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A review by danmacha18
This Star Shall Abide: Aka Heritage of the Star by Sylvia Engdahl
3.0
21st book of 2022
I give this three stars, but this book resides in the upper echelon of my three-star ratings.
Of the many Fantasy for Youth books I have read in the past three months, This Star Shall Abide stood out as the most interesting. Having read 1984 & The Giver in the past year, I couldn't help but be intrigued with a highly structured & controlling society, and I was really quite intrigued throughout the majority of the novel. The story itself was rather predictable, but that's okay. And I found that I eventually grew tired of Noren's & Stefred's conversations. There are just so many times when Noren would not stop being so demanding, yet I think that is the consequence of Engdahl writing a novel that is determined to be exploratory in nature.
I give this three stars, but this book resides in the upper echelon of my three-star ratings.
Of the many Fantasy for Youth books I have read in the past three months, This Star Shall Abide stood out as the most interesting. Having read 1984 & The Giver in the past year, I couldn't help but be intrigued with a highly structured & controlling society, and I was really quite intrigued throughout the majority of the novel. The story itself was rather predictable, but that's okay. And I found that I eventually grew tired of Noren's & Stefred's conversations. There are just so many times when Noren would not stop being so demanding, yet I think that is the consequence of Engdahl writing a novel that is determined to be exploratory in nature.