover was beautiful, and the narrative promised a tale that I hadn't really been attracted to before. The reviews, however, were quite positive and so I took a chance. I'm very glad that I did.

Typically, I loathe and detest books with descriptive narrative. Who cares about the myriad of colors on a leaf as it transitions from one season to another? Not me. Not ever. This book was di...more

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Feb 20, 2013 Bernadette Robinson rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, unusual, fantasy

What a gem this was to read. Midas is a photographer who loves nothing more than to take monochrome photographs.

St. Hauda's Land is an archipleago that appears very monochrome in it's existence. In some ways the monochrome theme makes you feel that the story is trying to show the reader how black and white relationships can be. There is always more to life and relationship than black and white. Life can be a colourful tapestry.

lda MacLaird has feet made of glass. l won't spoil how she came to...more

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Feb 06, 2013 Luz Balthasaar rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ng... kepaksa banget 2 bintang. Padahal saia ingin ngasih lebih. Ingin banget >_<

Judulnya keren. Premisnya menarik. Cewek yang berubah jadi kaca, dan usaha dia serta seorang cowok super introvert yang naksir dia untuk mencari obatnya! Nice. Dua hal itu cukup untuk bikin saia langsung sambar buku ini dari rak Paperclip Kota Kasablanka.

Karakter, saia ga terlalu masalah. Saia suka cara penulis menunjukkan flashback-flashback karakter dan memberikan kisah-kisah (cinta masa lalu) mereka (yang k...more Ng... kepaksa banget 2 bintang. Padahal saia ingin ngasih lebih. Ingin banget >_<

Judulnya keren. Premisnya menarik. Cewek yang berubah jadi kaca, dan usaha dia serta seorang cowok super introvert yang naksir dia untuk mencari obatnya! Nice. Dua hal itu cukup untuk bikin saia langsung sambar buku ini dari rak Paperclip Kota Kasablanka.

Karakter, saia ga terlalu masalah. Saia suka cara penulis menunjukkan flashback-flashback karakter dan memberikan kisah-kisah (cinta masa lalu) mereka (yang kebanyakan hancur dan gagal), yang menunjukkan kenapa si karakter X akhirnya menjadi begini dan begitu.

Memang nggak semua cerita karakter 'dituntaskan' dalam pengertian di ending kelihatan mereka semua akhirnya bernasib apa. Tapi nggak masalah juga. Toh cerita ini adalah cerita tentang si cowok introvert dan si cewek kaca. Saia bisa aja nganggep cerita para karakter lain udah selesai di present timeline cerita ini, dan kehadiran kisah cinta mereka berfungsi sebagai foreshadowing sekaligus sarana pencipta ketegangan dalam hubungan kedua tokoh utama. (Apakah kisah cinta mereka akan berbeda dari kisah cinta tragis orang-orang di sekitar mereka?)

Plotnya sendiri menunjukkan proses transformasi si cowok introvert untuk menjadi individu yang benar-benar menghargai hidup, seiring cewek yang dia cintai mati pelan-pelan. Ironinya keren, tapi gaya bahasanya nggak cukup fokus untuk menyampaikan itu.

Ironi kan seharusnya tajam makjleb. Ato nyilet perih. Dan untuk menyampaikan rasa itu perlu fokus. Tapi di sini, ironinya tenggelam di dalam prosa yang super ngelantur. Mending kalo witty. Ini ngelanturnya kebanyakan bener2 cuma ngasi deskripsi/narasi, dan kadang runutnya berantakan pula. Lama-kelamaan saia malas membaca sambil merunutkan alur pikir tiap paragraf, Jadi saia ngeluarin skill ngebaca jurnal ilmiah: baca kalimat pertama, skim beberapa kalimat, lanjut.

Ini kisah yang sebetulnya bisa jadi indah. Tapi prosanya itu nutupin keindahannya. Andai saja prosa yang dipakai lebih ringan, ironinya akan sampai dengan lebih baik dan kisahnya akan lebih bisa dinikmati. (less)

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Jan 16, 2013 Raelyn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

I was scrolling down a list of "Top 25 Best Modern Day Fairy Tales," when I found this gem. The name, THE GIRL WITH GLASS FEET, sounded silly and the description of the story even more so. Heading over to the library, I checked this out on a complete whim, and now I can't stop recommending it to people. The story goes back and forth between two perspectives (mostly) and tells the story of a young man who becomes entangled in the life of a girl who is turning into glass. As they draw closer toget...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Abbey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: love-it

When I first began reading The Girl With Glass Feet I wasn't really sure if I was going to like it. Something about the style of writing made it seem distanced from the characters. However, once I got past the first few chapters I couldn't stop reading.

