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Lädt ... Something Red: A Novel (2013. Auflage)von Douglas Nicholas
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This book just was not for me. I like a book to be descriptive enough that I can picture it in my bed, but I don't need it to be overly descriptive of a bunch of stuff that I don't really need to know anything about. This book was just too overly descriptive for me and I couldn't get into it so I have DNF'd it. This is a simple story set in a handful of simple locations but is superbly written. The attention to detail and nuance in descriptions and objects gives the story a vibrant sense of authenticity and depth. The setting is tangible, the atmosphere brooding, and hanging over all is the dread of some unseen monster. I don't feel there were any great twists but I found the story very engrossing. My one gripe would be that the climax didn't quite have the visceral punch the build-up deserved. If anything, it seemed too understated and brief. However, despite this, the art of storytelling is displayed so well in this book that I will definitely be seeking out the sequel [b:The Wicked|18170633|The Wicked|Douglas Nicholas|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1408913080s/18170633.jpg|25453510] at some stage. At the time when I read this one I thought - blah its going so slow and what is really going on. It was just plodding. But the more I think about it - because it sometimes peaks at me from my "giveaway or donate" book shelf - that it was well written but just needed more OOMPH in a lot of areas. I think it could have been GREAT if there was more action and less of an attempt at suspense because the suspense just didn't quite hit the mark. I'd say this was about a 2.5 for me. Between a meh and a eh sort of feeling. I liked the characters and really loved the twist at the end - I just wish there were more going on throughout the whole novel instead of everything just happening in a big rush at the end. *A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher. All opinions are my own.
Library Journal Sept 21, 2012 STARRED REVIEW Nicholas, Douglas. Something Red. Emily Bestler: Atria. Sept. 2012. c.315p. ISBN 9781451660074. $25. F As a makeshift family led by an Irish healer in 13th-century England makes their way across a mountainous, frigid terrain, their newest adopted member, Hob, struggles to stay warm and keep his wagon on the path. The nomads become uncomfortably aware that they are being stalked by an unseen, deadly force as they proceed through the woods. As the terror builds, Hob and his new family must decide whether they will fight for the little they hold dear. Nicholas, an award-winning poet, creates a turbulent world of Norman knights, hidden royals, and warrior monks, where no one is whom they appear to be and evil lurks in the wings. The historical detail and gradually building fear is vibrant and palpable as the novel rockets toward its conclusion. Verdict This darkly atmospheric debut novel is well worth its measured plot-building for its horrific, unexpected ending. Fans of historical fiction with a dark fantasy twist would enjoy this.—Katie Lawrence, Chicago Something Red was chosen as one of the Best Books of Fall 2012 by Publishers Weekly. SOMETHING RED [STARRED REVIEW!] Author: Nicholas, Douglas Review Issue Date: August 15, 2012 Online Publish Date: August 2, 2012 Publisher:Emily Bestler/Atria Pages: 336 Price ( Hardcover ): $25.00 Publication Date: September 18, 2012 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-1-4516-6007-4 Category: Fiction Award-winning poet Nicholas (Iron Rose, 2010, etc.) treks into the wilds of medieval England in his first novel, a saga vibrant with artful description. . . . Nicholas adeptly creates the medieval world, intriguingly populated by guilders, knights and wayfarers from faraway Lietuva. . . . Nicholas’ language, its relevance to ancient times in syntax and vocabulary, and his extensive research into medieval England, bring this book to life in a brilliant fashion. [His] descriptions of life at the inn and later at the redoubt of the Norman, Sir Jehan, the Sieur De Blanchefontaine, are superbly realistic. Nicholas’ portrayal of Blanchefontaine and its inhabitants, from castellan to page, ring with authenticity. A hauntingly affecting historical novel with a touch of magic. Issue: July 1, 2012 Something Red. Nicholas, Douglas (Author) Sep 2012. 314 p. Atria/Emily Bestler, hardcover, $25.00. (9781451660074). Poet Nicholas puts his flair for language and imagery to good use in his atmospheric first novel. The tension level ratchets ever higher as a traveling troupe comprised of the strange and wondrous Mistress Molly, her equally mysterious lover, her devoted granddaughter, and her impressionable young apprentice/son roam the bleak countryside of northwest England. The medieval setting lends itself perfectly to the dark and the fantastic, as this motley band of vagabonds is compelled to stave off the nameless and faceless evil swirling about it wherever it goes. After it takes refuge in a castle, relief is short-lived, and the band must grapple with terror on a grand scale. Not for the faint of heart, this pulsepounding page-turner grabs you from the start and never lets you go. A wickedly clever and evocative combination of history, horror, mystery, and magic. — Margaret Flanagan PW Starred Review: Rich in historical detail, this suspenseful coming-of-age fantasy grabs the reader with the facts of life in medieval England and the magic spells woven into its landscape. Hob, a 13-year-old orphan, has found a place with the traveling troupe of Mistress Molly, an Irish medicine woman who can speak with crows. Traveling south before winter, Hob helps guide Molly’s wagons while navigating the troubles of the road and the temptations of inns. Forced by rockslide and storm to seek shelter in Blanchefontaine, a Norman castle, the troupe soon realizes that the greatest danger, the Beast that has been harrowing the countryside, is now locked up inside with them. Debut novelist Nicholas brings a poetic turn to his prose (Molly hits a bull’s-eye with a dagger the way “a gardener carelessly flicks a pebble away from a plot he is weeding”) and introduces monks, Crusaders, tanners, foreign nobility, shape-shifters, and even oxen to bring his magical Middle Ages to splendid life. (Sept.) Gehört zur ReiheSomething Red (1) Prestigeträchtige Auswahlen
"During the thirteenth century, in northwest England, in one of the coldest winters in living memory, a formidable middle-aged Irishwoman and her little troupe are trying to drive their three wagons across the Pennines before the heavy snows set in. Molly, her powerful and enigmatic lover Jack, her fey granddaughter Nemain, and the young apprentice Hob soon find that something terrible prowls the woods through which they must make their way. As they travel from refuge to refuge, it becomes apparent that the evil must be faced, and it is then that Hob learns how much more there is to his adopted family than he had ever imagined"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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To those who think the book is slow: I often skim right through descriptions in books, and rarely actually read what people, their clothes, the landscape are meant to look like. In this book, however, with this author, I found myself intentionally slowing my eyes to savor the words. Very few authors have had this effect on me, and I am always delighted to find another! ( )