**spoiler alert** Set in a post-apocalyptic word. There is the house – full of elite royals, who live in luxury, but carrying out bizarre pointless ri**spoiler alert** Set in a post-apocalyptic word. There is the house – full of elite royals, who live in luxury, but carrying out bizarre pointless rituals and their long suffering servant/slaves who get punished if the rituals don’t go perfectly. Claidi is one of the slaves of petty and spoilt Lady Jade Leaf. A hot-air balloon sails across the city and is shot down by militant guards.
Claidi runs off with the pilot handsome prince Nemian, with whom she believes she’s fallen in love. And they go on a road trip through the waste to his home city and the imposing Wolf Tower….
Themes: • Wisdom/Folly • Master/Slaves • Nature of “self” • Rites of Passage • True love • Adolescent heroine • Wolves
I adored the beginning of this in The House - Its a bit Ghomenghast with the colour and costumes of the Capitol in the Hunger Games. Its very much show not tell as well, we infer its set in a postapocalyptic world but nothings ever spelt out.
Chaidi's adventures in the waste, with the Sheepers then becoming a sacrifice of the featherers before being rescued by gypsy bandits is all a bit dull compared to the fascinating beginning. I've seen post-apocalyptic roadtrips a plenty and this isn't all that original or excicting (Imagine something like Hothouse for example with all the dangers and wild nature) this is quite... tame. I liked the Baa language of the Sheepers but otherwise its pretty standard fare.
The YA romance plot as Claidi falls out of love with slick Nemian and in love with gruff bandit leader Argul felt a bit predictable until the last night when she decides to go with Nemian because she doesn't trust her new feeling for Argul. My estimation for Claidi went up enormously - she's made her bed and has to lie in it - and doesn't want to be one of those fickle girls from the house. While I was almost certain this would lead to a daring rescue to Argul - I loved that Claidi didn't just accept her new feelings - she's been burt once by sudden infatuation and didn't want to do that again. It also meant we het to find out why Nemian wanted her and what was the big secret of his home city.
Once we get to the Wolf Tower its a world as loud and beautifully realised as the House at the beginning. I love the Law and how Ironel Novendot (such fabulous names as ever!) has been ruling people by the fall of two dice. I almost wish the whole book had been set in this dreary dystopia. The other thing I liked is that we don't get a reveal on Claidi's parents - Jizania told Nemian she Claidissa Star is in fact a princess from a forbidden princess/valet union, but she could have been lying since we learn that she had to produce someone of royal blood when asked by the law.
I'm eager to read the rest of this series - I want to know what happens to the newly freed Wolf Tower now there's a power vaacuum. What are Claidi's origins and I want more on the apocalypse and what happened to this world.
Absolutely brilliant beginning and ending, meandered in the middle, but if its anything like Lee's other series, such as the Unicorn books, the world will only be made stronger by the sequels. I can't wait for them to arrive. ...more
Discovery is the marmite Star Trek - because 'it isn't proper trek' in as much as it's much darker, with far more grey areas and morally ambiguous chaDiscovery is the marmite Star Trek - because 'it isn't proper trek' in as much as it's much darker, with far more grey areas and morally ambiguous characters and doesn't follow the formula of previous shows which are all captain centric and for the large part episodic adventures. Personally I aplaud it for taking risks.
I can't say the same for this novel which is probably the least Star Trek novel I've ever read, and indeed the least Discovery novel I've read - the only connection to the show is a single character and being set in the Trek universe.
It's not a bad novel - It's reasonably written and I like Tilly both in it and in the show. Huge kudos to actress Mary Wiseman for giving real warmth, humanity and likeability to a motormouth genius who could so easily have been super annoying. This gives Tilly's backstory and coming of age as she breaks away from her ghastly forceful diplomat mother. The thing is this disn't need to be a Trek novel - It's a simple girl finding herself story that just happens to have Star Trek trappings. Other than a very awkward frame set on Discovery, in which Tilly, unable to sleep recounts her past to Michael there is no connection to the show. None of Discovery's characters feature other than Tilly and Michael mentioned only in the frame (she could be anyone). There are no recogniseably Trek aliens, nor does this refer to any of the story lines, politics or events of the show WHATSOEVER.
