I dunno if I just get really lucky with my book choices, if my stubbornness makes me finish a book that I otherwise wouldn’t or if I’m just really easy to please, as a reader. Also, yay for more diverse fantasy!ĭid Not Finish: Honestly, I don’t have these very often. The writing is detailed and vivid, and ever since I read Marie Lu’s Young Elites trilogy, I’ve been intrigued by stories written from the villain’s POV. An East Asian retelling of Snow White from the evil queen’s point of view? YES, PLEASE. Regretfully, I have to set that aside for now and move on to more gripping stories.Ĭouldn’t Put Down: FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS by Julie C. I kept holding on to the hope that the story would pick up, and the main characters would come together soon, but they just went their own ways and their situations didn’t seem dire at all. Remember when I was raving about EMPIRE OF SHADOWS by Miriam Forster? I found it hard to stay engaged after 60 percent of the book. We hope you enjoy our recommendations below!ĭid Not Finish: This was a hard decision. Instead of telling you the books we’re currently reading and what we’re looking forward to reading, we wanted to each talk about a book that we did not finish (DNF) and talk about a book that we literally couldn’t put down. A little more surreal than Silverlock, that's all.In the spirit of spring finally arriving (and quickly transiting into summer) and the new growth everywhere, we wanted to mix things up for this month’s Reading Round-Up. It is a BIT harder to see perhaps, but if you understood Silverlock, it shouldn't be too hard. Like Silverlock, I'd call the tone joyous triumpalism.
Now, inspired by a woman, he sets off on his quest to become a writer and it is implied that he WILL succeed. I didn't catch it all the first or even the second time I read it either.ĭaughter is about a man who STARTS off where Silverlock ended up, a lover of literature who never created any. There is more there than what I've pointed at. I would say more, but it is more fun to discover it all for yourself.
#Silverlock meyers trial
The trial is THE pivotal scene of the book, and everything should be understood in terms of what is said and what happens there. If that doesn't sound familiar to you, read it again, and pay careful attention starting with the trial in Hell.
It is still a very upbeat book and Shandon is both better off and a better man at the end of it. Silverlock, in essence, is about a man who starts out as a fellow who reads only for strictly utilitarian purposes, discovers literature, falls in love with it, and forms the aspiration to become a writer. WARNING ! What follows MIGHT be considered a MILD spoiler of both books, so I'll put in some space if you don't want to read it. It's a sequel to one of Silverlock's deeper layers. Readers of Silverlock should be forewarned though, that it isn't a sequel to the surface story of Silverlock. A little more surreal than Silverlock, that's all.
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