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The Ghost's Child

Sonya Hartnett

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Jun 14, 2010 Clare rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adults

Permit a philosophical review, for it is a philosophical book. It is a superbly written story that immediately submerges the reader in lyrical prose. The style is perfectly suited to the poetic theme which has the echo and poignancy of an age-old fable. Style and structure gradually build the narrative and leave the reader in anticipation of some great event, of some significant and completely transforming act.

My hope was that it would glorify complete selflessness, and show the beauty of giving ...more

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Jun 24, 2009 Penni Russon rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I am quite ambivalent about this book. On the one hand it was lovely seeing Sonya Hartnett put her beautiful sentences in such a, well, nice book. But it didn't quite feel entirely authentic, maybe because I am so used to her bleakness (I find her bleak novels devastatingly beautiful as well). The true strength of this novel is how true its core is: it is a fantastic novel about what first love feels like, about how utterly consuming love can be, and yet how learning to live without love, whilst ...more

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Jan 16, 2008 tee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Very pretty writing, very out-of-the-ordinary and a really beautiful tale.

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Sep 19, 2008 Christina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, 2008-reads

Her father poured the last of the wine into his glass, and motioned for the maid to bring the port. 'The answer to the only important question there is, of course: What is the most beautiful thing in the world?'

A stunning tale about life, love and loss, and the journey a girl takes to realise that one cannot exist without the others. ...more

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