On the plus side its a very good character study of Tilly and super female friendly. Bullied girl finds a voice and manages to finally shine in Star Fleet - Not a bad role model and actively encouraging girls to pursue science and maths. It's also quite readable and we care what happens to our heroine. I also like seeing Star Fleet through a different lens so to speak - we get to see ordinary people which is a breath of fresh air.
It's a terrible Trek novel however in as much as it isn't very Trek, fails to capture the essence of the show in any way and doesn't really widen the universe or have a particularly exciting story to tell. There isn't much adventure here or any real level of danger. I enjoyed it, but feel that it isn't going to meet the expectations of its target audience who are Discovery fans and this really isn't very Discovery....more
Set in the far distant future, Hothouse details the fate of mankind in a dying world where plants have become the dominant species. We follow Gren, onSet in the far distant future, Hothouse details the fate of mankind in a dying world where plants have become the dominant species. We follow Gren, one of the last humans who leaves his tribe because of issues with authority and goes on a marvelous journey of exploration.
Gren is basically an everyman and we follow his journey to freedom - first he's restricted by the laws of the tribe, then he's controlled by the intelligent fungus morel, then the philosopher-dolphin Sodal, before finally becoming free at last to make his own choices.
The world here is fascinating and beautiful, if far from scientifically accurate! I just love the visual impact of these giant spiders (Traversers) spinning webs to the moon. The language used to convey this strange world is also fascinating, it's littered with kennings to create new creatures who are both familiar and strange at the same time: whistlethistle, trappersnapper, crocksock, tigerfly, leapycreeper, dripperlip, burnurn, fuzzypuzzle, flymen, suckerbird.... Its wonderfully poetic and childlike - which echoes the intellectual regression of humanity.
If I'm being picky I'd have liked more of a story and more on the traversers and their weird lunar missions, however the world here is so fascinating that a meandering journey through it kind of works. I'd love to see this made into a film....more
The first of two novels, this charts the teenage years of Alexander the Great and his relationship with Hephaestion.
It's really well researched and doThe first of two novels, this charts the teenage years of Alexander the Great and his relationship with Hephaestion.
It's really well researched and does a great job of evoking Ancient Macedonia -The supporting cast (Cassander, Ptolemy, Harpalus etc) are much how I picture them myself which is really pleasing and I love that this gives the A/H romance the attention it deserves. It's also refreshing to spend so much time in Mizea with Aristotle - Not much happens during this period and so most Alexander fiction is set later. once the battles kick in; it's rather nice to step back and look at his adolescence.
The problem is plot - lack thereof. Historically not much happens and not much happens in this novel either. While being a massive Alexander fan-girl I was content to wallow in the evocation of 3rd Century BC Macedonia, it does make this quite slow and i won't say dull (because this period fascinates me as much as the characters) but just not that exciting. Pacing's a bit all over the place and I'm not sure what the purpose was of the Dionysian mystery rite at the end - it seems a very weird way to end this.
My biggest annoyance however is the bold choice to use the original Greek forms for character and place names - Alexandros for Alexander, Aigyptos for Egypt, Myrtale for Olympias etc - Because the western spellings/pronunciation are so ingrained using the stranger sounding Greek slows the pace even further and seems to over complicate things merely for the sake of it. This is clearly aimed at a YA audience and so I find the choice doubly baffling - Because you want to encourage teens reading not put them off by making this harder than it needs to be.
Over all though I really enjoyed this. Story-wise It makes a nice companion piece to Mary Renault's Fire from Heaven and Judith Tarr's Bring down the Sun (the only other novel I can think of which refers to Olympias' original name as Myrtale). It's not got the heart-in-your-mouth sweeping romance of Fire from Heaven or something like Song of Achilles but it is a nice portrayal of m/m first love with the added impediment of royalty and the responsibilities that brings. ...more
**spoiler alert** This is a 2017 re-print of the 1988 novella, with new illustrations by Jarod Mills.
In terms of Lee's work it's a nice companion piec**spoiler alert** This is a 2017 re-print of the 1988 novella, with new illustrations by Jarod Mills.
In terms of Lee's work it's a nice companion piece to 'A Heroine of the World' but also has her trademark gothic, aloof, impoverished heroine in keeping with things like the Blood Opera trilogy. We have things like The French Revolution, Tarot & Witchcraft hovering behind the scenes of what is essentially a coming of age drama.
