ladygrey
Written on Nov 12, 2011
This was a different sort of book, I think mostly because it's Australian. I'd read books by Australian authors before and really enjoyed them. Both were by [a:Melina Marchetta|47104|Melina Marchetta|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1277655889p2/47104.jpg] and I wanted to try out some other Australian authors.
The first thing I noticed in this book was how apparent the cultural differences are. Word choice and sentence structure were just enough askew that I had to concentrate here and there to sort it out. It also didn't have nearly as much romance as a typical American YA novel, and for this story I liked it that way. Though I could have used more emotion. The writing is sparse and dry and noticeably distanced from the characters. The story talks about them and describes them without ever really becoming immersed in their world.
But it didn't feel like a weak story because of that, it just seemed different. The author is obviously a very good writer, just in a way slightly different than what I'm used to reading.
The thing I really liked was the whole concept of dreamhunters and the way the shared dreams and how that effected their whole society. I liked the mystery through most of it, (show spoiler)[though was disappointed in the reveal which was poignant enough for a distant story but not intricate at all] .
Overall, it wasn't what I'm used to but I think it was good and I'm looking forward to reading the sequel.
The first thing I noticed in this book was how apparent the cultural differences are. Word choice and sentence structure were just enough askew that I had to concentrate here and there to sort it out. It also didn't have nearly as much romance as a typical American YA novel, and for this story I liked it that way. Though I could have used more emotion. The writing is sparse and dry and noticeably distanced from the characters. The story talks about them and describes them without ever really becoming immersed in their world.
But it didn't feel like a weak story because of that, it just seemed different. The author is obviously a very good writer, just in a way slightly different than what I'm used to reading.
The thing I really liked was the whole concept of dreamhunters and the way the shared dreams and how that effected their whole society. I liked the mystery through most of it, (show spoiler)[though was disappointed in the reveal which was poignant enough for a distant story but not intricate at all] .
Overall, it wasn't what I'm used to but I think it was good and I'm looking forward to reading the sequel.