Midas as a character was just so unique! He began to step out of the book for me and become a living person, along with the land becoming a real place. The relationships in the book are wonderful. That of Ida and Midas but also the other relation...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Kate rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Zwei Menschen, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein können. Ida, ein junges und lebensfrohes Mädchen und Midas, der sehr zurück gezogen ist und den Kontakt mit Menschen eher scheut. Durch Zufall treffen sich die Beiden, doch von der lebensfrohen Ida ist nicht mehr viel übrig. Denn seltsame Dinge gehen auf St. Haudas Land vor und so auch mit Ida. Sie wird zu Glas. Die Beiden verlieben sich ineinander, trotz der Schwierigkeiten, die Beide zu bewältigen haben. Doch wie viel Zeit bleibt ihnen? Und kann...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Erin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My brother gave me Ali Shaw’s The Girl With the Glass Feet for Christmas, and so I slotted it in to “First Novels,” for no other reason than I wanted to read it and it fit the category. Turns out it really is a wonderful first novel (the New York Times say so too), full of imagination and magic. The plot is the title: a girl (Ida) has glass feet, a problem because the glass spreads and cannot be ‘cured’ (though the novel goes to some pains to remind the reader that the glass is not a disease, it...more My brother gave me Ali Shaw’s The Girl With the Glass Feet for Christmas, and so I slotted it in to “First Novels,” for no other reason than I wanted to read it and it fit the category. Turns out it really is a wonderful first novel (the New York Times say so too), full of imagination and magic. The plot is the title: a girl (Ida) has glass feet, a problem because the glass spreads and cannot be ‘cured’ (though the novel goes to some pains to remind the reader that the glass is not a disease, it is part of Ida, not a disease to be cured or caught - something to be lived with and accepted).

It’s a novel about how to be in the present. Midas - the erstwhile emotionally stunted photographer and eventual lover of Ida - must abandon photography as the barrier between himself and human connection; other men must figure out how to be in relationships, how to confront their pasts and the failures of their (misguided) choices.

And Ida, while, Ida more or less serves as the metaphor/tool by which the men figure out how to be whole, feeling people. Sure she feels love and gets consumed by glass, but I can’t help but wonder whether she isn’t the one-dimensional fairy tale figure who enable plot action and character change at the expense of having these things happen for herself. Such is her lack of depth (if her solid glass-ness wasn’t enough) when she concludes she will die she writes a letter to her father and this reader gasped - having forgotten Ida might have a family, connections, feelings (fears!) about her own death. And this reader wasn’t at all moved by her death, more a reaction of wondering how Midas will respond.

I will say the richly imagined world that sees cow-dragonflies and a creature that turns all other creatures white on sight is pretty neat: though the (apparent) lack of connection between these magical things and the glass feet left this reader a little bewildered as to what all the magic was meant to (thematically?) achieve. Nonetheless, cow-dragonflies: pretty cool.
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Aug 13, 2012 DefinitelyMaybe rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In dem Roman „Das Mädchen mit den gläsernen Füßen“ geht es um Midas, einem introvertierten jungen Mann der gerne fotografiert, sich hinter seiner Kamera versteckt.
Und um Ida, die nach St. Hauda’s Land zurückgekehrt ist um Henry Fuwa zu finden und mit seiner Hilfe einen Weg um das Glas aufzuhalten.
Midas und Ida begegnen sich das erste Mal an einem Wintertag im Wald. Sofort ist Midas, der nach einem passendem Fotomotiv gesucht hat, fasziniert von Ida, er hat ein besonderes Gefühl, auch wenn er si...more In dem Roman „Das Mädchen mit den gläsernen Füßen“ geht es um Midas, einem introvertierten jungen Mann der gerne fotografiert, sich hinter seiner Kamera versteckt.
Und um Ida, die nach St. Hauda’s Land zurückgekehrt ist um Henry Fuwa zu finden und mit seiner Hilfe einen Weg um das Glas aufzuhalten.
Midas und Ida begegnen sich das erste Mal an einem Wintertag im Wald. Sofort ist Midas, der nach einem passendem Fotomotiv gesucht hat, fasziniert von Ida, er hat ein besonderes Gefühl, auch wenn er sich über die viel zu großen Stiefel an Idas Füßen wundert.
Später findet er heraus, dass sie sich von den Füßen an zu Glas verwandelt. Gemeinsam suchen sie ein Hilfsmittel, finden die Liebe.