After the death of her mother, our nameless narrator becomes homeless and finally ends up at the house of Madame Two Swords (a rather obvious pun on Madame Tussauds) a 200 year old woman who was the wife of guillotined revolutionary Lucien de Ceppays (deux epees - another pun). Long obsessed with Lucien after having seen his portrait, our heroine finally realises she is in fact his reincarnation - this gives her the strength to stop being a victim as well as allowing madame to finally die.
Now I'm a massive Tanith Lee fan but I can't say this is one of my favourites - largely because nothing interesting happens. The set up is really gothic but instead of heading down the path of incest, murder, twisted families etc... this one peters out and actually has a somewhat uplifting ending. The threat and menace is largely all the perception of the heroine who isn't even named....more
So this is a sort of cross between Percy Jackson and Dr. Who.
We have TIM - A Tyrannosaurus Rex (Improved model) who is the latest Defender of the EartSo this is a sort of cross between Percy Jackson and Dr. Who.
We have TIM - A Tyrannosaurus Rex (Improved model) who is the latest Defender of the Earth - One arises every time there is a global threat.
This time it's a mad scientist who turns himself into a nanobot cockroach and wants to consume the Earth's population in a misguided sense to 'save' them
Our hero is Chris a teenage boy on the edge of the popular crowd. He is the chosen one and given a magic bracelet that links him to Tim and all living things by a staff member at the British museum. He along with Anna daughter of our mad scientist and totally unpopular have to motivate Tim, unite humanity and battle our metamorph villain.
I thoroughly enjoyed this, far more than I thought I would from the cover. The plot seems ridiculous but like Who, this takes a whole host of random things, splices them together to come up with something fast paced and highly entertaining....more
This re-print of the Trina Robbins' 1985 graphic novel adaptation of Tanith Lee's novel is everything you could ask for.
The story is a simple coming oThis re-print of the Trina Robbins' 1985 graphic novel adaptation of Tanith Lee's novel is everything you could ask for.
The story is a simple coming of age tale about 16 year old plain Jane who falls in love with Silver, a robot troubador and runs off with him escaping her mother's shadow. Trina's bold simple art sets it off beautifully and its so refreshing to have a SF romance by women, for women - this really does not fit into any graphic novel niche. Love the character on this - Jane is very real and flawed having all the doubts and insecurities a normal 16 year old would.
This new hardback edition is gorgeous. Not only a wonderful, glossy re-print of the long out of print story but lots of bonus content too. Highlight for me was Trina's earlier attempt at adapting Lee (Exercise in Gold being the dream sequence from Don't Bite the Sun) - This featured in Heavy Metal 2 #9 (1979) and I thought I was going to have to go through my Heavy Metal back issues to find it, when lo, it's in the bonus material. There are bios of Lee, Robbins as well as Gail Simone, Storm Constantine and Collen Doran (who also did the wonderful cover art for this edition), and essays from Lee and Constantine plus background on the graphic itself.
Fans of Tanith Lee and the history of women in comics are going to want to check this out. I was rather impressed. ...more
I will forever remember this one for teaching me the word phantasmagorical - one of the characters in this is addicted to words. Although not my favouI will forever remember this one for teaching me the word phantasmagorical - one of the characters in this is addicted to words. Although not my favourite Zindel, it has his mix of quirky, psychologically disturbed teens and offbeat American humour. A must read for all Emo young teens out there....more
**spoiler alert** I adore the steampunk universe this is set in with the peripatetic predator cities rolling across the world eating smaller towns. A **spoiler alert** I adore the steampunk universe this is set in with the peripatetic predator cities rolling across the world eating smaller towns. A great metaphor and wonderfully visual. The story on this one is equally strong with some really interesting characters. Love scarred Hester Shaw and her disturbingly obsessed Stalker shrike.
Its REALLY dark for a children's book however with an unprecedentedly high death toll - I won't spoil it by saying who lives but lets just say there are very few survivors. I haven't been this shocked at the end of a novel since Veronica Roth's Allegiant! ...more
Hideki now has a whole range of women on his radar - Super cute Chi his AI perscom, Yumi, his bubbly co-worker and now girlfiAnother wonderful volume.
Hideki now has a whole range of women on his radar - Super cute Chi his AI perscom, Yumi, his bubbly co-worker and now girlfiend, Ms Shmizu his teacher - who may just be having an affair with his best friend Ms. Hibya his attractive landlady who is definitely more than she seems.
But is he really Chi's person just for her? and what exactly would that mean? can AI and human fall in love?
