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Bezig met laden... Palace of Stone (2012)door Shannon Hale
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Like the first book, this is another I'd love to see by kids of all genders. Miri continues to be a great role model and is now learning about life in the bigger world and the injustices between different classes. The author clearly did a lot of research on the revolutions in the 1700s and 1800s and depicts it well, while not being graphic. (Assign it as extra credit in World History.) I appreciated that Miri was a main character who could see both sides (poor herself, but with dear friends in the monarchy). She's torn and tries to find a middle way that takes everyone's interests to heart. We could learn from that pattern. ( ) Sadly, this was very lackluster and rushed compared to Princess Academy #1 which was the only book in the series I'd read up until now. Miri had such a strong personality in the first installment, which remains one of my favorite books of all time. But she spent a lot of her time bumbling around cluelessly in Palace of Stone, and her friends read like afterthoughts instead of distinct supporting characters. I was also disappointed with the worldbuilding--Mount Eskel was described with such life and warmth in book 1 that I expected the same level of memorable detail with Asland, but instead the city and the royals came across as bland at best, making the "revolution" feel like a forced plot point that I didn't even care about. Hopefully the last book makes up for some of these flaws, but I won't be holding my breath. Always want to like Hale more than I actually do while reading. I love the stories she chooses to tell but I'm never immersed in the worlds due to the uneven world-building and I think her writing style doesn't mesh well with me. Perfectly happy to have had this on my phone to read when stuck in lines, etc though. In this sequel to Princess Academy, the girls of Mount Eskel go to the capital city and find political danger and a country on the edge of rebellion. I loved this look at the greater world outside of Mount Eskel, and its greater plot complexity of politics, ethics, and morality. I also really loved how Miri's understanding of quarry speech comes back in the end to save the day. Loved it more than the first. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Princess Academy (2)
Miri returns to Asland and calls upon all of her knowledge of rhetoric and other useful lessons learned at the Princess Academy when she and the other girls face strong opposition while working for a new, fair charter. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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