Ich habe viel von diesem Buch erwartet, wurde aber leider ein wenig enttäuscht.
Rein optisch ist das Buch ein echter Hingucker, ein Schatz für jedes Regal mit einer wunderschönen silber-schimmernden Schnittkante und märchenhaftem Cover.
Mein erster Eindruck beim Lesen war, dass mich eine bezaubernde, märchenhafte neue Idee mit sehr viel Potenzial erwartet.
Leider wurde mir persönlich der Stil des Autors zu anstrengend.
Anfänglich fand ich die ausführlichen Natur- und Umgebungsbeschreibungen zauberhaft und sehr besonders. Nach einer Weile wurden sie anstrengend und machten das Buch an manchen Stellen beinahe langatmig. Ali Shaw hat wirkliches Talent, aber mir war es einfach zu dick aufgetragen, irgendwann dachte ich nur noch „Manchmal ist weniger einfach mehr“.
Im Verlauf der Story treten einige Charaktere auf, alle unterschiedlich, mit teilweise seltsamen Vergangenheiten, die am Ende irgendwie zusammenhängen.
Durch diese Masse an Information über all diese „Nebencharaktere“ rückte gerade Ida für mich sehr in den Hintergrund. Zudem konnte kaum eine Figur mich ernsthaft berühren, sie erreichten meiner Meinung nach nicht die nötige Tiefe, ebenso wie die Liebe zwischen Midas und Ida. Sie war anders und besonders, aber für mich war es nichts Halbes und nichts Ganzes.
Ida verwandelt sich in Glas, aber wo bleiben ihr Gefühle? Wo ist die Verzweiflung die man erwartet? Vielleicht war sie zwischen den Zeilen und ich konnte sie einfach nicht finden, nicht fühlen, aber mir hat was gefehlt, leider.
Hier und da gab es nette kleine sonderbare Wesen, die mich entzücken konnten aber keine tragende Rolle hatten.

Insgesamt konnte mich das Buch einfach nicht überzeugen. Der Stil des Autors wird einigen sehr gut gefallen, aber ich konnte damit einfach nichts anfangen, mich hat die Geschichte nicht berührt. Die Stimmung ist recht kühl, melancholisch. Zudem gab es mir am Ende zu viele Fragen, die nur sehr flach und oberflächlich beantwortet wurden.(less)

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Aug 03, 2012 Rosie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

At times Ali Shaw's cropped-short sentences get to be a little stylised and slightly contrived. He's clearly trying to get that one true sentence to ring like a crystal bell, but he doesn't always hit the mark. That being said the tale itself is a beautiful one; filled with unfulfilled love and wistfulness. It also includes things like flying moth cattle, which sound like the cutest thing ever, a creature that turns other creatures to pure white with a single glance, and people turning into glas...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Amelie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Zur Aufmachung

Wundervoll. Ich liebe diese Aufmachung mit den silbernen Seiten, der weißen Farbe und auch das Cover passt wundervoll zum Buch und untermalt die Atmosphäre, die in der Geschichte erzeugt wird. Der Titel ist auch super! Der Aufmachung würde ich glatt 50000000 Herzen geben...

Zum Buch

Das Mädchen mit den gläsernen Füßen ist keinesfalls ein schlechtes Buch. Der Schreibstil war wundervoll, bedeutsam, metaphorisch und regte zum Nachdenken an. Aber leider besteht ein Buch nicht nur aus sei...more Zur Aufmachung

Wundervoll. Ich liebe diese Aufmachung mit den silbernen Seiten, der weißen Farbe und auch das Cover passt wundervoll zum Buch und untermalt die Atmosphäre, die in der Geschichte erzeugt wird. Der Titel ist auch super! Der Aufmachung würde ich glatt 50000000 Herzen geben...

