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Bezig met laden... Orphans of Chaos (2005)door John C. Wright
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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. I wish this were executed better than it was. The premise itself is incredibly interesting–it’s a unique twist on mythology and fantasy that I really enjoyed. The worldbuilding is fantastic and while I was confused for a good first half of the book, it’s fun to unravel the mystery of who these characters are as the characters themselves learn more about who they are and why they’re at this boarding school. There is, however, misogynistic overtones that just did not need to be added to the story. I’m not sure why the main character, Amelia, keeps getting tied up, assaulted by old men, and is somehow turned on by it because of some weirdness a magical old guy did to her brain? In general, most of the male characters’ interactions with the female characters feels incredibly gross and skeevy. Even when they’re supposed to be friends or “good guys.” While the world is interesting, there are too many great mythology books out there that aren’t misogynistic to waste your time on this one. Also posted on Purple People Readers. I only started reading this because it was a free download from Tor.com. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. Even as the first volume of a 3 volume story, I found it a satisfying read. The characters are engaging, and the plot is fascinating, and the pacing is just right. I'm eagerly anticipating getting to read book 2 and 3. Just a warning - don't read the cover text. It gives too much away. It's more fun if you figure it out as you read geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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John C. Wright burst onto the SF scene with the Golden Age trilogy. His next project was the ambitious fantasy sequence, "The Last Guardians of Everness."Wright's new fantasy is a tale about five orphans raised in a strict British boarding school who begin to discover that they may not be human beings. The students at the school do not age, while the world around them does. The children begin to make sinister discoveries about themselves. Amelia is apparently a fourth-dimensional being; Victor is a synthetic man who can control the molecular arrangement of matter around him; Vanity can find secret passageways through solid walls where none had previously been; Colin is a psychic; Quentin is a warlock. Each power comes from a different paradigm or view of the inexplicable universe: and they should not be able to co-exist under the same laws of nature. Why is it that they can?The orphans have been kidnapped from their true parents, robbed of their powers, and raised in ignorance by super-beings no more human than they are: pagan gods or fairy-queens, Cyclopes, sea-monsters, witches, or things even stranger than this. The children must experiment with, and learn to control, their strange abilities in order to escape their captors. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Still, they're worth a read for any Zelazny fan. ( )