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A review by sashapasha
Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge
5.0
Fabulous characters, brilliant writing.
Some excellent things within:
* A warrior goose
* A precocious twelve year old with unconvincing eyebrows
* A wordsmith conman
* A highwayman turned reluctant and perplexed hero
* A number of warring gentlemanly guilds and various other colorful factions
* River-floating coffee houses that move from place to place on a schedule
* A wealth of intriguing world building
* Names taken very seriously and dictated by a Name Day god (and date and time of birth)
* Characters with hidden depths
* Wigs for different activities, and a wig so enormous that it’s suspended from the sedan chair rather than attached to the person’s head
* “The pursuing coffee house” in a sentence
* Weddings of the dead
* “…there is one thing that is more dangerous than Truth. Those who would try to silence Truth’s voice are more destructive by far...”
Saracen is an absolute darling of a goose.
Some excellent things within:
* A warrior goose
* A precocious twelve year old with unconvincing eyebrows
* A wordsmith conman
* A highwayman turned reluctant and perplexed hero
* A number of warring gentlemanly guilds and various other colorful factions
* River-floating coffee houses that move from place to place on a schedule
* A wealth of intriguing world building
* Names taken very seriously and dictated by a Name Day god (and date and time of birth)
* Characters with hidden depths
* Wigs for different activities, and a wig so enormous that it’s suspended from the sedan chair rather than attached to the person’s head
* “The pursuing coffee house” in a sentence
* Weddings of the dead
* “…there is one thing that is more dangerous than Truth. Those who would try to silence Truth’s voice are more destructive by far...”
Saracen is an absolute darling of a goose.