Zum Buch

Das Mädchen mit den gläsernen Füßen ist keinesfalls ein schlechtes Buch. Der Schreibstil war wundervoll, bedeutsam, metaphorisch und regte zum Nachdenken an. Aber leider besteht ein Buch nicht nur aus seinem Schreibstil...
Zunächst einmal muss man sich darüber klar werden, dass es sich hierbei nicht wirklich um einen Fantasyroman handelt. Zumindest nicht um einen typischen Jugendfantasyroman. Das Buch ist vielmehr eine Geschichte über Menschen. Im besonderen eine Geschichte über gescheiterte Persönlichkeiten, die keinen Weg zurück ins wahre Leben finden, über Eltern, die ihre Kinder enttäuschen, über den Tod eines Menschen, der einem nahe stand und über Liebe, die nicht sein kann oder darf. Mir persönlich hätte eines dieser Themen durchaus gereicht. Ich bin ja immer dafür ernstere Themen anzusprechen und ich bin mir auch sicher, dass andere Leute das Buch bezaubernd fanden, weil es vom Stoff her sehr tief gegangen ist und die Probleme des Lebens anging. Aber für mich waren das einfach zu viele Probleme und zu viel Aussichtslosigkeit auf einem Haufen. Und das wurde durch das Ende des Buches nur noch unterstrichen.
Was die Charaktere angeht, so waren mir nicht einmal de Hälfte sympathisch. Ida schon und Midas auch irgendwo und ja, auch Midas beste Freund und dessen Tochter, aber das war es dann auch. Sowohl Idas als auch Midas Eltern als auch deren Affären oder Geliebte etc. sind einfach furchtbare oder sehr sehr seltsame Menschen. Der einzige halbwegs normale Mensch, aus dessen Sichtweise geschrieben wird, ist Ida und gerade sie wird zu Glas. Vielleicht soll das bedeutend für die Geschichte gewesen sein?! Falls ja, dann verstehe ich die tiefere Aussage des Romanes nicht so ganz. Dass das Leben schrecklich ist und man nichts dagegen tun kann? Oder dass niemand je völlig glücklich ist? Das würde hier zwar Sinn machen und bestimmt gibt es Menschen, die das gut so finden, denn es machte den Roman zu etwas anderem, besonderem, aber mir war das ein wenig zu deprimierend. Ich kann dem auch nicht zustimmen.
Hinzu kommt, dass, so wunderbar der Schreibstil ist, in dem Roman leider keine Spannung aufgebaut wird. Ich fand es noch immer recht unterhaltsam, aber das war alles nur dank des Schreibstils. Die Handlung ist ziemlich simpel, viel mehr als in der Kurzbeschreibung passiert da eigentlich nicht. Wovon erzählt der Autor dann? Die Antwort: Von der Vergangenheit. Von der vergangenen Generation, von den Verlusten, die erlitten wurden, von Träumen, die zerpatzt sind, von geliebten Menschen, die der Tod den Hauptcharakteren entrissen hat. Dem Buch fehlt so ganz das Leben...
Mir fehlten zum Ende hin auch die Erläuterungen. Warum verwandelte sich Ida in Glas? Und war es wirklich nur Zufall, dass sie Henry Fuwa über den Weg lief kurz bevor es soweit kam? Werden nur auf der Insel Menschen zu Glas? Und wenn ja, WARUM?

Fazit

Schreibstil: 4 Herzen
Charaktere: 1,5 Herzen
Spannung: 0,5 Herzen
Emotionale Tiefe: 4 Herzen
Humor: 1,5 Herzen
Originalität: 4 Herzen

Das Buch hatte durchaus Potential, vor allem durch den sehr schönen Schreibstil, aber für meinen Geschmack war die Stimmung ein wenig zu depressiv und introvertiert und es wurden zu wenig Fragen beantwortet. Wenn ihr aber Lust auf ein solches Buch habt, dann solltet ihr unbedingt mal in den Schreibstil reinlesen! ;)

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Mar 11, 2012 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Magic realism at its most poignant. The story centres on two would-be lovers struggling to come to terms with an otherworldly ailment: the girl's feet slowly transforming into the glass that threatens to engulf her young body and leave her petrified, as a mosquito in amber. The prose is beautifully crafted, following also the stories of several tormented secondary characters, whose tangled lives have each taken a wrong turn before coming to rest in some forgotten corner of the mysterious island...more

