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Bezig met laden... De Glasduivel (2010)door Helen Grant
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The GoodReads description and the NYT BR blurb from July 3 sound like very different books. Adding to my to-read list on the merit of the latter. Another novel much-inspired by the works of M.R. James, with lots of little Jamesian allusions and callbacks and easter eggs. With a little more character development this might have been a book that I really enjoyed. As it was, I liked it just fine, but I wanted more backstory, more explication of the characters, &c. Still, a decent mystery, even if the ending was slightly unsatisfying. This is going straight into my personal âFavorite & Beast Books of 2013â pile! Among the mitigating factors why this book became a favorite of mine is that I am a medievalist; I love a good mystery; I spent a year, which included a summer, wandering the countryside of Germany before my senior year, visiting abbeys, cathedrals and castle ruins. Heck, I am even writing a book about my adventures called âThe Gargoyle Girlsâ! This story made me feel like I was back there doing it all over again. But more than anything, this book was so incredibly writtenâfrom characters, to plot, to descriptions, to making me feel like I was there right along with Lin and her family each step of the wayâthese alone were enough for me to place it into the pile of personal favorites and best books of 2013. Helen Grant weaves a tale of mystery and suspense involving not only the stained glass surrounding the legend of the The Glass Demon, Bonschariant, but the mystery of Linâs family itself. Each chapter unveils a bit of the secret of both. Each step and discovery Lin makes, whether it be about her family, the village, the glass, her emotional status, her father⊠everything is intertwined, like âa thicket of thornbushesâ, as Lin has narrated to us about one of her fatherâs reading recommendations: ââThe abbotâs niece.â My father was holding a small hardback book in a faded green binding; now he flourished it to me. âThis is a fascinating book,â he added. âYou should read it.â Obsessions are a key theme throughout the book, and they all are a lot like âpicking your way through a thicket of thornbushes.â (Linâs fabulous simile of her fatherâs book) It fits in not only with the dysfunction enmeshed within the family, but also saturates the plotlines. There is not one word that can describe everyoneâs specific obsession. Tuesday is obsessed with not being old and labeled a mother. Poly is obsessed with not being fat. Linâs father is obsessed with finding the glass so much he doesn't have time for anything or anyone else. The laicized priest is seemingly obsessed with convincing everyone the glass does not exist anymore, but⊠oh, spoilers sweetie⊠And Lin? Lin is obsessed with a plethora of things, and she can be; she is the protagonist! The story is narrated by Lin, and though first-person point of view is one of the hardest POVs to write in, Ms. Grant pulls it off without a hitch. There were no problems at all. Not once did the tone drop out of Linâs voice. In the dark, or in sunlight, or in humor, Linâs snarky teenage voice shines through. Helen writes with a great use of similes, as shown above in the example. This is still in Linâs voice, due to her being a very smart teenager. We still see the typical weakness in her actions and choices, same as most teens have. To name a few, her unsure and awkward tendencies when faced with love or lust or the crush of a boy, and being the new kid in school. I could not put this book down once I opened it up. With the pattern of murders splintering the countryside, leaving a trail of broken glass and feeding the paranoia of the legends and tales of The Glass Demon, it is no wonder this book had me trapped and unable to sleep till I was finished. I would recommend this not only as a family read, as it definitely fits into the Young Adult genre; but also I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a smart, well-written literary thrilling suspense. This review was done for Club Fantasci - April Book of the Month I bought it and reviewed it on my own. All of us did decide if there was one thing we had issue with was how or when or why or what the deal was with the baby brother! Other than that I gave it a solid five stars. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:Sometimes the path to the truth is paved with broken glass. Teenager Lin Fox is a stranger in a strange landâ??Germany, where her father has come on a quixotic quest to locate a priceless artifact. The medieval (and possibly mythical) Allerheiligen stained glass is believed by some to be lost, by others to have been destroyed, and by virtually all to be haunted. A mysterious letter persuades Dr. Oliver Fox that he can be the one to find itâ??but someone else is determined to ensure that the glass stays hidden forever. First, an elderly stranger is found dead in an orchard, then one of Oliverâ??s contacts is mysteriously drownedâ??both bodies inexplicably surrounded by shards of colored glass. As dark superstitions simmer, Lin embarks on her own search to find the glass. As her life comes to resemble the grimmest of fairy tales, she realizes that what she must find is not only the truth about the legendary glass but a way to save the lives of thos Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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