Sapphique (Incarceron, #2)

by Catherine Fisher

Finn has escaped Incarceron, but Keiro and Attia are still Inside. Outside, things are not at all what Finn expected - and both Finn's and Claudia's very lives hang on Finn convincing the Court that he is the lost prince. Back Inside, Keiro and Attia are on the hunt for Sapphique's glove, which legend says he used to escape. In order to find it, they must battle the prison itself. Incarceron has built itself a body and it wants to go Outside - just like Sapphique, the only prisoner Incarceron ever loved.

"High-intensity, mind-bending . . . Fisher further explores themes of reality, illusion, and freedom without losing her intensely original world-building and authentic characters." - Booklist, starred review

"Even as the steadily ratcheting certainty of impending catastrophe keeps the pages turning, the sheer richness of the evocative descriptions demands that every sentence be savored. . . . For those who can appreciate the interplaying reflections of lies, myths and memory, a modern masterpiece." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

• ISBN10: 0142419796
• ISBN13: 9780142419793
• Publish Date: 6 September 2011 (first published 1 January 2000)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Penguin USA
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 480
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780142419793

Reviews

[ladygrey]

This was a decent book, tense and interesting with good, familiar characters.

But I found it a little complicated, things that were never quite explained well enough to satisfy me. Which isn't always a bad thing, because generally I like complicated and I like challenging to understand. But this felt vague, like [a:Catherine Fisher|190887|Catherine Fisher|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1309461768p2/190887.jpg] didn't really understand the intricate details of the things she was weaving together and the mythology she was creating and drawing from so couldn't explain it well. Maybe I'm wrong but there's usually a different feel to books where the author knows things they leave unexplained and when they don't really delve deep enough into their story to understand it well enough to really write it.

Also the ending was rather abrupt, there weren't any loose in but everything was wrapped up in two pages and then it was done. I would have liked the resolution drawn out and enjoyed as much as some of the descriptions.

But Fisher has created an interesting world and engaging characters so it's still a good book and fun to read.