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Maddie (37 KP) rated The Mortal Instruments 2: City of Ashes in Books

Dec 5, 2017

Relatable Characters (1 more)

Colorful Prose

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Obvious Love Triangles

Second Installment of Solid YA Series

I just recently re-read the entire Mortal Instruments series and thoroughly enjoyed it (maybe even more so than the first time around). This book is a solid sequel to the first one, and continues to develop Claire's creative world and characters.

The action is fun, the romance is hot (although sometimes a little too distracting from the plot), and the writing is good. Claire does a great job mixing in humor and emotion with her story, so the characters are engaging - even when they are unreasonable, selfish, and childish.

Give the series a chance if you like YA. It's a fantastic source of entertainment.

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Milleen (47 KP) rated All the Light We Cannot See in Books

Nov 14, 2018

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

8.4

(14 Ratings)

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This is another novel from 2015 that just keeps gaining popularity. During World War II a blind, french girl, Marie-Laure is forced to flee Paris for Saint-Malo hiding a jewel from her father’s museum. At the same time we learn about a german orphan Werner Pfennig, naturally adept at fixing radios and enlisted to use his skills to fight and find the French Resistance. Doerr interweaves the two characters lives with skill and attention to detail. His prose is beautifully crafted, drawing you into the past with flair and aplomb. This book took ten years to write and every page shows that not a word was wasted, Doerr rightfully received the Pulitzer Prize for this tome. A beautiful novel that deserves your full attention.

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Milleen (47 KP) rated Reservoir 13 in Books

Nov 14, 2018 (Updated Nov 14, 2018)

Reservoir 13

Jon McGregor | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

5.0

(3 Ratings)

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This is a slow meditative read but that is the skill of McGregor's hypnotic prose. A girl goes missing and the nearby village and it's inhabitants react to the trauma, search the surrounding moors and resevoirs and then absorb the loss in their everyday lives. The absense of drama makes this novel more of a continuing observation, pulling you into the intensity of the local community as time passes. McGregor notices the little things that compose life, the seasons, nature and the thread of unease that haunts the the village as life continues. This has won many awards and it's an outstanding piece of literature, not for any dramatic narrative but in recognition of McGregor's skillfully crafted depiction of life after tragedy.