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A review by pickett22
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente
4.0
These books are amazing.
But this one was not as good as the first.
But it was amazing.
I said that the first book was potentially flawless, and this one is too.
The people September met didn't QUITE strike me as much this time around. In the first book those she met were full of quiet wisdom, or a deep feeling of life, or wildness, or a sadness that was alien and yet recognizable. The first book was truth, captured and bound.
How do you blame a book for lacking a certain feeling? How do you put it into words? This book was a wonderful story and deserves five stars, except that it follows the first one. This book had beautiful moments of truth (when she leaves Gleam, moments with her father, moments with Maud, and so on,) and some wonderful narrative moments. But it didn't feel the same as the first one.
I spend so much time trying to explain this emotion (loss? maybe a little... but loss of what? wildness, I think?) that I neglect to do the book justice. It was fantastic. Beautiful and compelling. Elegant, thoughtful, and deep. So very, very good.
But this one was not as good as the first.
But it was amazing.
I said that the first book was potentially flawless, and this one is too.
The people September met didn't QUITE strike me as much this time around. In the first book those she met were full of quiet wisdom, or a deep feeling of life, or wildness, or a sadness that was alien and yet recognizable. The first book was truth, captured and bound.
How do you blame a book for lacking a certain feeling? How do you put it into words? This book was a wonderful story and deserves five stars, except that it follows the first one. This book had beautiful moments of truth (when she leaves Gleam, moments with her father, moments with Maud, and so on,) and some wonderful narrative moments. But it didn't feel the same as the first one.
I spend so much time trying to explain this emotion (loss? maybe a little... but loss of what? wildness, I think?) that I neglect to do the book justice. It was fantastic. Beautiful and compelling. Elegant, thoughtful, and deep. So very, very good.