This was a good book. It's not like there was anything necessarily bad about it. Cool story and a creative way of approaching the subject of loss and grief. I think my expectations were too high for it though. I had heard really great things about it and wanted to read it before seeing the movie. I ...
This one has been on my tbr for a year or two (or four) and I was not in a big hurry to get to it because of the whole “YA” thing. Not usually my bag. Luckily for me however, it went on sale and the audio was made available for a cheap add-on. I am a sucker for a deal, so I snatched it up and starte...
How can I describe "A Swift Pure Cry"? Certainly not in terms that are often applied to books.Ephemere.Fragile.Elegant.Claustrophobic.Beautiful.This is the story of Shell, short for Michelle, a 16-year old girl who, in 1984, deals with the aftermath of her mother's death and the consequences of her ...
Beschreibung Sieben Minuten nach Mitternacht kommt das Monster zum vorschein. Der dreizehnjähriger Conor fürchtet sich jedoch nicht direkt vor dem Monster sondern vor seinem dunklen Albtraum, der ihn jede Nacht quält. Seine Mutter ist schwer krank und steckt mitten in einer Chemotherapie. Doch C...
The Truth Will Set You FreeThis was beautiful, sometimes unsettling, and most of all: sad. Patrick Ness is a master of words, with a simplicity to his style that manages to be very effective in his storytelling. This book moved me so much in so many ways (words that come to mind: anger, sadness, des...
Siobhan Dowd writes with such poignanacy about lost souls, people who struggle to survive on a daily basis. What makes me care so much about her heroes is that they are strong, they don't whine about their lot in life, they just figure out how to live anyway.When I first began this book, I was tempt...
Here is the Kobo store’s summary:At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting – he’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he’s had nearly every night since his mother st...
*Worum geht's?* Sieben Minuten nach Mitternacht taucht das Monster, das vermutlich der großen Eibe aus dem Garten entstammt, vor Conors Fenster auf. Andere Kinder würden in solchen Situationen die Flucht ergreifen, doch das Baummonster ist es nicht, wovor der Junge sich fürchtet. Viel schlimmer sind...
This is my favorite Siobhan Dowd book and it's a terrible shame that Ms. Dowd lost her fight with cancer before its publication.The book's main character, Fergus McCann, deals with some weighty subjects - the Troubles, a brother in prison and on a hunger strike, an uncle that's not who Fergus though...
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