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Feb 26, 2012 Michelle Summerfield rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw.
The novel, his first, is essentially a modern fairytale in the vein of old fashioned fairy tales, before Disney got hold of them. I was hooked from the first chapter. The description of the landscape of St Hauda's is rich with a sense of the magical. The foreboding mountains, the bone aching cold and the vast stretches of isolated wilderness juxtaposed with the warmth of the coffee and the colour of the florists lent the tale a realism. While the fantastical...more The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw.
The novel, his first, is essentially a modern fairytale in the vein of old fashioned fairy tales, before Disney got hold of them. I was hooked from the first chapter. The description of the landscape of St Hauda's is rich with a sense of the magical. The foreboding mountains, the bone aching cold and the vast stretches of isolated wilderness juxtaposed with the warmth of the coffee and the colour of the florists lent the tale a realism. While the fantastical winged cattle and the creature that turns all it looks upon white fit into the narrative without seeming remotely implausible.

Ida Maclaid returns to the island seeking a cure to the ailment that she developed on her first trip, she is turning into glass. Ida is independent, beautiful and cares not for what others think. I thought her character was well-developed and believable. She meets and falls in love with Midas Crook, a self conscious, bumbling but very endearing introvert. I think he was my favourite character, his desperation to help Ida which conflicts with hurts from his past and the ensuing internal struggles helped to keep the novel grounded and moved the narrative along. As a photographer he sees the world differently to Ida, he prefers to look at the world through the safety of his camera lens, but she shows him how to move beyond the static images in his photographs and to remember the memories they record. Live in the moment so to speak.
The characters of Gustav and his daughter Denver created a lightness in the plot but I was less convinced by some of the other characters in the novel, particularly Hector and Emilana. I found Carl, as a character, incomplete and I'm not sure what they each added to the plot, their stories felt unfinished, like lose ends at the end of the novel.

