I found this book to be confusing, especially at first, and I suspect many younger teens in particular would too. Eventually I realized that was the point - the little hints here and there show that Briony is confused and an unreliable narrator. Once that was realized, it made me want to read to the...
Chime is one of the most interesting, oddest books I've ever read. It took me a good while to get used to the dialogue that main protagonist Briony carries on between others and herself as well as the quirky little side traits of each supporting character. But by the end I was impressed by the creat...
Briony Larkin has a big secret. Briony is a witch. It's her fault that her stepmother died three months ago, and it's her fault that her twin sister Rose isn't quite right. Briony can see and talk to the Old Ones (spirits in the swamp around the village), and she mustn't let anyone know that she's a...
For most of the book I thought my reaction to this would be the same as my reaction to The Folk Keeper: here's another well-written fantasy novel with many elements I usually like, which most of my friends do like, which just ends up leaving me cold. Appreciative but unloving. I think it took Brio...
I wish that my rating system went beyond five stars, because Chime is THAT good. Billingsley created a dark and mysterious world that sucked me in and made me want to stay forever! The romance was sweet and the twists and turns just as well.Briony thinks she's something awful and hates herself. She ...
This review was completed by Camille Morales, staff reviewer with the YA Fantasy Guide.Chime is about a girl named Briony. This girl has a secret which has killed her stepmother, destroyed her sister Rose’s mind, and threatens all of the children in the Swampsea. She wants to say what her secret is ...
Ignore the typical YA horror that is the cover, please. I'm not very far into this yet, but I can tell that it is so much better than this ridiculous emo nonsense. The main character would, in no way, be guilty of that eye makeup or that choker. Seriously people. Who makes these decisions? Is it som...
Read last week of JulyIt does have atmosphere, decent characters (loved Rose) and sometimes great prose and pictorial turns of phrase. But for all these excellent aspects, it still had some serious flaws for me.1. Briony's self-loathing and constant, never-ceasing references to her evil, witchy horr...
Summary: Briony is a witch. She knows because only she can see the Old Ones in the swamp around her village, and because her stepmother told her so. Now her stepmother is dead, and Briony believes she is responsible. She atones for the crime by caring for her mentally different twin sister, Rose, wh...
Billingsley has an unparalleled gift for creating magic with words. This is a book you can read one hundred times over and still manage to discover something new with each pass. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
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