And then Chi goes out and finds a job as a peepshow stripper - just how will Hideki react?
This one really does play with some complex and dark issues for a seemingly cutsie shojo manga - It explores human/AI relationships in many different forms (Hideki/Chi, Minoru and the android he's created to be his dead sister, the sex industry and of course culture in general as humanity becomes obsessed with perscoms)
we also have the forbidden teacher/student affair
The nature of self as Chi meets her alter ego (why do you have the same face as me?/It's because I'm you) - this is pretty deep stuff - then there's the beautiful allegorical series of children's books - A city with no people, that explore some of the more philosophical ideas in the story.
And lastly a coming of age story as virgin Hideki unravels his feelings for the different women in his life.
Artwork is beautiful and I love the combination of a fairly simple surface plot with a lot of deeper meaning in the background. ...more
Goodnight Punpun is a real oddity for manga not sitting comfortably in any of the usual genres or tropes. At its heart its a coming of age story set iGoodnight Punpun is a real oddity for manga not sitting comfortably in any of the usual genres or tropes. At its heart its a coming of age story set in a high school but it really is like nothing I've ever read before. I guess the nearest I can get is Adrian Mole meets Donnie Darko....
For a start Pumpun the hero is depicted as a stick bird with absolutely no explanation. Everyone else around him is human but Punpun and his family are stick-birds. This makes him seem "other" and out of step with the rest of the world right from the outset - The story itself meanders we follow Punpun as he tries to come to grips with life, love and the universe - he's in love with school girl Aiko, has a seriously dysfunctional family, is curious about sex, worried about the environment and feels an inner emptiness and cosmic dread .
This is really dark for a coming of age story and yet never quite verges into horror - the artwork is fantastic and this one's quite thinky leaving the reader to connect the dots themselves and try and work out what's going on which is not always clear.
Highly recommended, I'll definitely be checking out future volumes....more
Bink and Chameleon's twelve year old son Dor is getting restless. His parents are away on a mission and he's crushing big time on his nurse maid MilliBink and Chameleon's twelve year old son Dor is getting restless. His parents are away on a mission and he's crushing big time on his nurse maid Millie the ex-ghost who is inexplicably to Dor, in love with zombie Johnathan. He goes to the king who sends him on a mission to de-zombify Johnathan. He goes to find Good Magician Humphrey who sends him back in time 800 years to get the elixir from the long dead Zombie Master with the added mission to chronicle his adventure and thus add to the history of Xanth.
He time travels through a magic tapestry along with a spider Jumper, who grows in size and becomes his trusty companion. He sees the construction of Castle Roogna, explains the origin of the forget spell on the Gap as well as getting embroiled in a vicious goblin/harpy war and survives the siege of two castles.
Enjoyed this one as much as all the other Xanth novels - Adore the universe peopled with such a marvellous array of hybrids and monsters - centaurs, harpies, goblins, fauns, nymphs, dragons, zombies, orgres, gorgons, golems.... I also love the humour. This one's still relatively early in the series, later you'll find the puns come so thick and fast sometimes they eclipse the story - but here we're still old skool high fantasy (wizards and dragons) with a nice dose of light hearted humour.
Didn't find this one to misogynistic either - 800 years ago Millie is a bit useless, but the other women are quite strong. Harpy Helen, brat princess Irene, neo sorceress Vadane and the lady Gorgon. I liked how Dor treated Irene once he returns from his quest.
Xanth novels are wonderful escapism and just great fun, when I need a little light relief these are the go to books. Casle Roogna is a classic example....more
THE novel of the Beat Generation is the semi-autobiographical tale of Sal Paradise (Kerouac himself) a struggling writer. When we meet him, he’s an orTHE novel of the Beat Generation is the semi-autobiographical tale of Sal Paradise (Kerouac himself) a struggling writer. When we meet him, he’s an ordinary young man, quiet, shy and living with his aunt (in reality it was his mother) but otherwise so far so true. He is not really heroic and experiments with drugs mainly Benzedrine (speed) and Tea (Marijuana) although he has girlfriends he’s no great womaniser and does not have as much confidence as others in the book.