I guess one could look at the relationships in The Girl with Glass Feet and be disturbed by the lack of functionality in any of them. There is definitely a degree of brokenness and betrayal in many of the relationships on the island. Hector and Emilana, Carl and his infatuation with Ida's mother, Midas's parents marriage and the memory of Gustav's wife. But I think I was left with hope as I finished the novel. While not a Disney ending it did not disappoint, the growth of Midas through the novel and the character of Denver meant the book did not leave me devoid of optimism.
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Feb 12, 2012 Livi rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Das Buch ist einfach zauberhaft. Schon von der ersten Seite hat es mich mitgenommen auf eine Reise nach St.-Hauda's Land. Der Schreibstil ist einfach wunderschön, denn obwohl Ali Shaw normal gebräuchliche Wörter, und keinesfalls aufgeblasene benutzt, wirkt es so zerbrechlich, so zart, real und einfach wunderschön! Ein wenig anspruchsvoll war er trotzdem, durch viele verschachtelte Sätze und Metaphern.
Der Roman hat mich zutiefst berührt, auf eine Weise die mir an der ein oder anderen Stelle Träne...more Das Buch ist einfach zauberhaft. Schon von der ersten Seite hat es mich mitgenommen auf eine Reise nach St.-Hauda's Land. Der Schreibstil ist einfach wunderschön, denn obwohl Ali Shaw normal gebräuchliche Wörter, und keinesfalls aufgeblasene benutzt, wirkt es so zerbrechlich, so zart, real und einfach wunderschön! Ein wenig anspruchsvoll war er trotzdem, durch viele verschachtelte Sätze und Metaphern.
Der Roman hat mich zutiefst berührt, auf eine Weise die mir an der ein oder anderen Stelle Tränen in die Augen trieb.
Die Charaktere sind, wie schon im Klappentext erwähnt, höchst wundersam, aber auch das ist hier mehr ein positiver Aspekt.
Midas, der für mich eigentlich die Hauptperson ist, ist so tiefgründig und undurchsichtig, bis man, in kleinen Teilen, seine Geschichte erfährt und beginnt ihn immer besser zu verstehen und lieben zu lernen.
Bei Ida ist es ähnlich. Am Anfang wirkt sie noch geheimnisvoll, so wie nicht von dieser Welt aber sie zeigt immer mehr Gefühle und am Ende ist sie sogar die stärkste Figur und schafft es, Midas zu öffnen. Auch alle anderen Charaktere haben ihren ganz eigenen Hintergrund und das ist es was ich so mag. Es ist nicht als hätte der Autor die Figuren bewegt sondern als hätte er sie geschaffen und sich danach von ihnen leiten lassen. Es ist toll, wie sich die Protagonisten im Laufe der Geschichte weiterentwickeln. Die Beziehung zwischen Ida und Midas ist irgendwie anders, aber auch so wunderschön und doch an manchen Stellen überraschend und nie kitschig!
Außerdem schuf Ali Shaw mit St.-Hauda's Land eine wunderschöne kleine Welt, die mir so real schien. Er hat es geschafft, mich mit seinen Landschaftsbeschreibungen so zu faszinieren, dass ich sie mir völlig gefesselt durchgelesen habe, jedes Wort genoss und sich in meinem Kopf Bilder formten. Das schaffen nur sehr wenige Autoren.
Allein für die Storyidee ist das Buch lesenswert.
Bei diesem Werk blieben sehr viele Fragen offen, was viele als negativen Punkt angaben. Mich störte es jedoch nicht. Denn das Warum? war nicht nötig. Ich wollte es gar nicht wissen, denn für mich war es nicht das Entscheidende. Das Entscheidene war die Liebe. (Das was offen bleibt, werde ich hier nicht erwähnen.)
Die Aufmachung passt genau zu der Atmosphäre die in dem Buch vermittelt wird. Geheimnisvoll, nicht hübsch aber irgendwie doch auf ihre Weise schön. Es ist schwer das zu beschreiben. Das Cover (oben abgebildet) ist perfekt, in dem schwachen grün und die Seiten, deren Rand silbern glänzt erinnern an Glasscherben, die das Licht reflektieren. An jedem Kapitelanfang sind noch einmal die verdorrten Blumen abgebildet.
Ich spreche für dieses Buch eine klare Leseempfehlung aus! Wunderschön und zutiefst berührend...
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Oct 17, 2011 Jill Furedy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The fantasy portion of this book was as enchanting as promised by the lovely cover and the reviews, but the love story didn't live up to those standards for me. The ending was romantic, if a bit Titanic, but throughout the book, I wasn't clear on what was pulling these two together other than lonliness, desperation, and proximity. I thought Midas was fairly well developed, but Ida was still missing something for me...sure she travelled and now has this curse/disease, but that was most of what I...more The fantasy portion of this book was as enchanting as promised by the lovely cover and the reviews, but the love story didn't live up to those standards for me. The ending was romantic, if a bit Titanic, but throughout the book, I wasn't clear on what was pulling these two together other than lonliness, desperation, and proximity. I thought Midas was fairly well developed, but Ida was still missing something for me...sure she travelled and now has this curse/disease, but that was most of what I felt I knew about her, which made it hard to care about her. I never did understand how Henry knew amputation wouldn't work on her either, since he seems to have only observed the glass remains and not a live example. And I was bothered by the complete lack of functional relationships in the book...everyone is cheating, or somehow betraying one another. Part of the strange magic of the island perhaps. But not all of the side character stories seemed to move the story forward or to help develop the back story of the characters. I did like Gustav and Denver and wouldn't have minded more of them, but Carl just seemed to muddy the waters. Emilana and Hector were also just thrown in to be discarded without adding much to the story other than a new location. Henry could have told us Saffron's story and left them out entirely. Henry's story was interesting enough, though I think I would rather he never revisited Midas's mother since that also went nowhere. I was upset that Midas never opened his father's book that might have helped him understand what he witnessed of his parent's relationship. And I was disappointed that the moth winged cattle and creature that turns living things white were always on the periphery of the story, as they were the fascinating magical elements of the story...if you've heard the theory of not introducing a gun into a play unless it will be used in a later act...I felt it was a loss that they never reimerged as anything significant. More of the enchantment and less of the loosely connected human betrayals might have made this story more magical and more memorable.
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Oct 16, 2011 Marike added it · review of another edition

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I am not going to hide it (not sure what that means) but there is probably a basic spoiler. I don't really give a summary as description:

The girl with glass feet by Ali Shaw

This is a book I was so prepared to like. I’ve read so many wonderful reviews of it. I had it on my wishlist and a friend then chose it as a birthday gift. And at long last I got round to read it. And I feel let down by it and slightly ashamed of my disappointment, as if it’s letting the friend down. Which is silly of course....more I am not going to hide it (not sure what that means) but there is probably a basic spoiler. I don't really give a summary as description:

The girl with glass feet by Ali Shaw

This is a book I was so prepared to like. I’ve read so many wonderful reviews of it. I had it on my wishlist and a friend then chose it as a birthday gift. And at long last I got round to read it. And I feel let down by it and slightly ashamed of my disappointment, as if it’s letting the friend down. Which is silly of course.

