Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Down Among the Sticks and Bones

I may be a few days late on this one. Waiting on my library wait to come due.

I started this one early and kept going. The pre Narnia bits were engrossing enough to keep me going.

This one is read by Seanan McGuire herself... only other book I've read like that was Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman...

Sha wrote: "I started this one early and kept going. The pre Narnia bits were engrossing enough to keep me going."

I'd forgotten how (view spoiler)[horrible that pre-Narnia part is for the girls... if only the loving grandmother had gotten to stay... (hide spoiler)]

Seriously. The Narnia bits are less horrifying than the pre-narnia ones and that's saying something. o.O

I finished it again... forgot a lot of details... same general feeling as before... I wish these were longer and you got to see more... knowing how their story ends in the first book makes me want to know more... you don't get that satisfying happy conclusion of an actual Narnia/Narnia-clone book... these are more gritty/ "real"...

Still waiting on my copy to come due. :(

there are so many lines in there that are so beautiful and my heart HURT for Jill. Damn, this is book is a mess.

I liked this a lot more than book one. Very good story and loved the Nightmare Before Christmas type of world.

Late to this BR. I just finished reading this and I liked the story more than the first one. It was interesting that in the end (view spoiler)[ Jack did save Jill even though Jill had killed her lover. Blood wins out? (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

If you remember the first book, tho, it was a foregone conclusion... (view spoiler)[Jill was the serial killer and she dies and Jack takes her back to revivify her the same way she did her lover the first time... they might be getting a second book in 2 years (hide spoiler)]

Chapters 1&2 (view spoiler)[ the parents are awful, just awful. I feel so bad for the twins. Their grandmother adored them and they never got to see her again. It's just not right. I know these stories are fairytale-esque and in fairytales there's often shitty parents but this is just not okay for me. I want to punch the parents so badly. This is a clear example of how neglect and disinterest can do just as much damage as outright abuse. (hide spoiler)]

Will start this one either tonight or tomorrow. =)

Charlie wrote: "Chapters 1&2 [spoilers removed]"

For sure... they get me every time... this is my 3rd reading of the first 2 books, I think... not sure I've re-read books 3 (definitely not 4)...

Every time I re-read book 1, I forget how the Jack/Jill events of book 1 can mesh with the events of book 2, but in the end, they always do...

My main problem with the prequels, is they leave you unsatisfied at the end, because they're very much unfinished stories... you don't get the happy endings (if there's one to have) until a present day story shows them returning Home... it's like if Nancy gets a prequel, and we get to see her in the Halls of the Dead, until the day she's kicked out... but it ends before the events of book 1 can show her return Home...

I'm about a third through and I'm enjoying it so far, I'm interested to actually meet the characters they were talking about in book one.

@Iain I see what you mean, I like a good satisfying ending so this may be a problem for me.

@Elizabeth I'm excited to get further in. I'm scared to meet the Master.