Today's book review: Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders

[Dave Aitel <dave () immunityinc com>]

http://www.amazon.com/Harriet-Wolfs-Seventh-Book-Wonders-ebook/dp/B00S5A6HQS/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8  
by Julianna Baggott

Ok, today's book review is something I would not have expected. Here's
the thing: sometimes authors have sweeping beautiful visions and
sometimes authors can put words together like magicians and sometimes
they can do both. "Harriet" (linked above) is masterfully crafted. I
hate this kind of book normally. I swear to god if you've read one
coming of age "family has problems but they all get worked out and
emotions are involved" book, then you've read them all. I almost failed
every English class I've ever taken because to me it's like Europe - I
can only see so many old stained glass churches and hypocritical castles
and stolid pubs before I'm hopelessly bored and wishing I was in Asia,
where something, anything new, is taking root. So I went into Harriet
almost with a feeling of dread, because it is exactly that kind of book.

But the book is magical. The NYT review
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/books/review/harriet-wolfs-seventh-book-of-wonders-by-julianna-baggott.html?_r=0>
of it is highly positive, but for all the wrong reasons. They see the
plot and the subject and the characters and frankly all of that is
second to her grasp of the language, which writhes through the book like
an ice river - honest and unforgiving and beautiful.

So in any case, clicky clicky on the above link for your kindle-y goodness.

-dave

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