SIGH. Melina Marchetta does it yet again! Her ability to throw you entirely into the world of lumatere and its beautiful and terrible inhabitants is unmatched! I could talk about this book forever because it has everything; the writing and language is clear and precise, the characters are multi-f...
3.5. Hard to rate this book because I can't say it is a three, an average read because I applaud the author for infusing realistic, brutal conflicts into the story. The intellectual part of the plot is above average. However, the weak characters and uninspired plot for an fantasy read do not qual...
I really enjoyed this book. The author is a fantastic world builder who manages to bring a fantasy world to vivid life. The interactions between Sir Topher, Finnikin, and Evanjalin were real, funny, heartbreaking, poignant, and sometimes harsh, all of which made the characters very three dimensio...