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Jan. 9th, 2008
Jo Walton continues to rock
Jan. 9th, 2008 10:31 pmHa'penny, by Jo Walton
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papersky does this thing with this series? Where you're reading along and everything is very suspenseful and dark, but at the same time light-spun like candy floss, and you just sort of barrel through the book, laughing and wincing and sighing at all the right places? And then you get to the end? And all of a sudden everything you've just felt is cast over with this incredibly grim pall and you live in a horrible universe, as do the characters, even if it isn't the same one exactly, and maybe you sob a bit but somehow you feel hopeful anyway. Or maybe that's just me.
Seriously, this is great, and it lived up to Farthing's high standard while standing on its own two feet, and you should read them both.
PS Also, kind-of-almost-something-like-Mitford sisters! YAY!
(8/300)
So
papersky does this thing with this series? Where you're reading along and everything is very suspenseful and dark, but at the same time light-spun like candy floss, and you just sort of barrel through the book, laughing and wincing and sighing at all the right places? And then you get to the end? And all of a sudden everything you've just felt is cast over with this incredibly grim pall and you live in a horrible universe, as do the characters, even if it isn't the same one exactly, and maybe you sob a bit but somehow you feel hopeful anyway. Or maybe that's just me. Seriously, this is great, and it lived up to Farthing's high standard while standing on its own two feet, and you should read them both.
PS Also, kind-of-almost-something-like-Mitford sisters! YAY!
(8/300)
