![]() ![]() She walks both worlds, while not quite fitting comfortably in either. ![]() Verity Fassbinder is half-human and half-Weyrd. It’s been done to death over the decades and I really wish people wouldn’t keep doing it. This is another thing I don’t generally like, giving something/someone a name which is more or less a variant spelling of a word that sort of describes them. Those assorted supernatural beings are referred to as ‘The Weyrd’. Worlds that have every sort of mythological being you ever heard of somehow living secretly, side by side with humanity are not generally my favourite settings but, occasionally, I find an author who somehow gets away with it. ![]() Having said that, I generally prefer the supernatural element to not be too common. I’ve always been a fan of stories that combine detective fiction with the supernatural. When I saw this in the SFCrowsnest list of unclaimed review copies, it immediately struck me as something I might like. ![]()
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![]() When I consider the collective whole of the story behind “Dark Companion” – there were many ties that suggested it could go into a wonderfully alluring direction with the mystery behind a disappearance and a love story, while maintaining some interesting loose parallels with Bronte’s “Jane Eyre”.īut then it decided to drop the ball – hard. I wish I could give this more than a single star where the actual writing stylistic (not necessarily the pacing) is concerned. ![]() I find it difficult to know where to start with Marta Acosta’s “Dark Companion” because I think Acosta’s a solid writer – her eye for description in the sense of setting and establishing a specific mood is very well done. ![]() Gothic mysteries that tend to push the edge of things are fine, but I think for it to work, it has to have some measure of cohesion – there was very little holding this story together and it further fell apart after a certain point. ![]() I have a long review to write on this, so hopefully I can explain why this book didn’t work for the kind of story it was going for. Initial Thoughts: There were parts of “Dark Companion” I liked enough to see where they went, but I don’t think those parts outweighed the many times this book seemed to drop the ball and then some. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This discovery passes through a project called Alfa-Omega. It is now possible to travel back and forth between galaxies. Does the "truth" find the seekers, Or the seekers find as they are the "truth"? In the not too distant future, mankind discovered that cosmos has no time in fact, the matter has been redefined and it has begun to be judged. Without knowing what you were looking for, he kept looking. Who are we? Where do we come from and where do we go? For thousands of years, mankind has sought "truth", not even knowing what "truth" is. Book excerpt: "Gods are immortal men, men are mortal gods." Hermes Trismegistus Extremely Large Telescopes in Chili, past and future trips, new lives in a far planet which has links with ancient teachings of the historical brotherhood organizations, mysterious Freemasons in Scotland, Ancient Egypt, enigmatic Cathars, Templars, Thule, the eternal battle of evil, goodness, black and white, darkness and light. This book was released on with total page 379 pages. Book Synopsis VITRIOL - Dawn of the New Age by : Arda Öngörenĭownload or read book VITRIOL - Dawn of the New Age written by Arda Öngören and published by Arda Öngören. ![]() ![]() ![]() Both authors make the point as to what stories like this can do to how young minds see the other. “Was I aware of those distinctions as a child? Did I learn to admire the rich from reading the book? Did I also learn about the inferiority of creatures from the jungle (people included)?"ĭorfman, perhaps the most outspoken critic, has made similar arguments in his book: The Empire’s Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Babar, and Other Innocent Heroes Do to our Minds. "In Babar the reader learns that there are different classes of people and the Rich Lady is of the better class and that elephants are not as good as people, but might be if they imitate people,” Kohl writes. Kohl is the author of Should We Burn Babar? In the book, he makes several valid points demonstrating how Europeans, and Babar now Europeanized himself, are made superior to the other animals in the jungle. This third title about Babar and his family follows the elephants as they build a magnificent city: Celesteville. ![]() ![]() Herbert Kohl and Ariel Dorfman make the most notable arguments against Babar, stating he is nothing more than colonialist propaganda. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, as the title tells us, the book is a catalog/list of joy and thanks that will not be ashamed to burst forth. It is a poem of joy, yes, but people often forget that you wrote Drum-Taps and that “what is removed drops horribly in the pail.” Not so much Ross Gay. I say this after having read Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay, a book that could only have been written in a world where you, dear Walt, continue to thrive in the poetic imagination.