Like with so many classics however, the most memorable character isn’t Sal but the mesmeric Dean Moriaty (Neal Cassady) who has an almost Gatsby like presence in the book. Sometimes mystic, total maniac, love him or loathe him, you’ll never forget him. Moriarty is a bisexual hedonistic drug addict with the philosophy live fast, die young. He’s a womanizer who has 3 wives in the novel (which spans 3 years) as well as an affair with Carlo Marx (Allen Ginsberg). Moriarty doesn’t care about anyone and is always making enemies and trying to scrounge money. He has the mesmeric qualities of Lilly for any of you who have read Melvin Burgess’ Junk. To Sal he is like a god or the charismatic alter-ego he always wants to be but can’t quite bring himself to become.
There is no real plot. Sal goes ‘On the Road’ sometimes driving, often hitchhiking on and off for 3 years. The novel charts his journey across America. Sal is rarely alone but his companions change as often as the scenery, Moriarty popping up every so often to liven things up.
“Somewhere along the line I knew there’d be girls, visions, everything: Somewhere along the line the pearl would be handed to me.”
Sal is searching for something, his quest is almost meaning of life spiritual. However, all he seems to come up with is “In God’s Name and under the stars, what for?”
Other than Moriarty the most colourful character Sal encounters is hardened addict Old Bull Lee (a thinly veiled William Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch) “Bull was in the bathroom taking his fix, clutching his old black necktie in his teeth for a tourniquet and jabbing with the needle into his woesome arm with the thousand holes.”
The novel spans the years 1947-50 and is written in the American slang of the time which can be a bit hard to digest for a modern English reader. The Americanisms however highlight the mood and energy of the story, And the remote setting is irrelevant because the youthful exuberance of the characters really transcend time and place and are as relevant today as I’m sure they will be in the future.
Despite me general dislike of 1st person narratives and lack of plot, On the Road managed to make me put aside my prejudices. It is very compelling and poignant for its sheer emptiness, making it’s reader, like Sal question life, death and the universe. There are no value systems in the novel, indeed, if anything it seems to celebrate shirking responsibility, having a good time, stealing, drug taking and free love. However because the characters are so empty and messed up the reader is forced to question the merits of such a life style. The novel is depressing “All I did was die” and yet screams life or in Dean Moriaty’s words “Yes, yes, YES!” You’ll either love this novel or hate it, but it deserves its status as a cult classic....more
**spoiler alert** You can tell Laura Dockrill is a performance poet - the language used here is innovative, punchy and poetical which is a real breath**spoiler alert** You can tell Laura Dockrill is a performance poet - the language used here is innovative, punchy and poetical which is a real breath of fresh air. The story is also unfolded through multiple narrators - the mermaid heroine Lorali, the human hero Rory with sections from the POV of an anthropomorphised sea and a few newspaper articles. I adored the constant perspective shift it kept this as unpredictable as the story itself and really helped grabbed my attention.
As well as the writing I love the magic realism universe created here and the original mermaid mythology. The idea that mermaids are salvaged humans who died at sea makes perfect sense and I really like the concept of a tapestry. I also love the punk look of the mermaids - Opal in particular, what a character! As well as the mermaids and the humans we also have the pirates - and the sirens (proper Odyssey harpy like sirens to boot - but updated for the modern world) - The magic realism is up there with the likes of Neil Gaiman and Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series - so vivid and amazing to picture.
The story was exciting and really had me guessing, I totally had no clue how it was going to turn out. The bitter sweet ending also gets a huge thumbs up from me. I loved the reversal here - our human hero becomes a merman whilst our mermaid heroine becomes a human, never seen that before - it was refreshingly original and a fitting ending.
This doesn't shy away from violence or real life either - mermaids are not only killed but tortured for their tapestries, and we have murder, sirens eating people, rape as well as topics such as absentee fathers, unstable mothers, senility and betrayal.
I read a lot of mermaid fiction and I was really impressed with this - it's excellently written and original....more
**spoiler alert** The story of revival follows two characters - We follow protagonist Jamie Morton from his boyhood in a small New England Town to his**spoiler alert** The story of revival follows two characters - We follow protagonist Jamie Morton from his boyhood in a small New England Town to his rise as a heroin addict guitarist. As a boy Jamie encounters the young Methodist Minister Charles Jacobs, a charismatic preacher with an interest in all things electrical. When Jacobs' wife and young son are killed in a tragic road accident he loses his faith and after preaching against god leaves the town which has a profound effect on Jamie and leads to his subsequent dissolute life style. The pair meet up years later at a fairground - Jamie has hit rock bottom in his heroin addiction and Jacobs, now an electrical showman acts as a good Samaritan. His help however comes with a terrible price.
