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Indlæser... Burn (original 2020; udgave 2020)af Patrick Ness (Forfatter)
Værk informationBurn af Patrick Ness (2020)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. 2020 might be a year of discovering awesome new books about dragons, since this is not the first new release I’ve come across this year that has been a fantastic read - must do some research and see if there are any other dragon books I should add to my list! Publishing trends or not, Burn was an excellent read and I shall be looking out for more from Patrick Ness. The story starts out simply, in a universe similar to ours during the 1950s, but in which dragons exist alongside humans in an uneasy truce. The story quickly escalates as we are introduced to a cast of characters attempting to cause or prevent a world war and total annihilation across multiple storylines. Usually this straightforward type of story is not my thing, but I was immediately drawn into the characters who are a wholly unique and diverse cast with well-developed and engaging personalities that easily draw us in to their backstories and motivations - regardless of whether we think they are “good” or “bad” characters, as life is not quite that simple. As the (potential) end of the world draws nearer the cast’s storylines converge and intersect in interesting ways, causing betrayals, discoveries, and ultimately an incredibly engaging climax and conclusion. I won’t give away the ending, because damn it’s a good twist, but let’s just say kudos to Ness for giving us an awesome story and ending with a revelation that keeps things open and gives us some food for thought. Afterall, maybe some people are just more purely dragon inside than others, and maybe others have different types of hidden magic! ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Fantasy. En ung pige og hendes far hyrer en drage til at hjælpe dem i markerne. Sådan starter en hæsblæsende jagt for at stoppe eller opfylde en ældgammel profeti - det kommer an på, hvem man spørger. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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The two parts were very different, and I was somewhat disoriented at the beginning of Part 2, but I loved how characters I thought I’d never see again were brought back into the story, and the inevitability of their coming together to face what was possibly the end of the world. I didn’t mind the multiple POVs either—there weren’t so many that it hurt characterization really. I don’t usually like when I get the villains’ POVs, and that was true for this book too. I’m not sure how we could have done without them, but I didn’t like being in their heads.
Really original dragon fantasy—I loved it!
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