Īll of your signature components have been passed down to and adapted by Gay-your long breath line is there, your ecstasy, your rapture and wonder. I’m writing to assure you that your poetic voice and perspective are alive and well in American verse of the 21st century. Review | Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, Ross Gay ![]() ![]() Since their mother can’t pay Amanda’s painting classes Ludvig is her model and she paints him naked. While Amanda paints one of her “cosmic chaos”, Ludvig is reading a book, acompaning each other, whatever they’re doing.Įverything changes when Amanda is sixteen and Ludvig seventeen years old. Between their big sister Ylva, who’s just a disguised monster, and their single mother, who works as a night nurse at a big hospital and doesn’t have so much time for them, they find their own truths and never keep secrets from each other. Is it allowed to have butterflies in your stomach when you look at your own brother? Even if he’s the most attractive and cutest boy all over the universe? Amanda and Ludvig are siblings and spent all their lives together. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Combining Hoodoo Black traditions with Navajo/Diné, the book is filled with a deep sense of spirituality and connectivity to ancestors and those who have passed on. Written in verse, so much is left implied and unsaid, unrevealed until McBride is ready for us to understand and the characters are ready to see it too. It’s hard to believe this is a debut novel, since it is done with such skill and confidence. The trip brings them closer together and they both discover the connections that were there all along. So when Moth’s aunt leaves her without even saying goodbye, Sani and Moth set off on a road trip together, heading across the country to Sani’s father’s home with the Diné people. He lives with his mother whose new boyfriend beats him. Sani too is grappling with his own depression. ![]() When Sani, a new boy, starts at her school, Moth is immediately drawn to him. Moth used to be a dancer, movement was her way of expressing herself, but she can’t dance anymore. She goes to school where is also ignored. Now she lives with her aunt, who barely acknowledges her presence. Moth’s family were all killed in a car accident that left her face scarred. ![]() ![]() Fleur and Nanapush welcome the priest and feed him, talking nonstop. One day, Father Damien, a young priest from town, appears and tells them that another Pillager has been found on an island alone in the woods- Moses Pillager, who seems to have gone “half-windigo” (become a kind of monster) in his attempt to survive the disease. ![]() Nanapush brings Fleur back to his cabin where the two mourn their lost families together, growing weak with grief. In the story, Nanapush’s relatives have all passed away, and all of the Pillager family is thought to have died in their remote cabin on Lake Matchimanito, but when Nanapush goes there to seal the cabin with a policeman, they find young Fleur still barely alive inside. He provides context by saying that, at the time he met her mother, Fleur Pillager, the Indians were dying of consumption and the government was intruding, trying to take the Anishinabe land. ![]() Nanapush, an older member of the Anishinabe tribe, speaks to his granddaughter, Lulu, telling her the history of her mother’s life and explaining why her mother sent her away to boarding school. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is every bit of a brutal and dark person like his brother Christian yet he eats Fruit Loops for breakfast. Ronan was difficult to understand because he was just so different. “I wanted her to need me to beg, live, and breathe just for me.” She is soft hearted, naive, trusting, forgiving, sassy, and is sarcastic. ![]() She has always done what she was told until she has had enough of being neglected. Mila Mikhailov was sheltered all her life by her Papa and Ivan in Miami. She really knows how to write about an alpha anti-hero that will make you question your own morals because you can’t help but love them so much. ![]() “He was a monster dressed like a gentleman.”ĭanielle literally killed me with Mila and Ronan. The Darkest Temptation by Danielle Lori is the third book on the Made series.ĪRC kindly provided by Danielle Lori in an exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() Often her marione masters gruffly explained things they thought she should already understand.ĭar winked before he continued, his funny face serious and yet cheerful at imparting what must be old knowledge to him. She looked into his dark brown eyes and saw strength and peace. "Yes." Dar knelt in front of her, his earnest face only inches away. And Wulder is, at the very same moment, in me." I'm under His protection, within His will, standing on His pledge. Right now, I am standing with Wulder all around me. ![]() When the stars twinkle at night, that's His work." ![]() You can see His power by recognizing His work. "You're thinking of Wulder as having a body and moving from place to place." Dar stood and pivoted in a circle with his arms outstretched. "I know Wulder made all things, and Pretender tried to copy His work. "No, Kale, Wulder is everywhere, therefore His lessons are everywhere." "To learn?" Dar looked genuinely surprised. “I thought you had to go to The Hall?" she said. ![]() |