I don't like giving up on books, but after getting well over a third of the way through Shadows I'm still not feeling it. It's not what I was expecting. Someone compared it to McKinley's book Sunshine, which I really liked, so I guess I was expecting something like that. My mind keeps wandering and ...
Prenna is a teenager who chafes at the rules. Not the normal rules: the 12 rules instituted by the Community to hide the fact that she, her mother, and everyone she loves are from the future; a place in which a blood plague kills, the climate is out of control, and food is scarce. Her brilliant and ...
In my youth, I have read and loved all of Robin McKinley's fantasies. Therefore, it is with a considerable amount of disappointment that I have to admit that I wish she had stuck to that genre after reading this book. Shadows provided me with little enjoyment. This could be considered fantasy, but i...
I had not read any of McKinley's books prior to picking up Shadows, but I heard great things about her writing so I was genuinely looking forward to this book. Unfortunately I was left unimpressed and bored. I do not know whether all of McKinley's books feature a MC with a stream of consciousness (a...
Shadows is Robin McKinley’s latest entry into the fantasy genre she’s worked in for over 20 years. For those familiar only with her earliest work—Beauty and The Hero and the Crown—this is something of a departure. Shadows moves far more quickly than the earlier work, probably to meet the demands of ...
"Shadows" is McKinley channelling Diana Wynne Jones, a fact which is foregrounded by the book's dedication. The focus on family, the combination of a magical and a technological world, and the cascading chaos of the story's climax all bring Jones' work strongly to mind. The thrust of the story is...
This book. This goddamn book! I really hate it when I read books that I absolutely adore, but can't for the life of me articulate why I adored them. This was definitely that type of book. I mean, at first I wasn't even sure I would like it. Maggie, the MC, is supposed to be 17 going on 18, but h...
Once again, I submerse myself in McKinley's world, fighting those first few minutes when my head is underwater, then relaxing and breathing in the magic. Initially, I struggled with the slang and Maggie's complaining teenage POV. And then the plot kicks in. McKinley is a master craftsman, each el...
A compelling and inventive novel set in a world where science and magic are at odds, by Robin McKinley, the Newbery-winning author of The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword, as well as the classic titles Beauty, Chalice, Spindle’s End, Pegasus and SunshineMaggie knows something’s off about Val, h...
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