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I liked the fact that it doesn't feel like a "series book", I liked the representation, I even liked the story a lot. Still, it doesn't feel like a Hugo winner to me. Not saying that it shouldn't have won—I haven't really read the others, and by all means, congratulations! it's a great book—, but I don't know... it's not what I would've predicted if I had read it before. Anyway, can't wait to see what happens next. Seanan's writing is nice and fluid, and she does a great work with the "School fo
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Já há alguns anos a Tor, uma das maiores editoras norte-americanas decidiu investir na popularização das novellas entre os leitores. As novellas são romances que possuem aproximadamente de 17000 a 40000 palavras. Em termos de páginas, poderíamos situar entre 160 e 220 páginas, chutando por alto. Lógico, as novellas não são novas e são uma boa opção para escritores apresentarem seus trabalhos, quase como um portfolio, há décadas. Mas, desde que a Tor passou a investir, o gênero tem ganho muito de
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I had heard that Seanan McGuire was amazing, but I don't usually expect much from a 173-page book. And I certainly didn't expect this one to be so dark - considering it's about kids who have gone through portals to other fantastic worlds. And while it's not exactly scary, it's much more macabre than I had anticipated.
For a short book, it has very well-delineated characters (with incredible diversity and a lot of representation), a very interesting mystery (which I discovered halfway what it was, ...more
For a short book, it has very well-delineated characters (with incredible diversity and a lot of representation), a very interesting mystery (which I discovered halfway what it was, ...more

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Hanna Rybchynska
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Rafael Castro Leal
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