The first half of this is thoroughly grounded in reality - Jamie's youth is intimate and readable, feeling like biography. It asks the reader to question the nature of faith and offers a nice coming of age story.
I lost interest a little in the middle with Jamie's heroin addiction and musician life style - but don't worry as it soon gets gripping again with the return of the fifth business Charles Jacobs. Jacobs cures Jamie of his heroin addiction with his electricity and goes on to become a faith healer, but his cures leave some pretty nasty side effects.
We veer off again and the last part of the book takes inspiration from Frankenstein and Lovecraft - This is where in my opinion it comes into its own... but then I love Lovecraft, the occult and unspeakable horrors - the visions depicted in the end scenes are begging out to be filmed.
Couldn't put this one down - the plot whilst slow and meandering to start with really had me hooked and I didn't have a clue where this was going. It's very much a story of two halves but the ending is great. Would love to see this one on screen though it will need a little streamlining. I also really liked the connections between the characters - the fifth business idea popping up at crucial points throughout Jamie's life.... almost like fate :)...more
Grey, a young thief, steals a finger bone - one of three holy relics from a sea-temple. The teenage priestess gives chase and has to contend with the Grey, a young thief, steals a finger bone - one of three holy relics from a sea-temple. The teenage priestess gives chase and has to contend with the evil sorcerer who has enslaved Grey.
Tanith Lee is truly incomparable - in just 100 pages she creates an entire fantasy world with engaging characters and a plot where you truly have no clue what's going to happen. I love the mythic feel to this - it's like a fairytale... yet not based on any story you actually know. The characters almost feel like tarot cards and yet are somehow real too. Towards the end this veers into SF with time travel and has a highly unusual but very satisfying conclusion. Love her use of unusual names - here the priestess heroine is called Oaive which is fitting since she comes from the fisher folk.
Themes: • Witchcraft • Adolescent heroine • Metamorphosis • Wolves • Rite of passage • Male/Female • True love ...more
**spoiler alert** Parasyte is the best horror manga I've read in ages! In this one Shin's mother becomes possessed by a Parasyte and tries to kill him**spoiler alert** Parasyte is the best horror manga I've read in ages! In this one Shin's mother becomes possessed by a Parasyte and tries to kill him! He also meets the first hybrid like himself - where the parasyte took over the lower jaw instead of managing to reach the brain. The coming of age allegory is brilliantly handled with a wonderful dose of weird and some truly freaky art. As the integration continues our hero just gets more and more interesting. I can't wait to see the end result....more
Sensual, feminist reworkings of classic fairytales: Blackbeard, Puss in Boots, the Erl King and Beauty and the Beast.
The prose is so beautiful and denSensual, feminist reworkings of classic fairytales: Blackbeard, Puss in Boots, the Erl King and Beauty and the Beast.
The prose is so beautiful and dense that it merits more than one reading. This anthology blew me away the first time I read it and it's one I pick up time and time again to remind myself what good writing is. The only issue I have with Carter is her constant shifting of narrative voice - 1st/2nd/3rd person and past/present/future tenses are blended seemlessly, but it does make some of the prose complex to follow.
The Bloody Chamber brings classic folk tales up to date and the magic realism is both enchanting and disquieting. Werewolves at cat-people roam the world, but the virginal but wise heroines are more than their match. As well as being bloody good, I love the fact that this challenges the assumption that fairytales and horror/paranormal romance are for children and somehow not literature. This forces you to take such stories seriously and brought gothic out of the 19th century.
The company of wolves was made into a film in 1984. The film I find somewhat pretentious, but I never agreed with critics who argue the same for Carter's prose claiming it is 'overworked' - To me it's as magical as it was the first time I read it....more
A fitting end to the epic series. While the plot could have been a little tighter and did we really need two quests? hallows AND Horcruxes on the wholA fitting end to the epic series. While the plot could have been a little tighter and did we really need two quests? hallows AND Horcruxes on the whole I absolutely loved this. It kept me guessing right to the end which characters were going to be killed off. Some of the twists are perhaps a touch obvious, and played out exactly to the letter how I thought, but so what? the writing was good, the story was exciting and we have all the characters we've grown to love over the last 6 books coming together for the ultimate battle between good and evil....more
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