There were just tendons and blood spewing all over the place. Someone loses a hand at one point and I'm still not entirely clear how it happened. Things happen suddenly with no explanation. Chapters abruptly begin, abandoning the locations, focus, or characters of a previous chapter. I won't lie: large parts of my brain checked out as I tried to grapple with the sequence of events, none of which are tied together by traditional means. For a couple sentences you think, "Ah! I am comprehending this! My third grade reading teacher would be proud! Look at me! Quick! Ask me a question about what I just. See what I did there? THAT'S what reading this book is like. oh, hi Wykes - did you want to call someone else to their death? As long as the Bleeding Hearts don't talk la la la I am now in a field. Or, hey - what's the Brownie doing in the room? Did anyone see him enter? He's just. Maybe it's because she has bartered with the Boggy Mun. Maybe it's because she's allegedly responsible for her twin sister's quirks. Maybe it's because she's allegedly responsible for the death of her stepmother. Maybe it's because she has the second sight. You will be dul(l)y rewarded*.īriony is astutely aware of the world around her. If you want teens panting all over each other and you don't want to work for it, by all means stick with Twilight. Billingsley does not trot out lusty teenagers and plop them in the middle of a heaving supernatural love triangle. It's a jarring, off-putting narrative style that will likely turn off casual readers and will certainly shock the shit out of fans of The Meyer Omigod-A-Vampire-Loves-Me crockery. These are the thoughts of Briony, our plucky (witch!) heroine whose musings are far wiser than her years and whose narration is peppered with tongue-in-cheek quips and whorling self-hatred.
Amazon chime review skin#
It's resilient, like the skin of a mushroom. Your skin doesn't slice, not like bread or cheese. Slicing yourself is harder than you'd think.
Let's begin with a quote and see where this goes, shall we? My own brain hurts just thinking about the juxtaposition of those two statements, so I'll try to articulate as best I can. Franny Billingsley's brain must be an unholy swirling vortex of What The Fuckery. Meyer, Stiefvater - I'm looking at YOU.Ģ.
Franny Billingsley can write circles around Lauren Myracle and the gaggle of Giggly Supernatural Romance YA authors who are flooding the market with shite. The first couple distinctions between these books are glaringly obvious by page 12 of Chime.ġ. Perhaps the National Book Award committee was wrestling with similar feelings, and that is what led to the gaffe. We had already read Shine and were completely confused and underwhelmed by it. Franny Billingsley can write circles around Lauren Myr After the whole Shine/ Chime National Book Award Debacle, there was no way my book club could ignore Franny Billingsley's Chime. The first couple distinctions between these books are glaringly obvious by page 12 of Chime. Here are links to both reviews:Īfter the whole Shine/ Chime National Book Award Debacle, there was no way my book club could ignore Franny Billingsley's Chime. The review over at the Someday My Printz Will Come blog describes the book really well in my opinion, and the comparison to Daughter of Smoke and Bone on SLJ's Battle of the Books site discusses the romance (mild spoilers in the former, but I read the review before the book and it didn't impede my enjoyment). AND it has one of the best character voices I've ever read. Chime is beautiful, unconventional, and is more about Briony saving herself than saving the world. There is a romance, but the book certainly isn't just about that, and is quite tongue-in-cheek about 'typical' romance. There is a romance, but …more Personally I think the summary is misleading.not in fact but just in tone, because this book really isn't like that at all. Sam_i_be Personally I think the summary is misleading.not in fact but just in tone, because this book really isn't like that at all.
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