Sapphique (Incarceron, #2)

by Catherine Fisher

Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its memory torments him, because his brother Keiro is still inside.
Outside, Claudia insists he must be king, but Finn doubts even his own identity. Is he the lost prince Giles? Or are his memories no more than another construct of his imprisonment?
And can you be free if your friends are still captive? Can you be free if your world is frozen in time? Can you be free if you don't even know who you are
Inside Incarceron, has the crazy sorcerer Rix really found the Glove of Sapphique, the only man the Prison ever loved. Sapphique, whose image fires Incarceron with the desire to escape its own nature. If Keiro steals the glove, will he bring destruction to the world?
Inside. Outside.
All seeking freedom.
Like Sapphique.
This refers to the newly jacketed edition available 2 May 2013.

• ISBN10: 0340893613
• ISBN13: 9780340893616
• Publish Date: 18 September 2008 (first published 1 January 2000)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 29 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
• Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 480
• Language: English

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.