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See this review and more at Whitley ReadsMy Reaction: Three stars for the actual quality, plus one star for my own personal bias.This was a very difficult book to get through. Sometimes for good reasons, sometimes for bad reasons. The book doesn’t shy away from anything, not mass graves or rape o...
4.5/5Originally posted at Gypsy ReviewsBeing a lover of high fantasy novels, I had to check this out when my book twin, Paola @ A Novel Idea recommended this book to me. Although I didn’t love it as much as she did, I still thoroughly enjoyed it very much. Marchetta crafts her characters and her wor...
Ah, Marchetta, is there anything you can't write?
It would be an understatement to say my pre-reading anticipation of Finnikin of the Rock was intense. In the past month, I worked my way through Melina Marchetta’s collection of YA contemporary novels, marveling at their subtle complexity, depth of feeling, and realistically drawn characters. Severa...
THIRD READ 10/3/2012 - Third read through and still feel as strongly about this book as I did the first time I read it. The writing is breathtaking. This is one reader who willingly gives up her hard earned money for anything this author writes. Genius.SECOND READ 11/2/2011 - 3 Amazing aspects of Fi...
I'll fully admit during the first 300 pages, I hated this book. I had considered quietly taking off the reading status and selling the book. I hated to think that so many people recommended this book, and I was struggling to finish the story. My main issue with the book was Evanjalin. She was ru...
3.5 stars. Okay. So here I sit trying to not fail at writing yet another high/epic fantasy review. If you browse my selection of traditional fantasy, you'll see a bunch of half-hearted reviews. This is the one genre where I find that I have the hardest time with trying to figure out what to say.If a...
I think this is the point where Marchetta and I go our separate ways. I read Saving Francesca and didn't enjoy it, and thought maybe it was just my aversion to realistic/contemporary fiction that was keeping me from riding the Marchetta love-train. After this second attempt I think she's just not fo...
So, I'm curious as to why I gave this one one star. I thought I remember enjoying it a bit even though it wasn't my normal type of book. Did I click the wrong stars on accident? Or, did something dumb happen at the end that pissed me off? I don't really want to re-read, but I almost feel like I shou...
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