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May 17, 2019
Wealhtheow
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it was amazing
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The Lost are a rare group capable of sending their spirit senses anywhere they please. When Arilou was young, she exhibited all the signs of being Lost, and so her younger sister Hathin has spent her life devoted to caring for her body while her mind drifts elsewhere. But is Arilou really Lost, or merely a disabled girl that her entire village has built an industry around?
That's just the tip of the iceberg of the plot of this book. I am legit not smart or well educated enough to talk up all the ...more
That's just the tip of the iceberg of the plot of this book. I am legit not smart or well educated enough to talk up all the ...more
thanks hallie! it was pretty amazing.
There are some books where it's all set up for a great last paragraph. I put Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Morgenstern's The Night Circus into this category, and now Gullstruck. The culture of the Lace was novel, with their fixed, gem-studded teeth (which may be the part of the book that sticks with me); the story was mostly about their persecution and resistance, and the place of vengeance, which certainly has real world application today but was generally unpleasant to read on. The othe
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This is a must-read for any fantasy readers who enjoy world-building, the kind where elements of landscape, culture, mythology, race, naming customs, burial rituals, and dress are not only key to understanding the characters but are also of vital importance to the plot. So many of these things start out feeling like atmospheric details, the kind that convince you that the author knows her world inside and out, but they end up turning into "ah-ha" moments where pieces of the puzzle slide into pla
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Oct 01, 2009
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
marked it as to-read
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Jun 15, 2019
fin
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it was amazing
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