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Where do I begin to talk about Chime? It's a magical story and it's not: the plot revolves around magical beings, around what are essentially soul-sucking vampires, around a girl who is a witch. The plot revolves around a stepmother, and illness, around a girl who is made to believe that she's a bitch. Sorry: Chime makes me want to play with words, makes me think a little like Briony (which was, by chance, almost my own name).
I can quite see why some people don't like it. It requires thought, pa ...more
I can quite see why some people don't like it. It requires thought, pa ...more
May 27, 2011
Hirondelle (not getting notifications)
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really liked it
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young-adult-and-middle-grade
"If I were an author, I´d write about people who sit on the floor. About people who look at mouse droppings and don´t care. About people who only feel a black hole inside."
This is a very good book, though it does not start too pleasantly. Bryony is full of hate and guilt, and we must go along with her and figure out the whys of it. The writing is beautiful and sharp, there are many layers here of plot and clues, some of the characters are fascinating and the setting interesting (though with some ...more
This is a very good book, though it does not start too pleasantly. Bryony is full of hate and guilt, and we must go along with her and figure out the whys of it. The writing is beautiful and sharp, there are many layers here of plot and clues, some of the characters are fascinating and the setting interesting (though with some ...more
In a world much like our own in the late 1800s, but just a bit different, Briony is a teenager trying to keep herself quiet. She's convinced that she's an awful person, and it's only over the course of the entire novel that she starts to believe differently. As well-written as her journey is, I wish it had been just a little shorter, since I'd figured out all the twists about who really did what or had particular powers from very early on in the novel, and pretending it was any kind of mystery w
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Aaaagh! Briony is a VERY frustrating heroine - so headstrong, so suspecting, and yet you just know things aren't the way she thinks they are. Briony's twin sister Rose is mentally a child, her stepmother died (because of Briony?), and her father become almost a recluse, and Briony blames herself, for she knows herself to be wicked. I wanted to shake her and tell her to have faith in herself.
Set in the swamplands of Sherlock Holmes-era England, this is not England as we knew it. There are magic w ...more
Set in the swamplands of Sherlock Holmes-era England, this is not England as we knew it. There are magic w ...more
I think this is closer to 3.5 stars than just 3. I certainly liked it, and the middle part I liked quite a lot, but ultimately, I didn't *love* it like I loved The Folk Keeper (by the same author).
The protagonist's voice was unique - and it took a long time to adjust to, much less to understand. However, once I did, it seemed like a very honest and confused voice, one I could trust, however much she said she wasn't to be trusted.
I really didn't like or understand the creation of so many new wo ...more
The protagonist's voice was unique - and it took a long time to adjust to, much less to understand. However, once I did, it seemed like a very honest and confused voice, one I could trust, however much she said she wasn't to be trusted.
I really didn't like or understand the creation of so many new wo ...more
Some of the language in this grew tiresome. I'm not going to read a phrase that repeats while adding one sentence every time for pages. I'm just going to skip to the end and read the last one.
The world was interesting, but I really would have liked to have lived in the world a little more than we did. The bog and other magic creatures weren't heard from too much despite the circling of the book. ...more
The world was interesting, but I really would have liked to have lived in the world a little more than we did. The bog and other magic creatures weren't heard from too much despite the circling of the book. ...more
Feb 05, 2015
Figgy
marked it as to-read