So I’ll start with what I liked about the book: I like the premise: somewhere on a small island, a young woman is turning into glass from her feet up. She meets a young man who is awkward in his dealing with other people. They seem to ring something brighter in for each other. A fairytale in a modern setting. I liked the fact that it was modern-day – digital photographs, cars, ferries, diving. I liked it that although it has a fairytale aspect, the main characters are not teenagers, are people with messy emotional pasts, break-ups and unresolved chilodhood memories. I loved Denver, the 7-year old with clarity and how she just decided she can’t be afraid of puddles all her life. I loved the scene where Ida discovers the first bit of crystal in her toe and tries to pull it out with tweezers – the shifting sense in her sitting with feet partly glass and the sounds of the city outside.

But on the whole I found it a bit melodramatic and sentimental. Too many things going on, getting in the way. If it is this small island where people who stay are those who’ve lived there for generations – an island with strange mysteries – why are there not more stories about glass people? Myths at least? And what’s the point of having so many mysteries that don’t even link up with the main one and is not explored enough to be beautiful, even. Too many of the characters feel to me as if they are presented as eccentrics and then veer off into some sort of school-type, introvert versus extrovert; gruff popular fellow, loverof sport; bullied nerd; creepy old man, crazy old woman, withdrawn father. Missed narrative points – in a book about a girl turning into glass, would the mystery of that not be relevant? What about quoting from Midas’ father’s diary, the one he wrote as a letter to his son, to his son’s beloved – a man turning to ice, a man learned in folklore and ancient stories, would that not have kept the focus on the glass a bit more? Maybe it is brave to try to make the only love story that seems to work out the one where the woman turns into glass and disappears and to not provide a resurrection or magic cure – and it is liberating that this enables Midas to leave his emotional stuckness behind. So Ida turns into glass in order to free Midas from his emotional freeze. But I am not enough part of the interiority of the characters to see the point of affecting a transformation that could have ocurred without the ice. The symbolism is blurred – ice does not equal or lead to love or human kindness.

Sure, there is a sort of feeling of people trying to get on with their lives, struggling with themselves and their pasts. And a kind of gruff kindness between friends and a sense of companiability. And some mystery. But all in all, too thin.
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Jul 15, 2011 Joe Dempsey rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When I read the synopsis of this book, I was intrigued to say the least. The idea of the central female character slowly turning to glass, and the central male being a photographer immediately seemed to imply an interesting subtext to be explored, all with an air of a classic fairytale. The book certainly exploits its 'fairytale' positioning, with elements of (seemingly) fantastical Scandinavian folklore woven through the tale. Jellyfish explode into light when they die, and creatures roam the w...more

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Apr 22, 2011 Ribka Simatupang rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Awalnya aku pikir buku ini sejenis fairy tale which ended happily ever after. Tapi ternyata dugaan saya salah total. Buku ini berpusat pada hubungan antara Midas Crook dan Ida Maclaird. Midas adalah seorang pemuda introvert yang tinggal di St Hauda's land dan memiliki hobi fotografi. Sedangkan Ida Maclaird adalah seorang gadis yang menderita penyakit aneh yaitu kedua kakinya berubah menjadi kaca. Ida pergi ke St Hauda untuk mencari Henry Fuwa agar ia mungkin saja bisa mendapat petunjuk dan peng...more

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Mar 30, 2011 Chanel11 rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am rather confused as to whether I liked this book or not. I guess I should start with what I liked:

The writing was lovely, very picturesque and descriptive.
The idea of the story was interesting.

Now on to what I didn't like:

The way the story unfolded fell short for me. Not only that, I had to push myself to keep reading, as much as I wanted to find out what happened in the story, it felt like I was being 'blocked' somehow from doing it. Whilst it was nice and all to read chapters about each ch...more

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