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A review by keziamichela
Book of Night by Holly Black
5.0
“Okay kid," she told it. "The universe belongs to the curious.”
Finished reading Book of Night by Holly Black on 11 May and I still cannot stop thinking about it!
Book of Night is a dream come true. I’ve always loved the concept of shadows manifesting into corporal beings that can move and act independently, ever since Peter Pan first flew into my life!
The world concept and the plot itself are both terrifyingly believable, only taking that tiny step beyond reality into frequent imaginings. I have always found something magical and mysterious about shadows. After all, even when I'm alone, my shadow is almost always there to haunt me, guard me, and accompany me. So Holly Black breathing life into shadows is truly thrilling and strangely familiar, it felt right. This is how it is supposed to be, how shadows were made to function.
The writing is phenomenal, and the plot is well-paced. It contains just the right amount of everything. A wonderfully glorious balance of tragedy, love, joy, mystery and horror, prose and dialogue, past and present. And the ending is so perfect, I think I might have died, my heart did funny things, things it's not supposed to do. Although, I would definitely never say no to more if it became a series. Book of Night has the potential to be one after all.
The characters!! They were all so amazing and honest and raw. I wish I had the right words, but I don't think I could do any of them justice. I will say this though, Charlie Hall is a very realistic character, she is good at what she does, but she is not overpowered, not insanely perfect. She is riddled with imperfections that make her wonderful and moody and loving, and thoroughly enjoyable. I feel so emotionally attached to her and I do not wish to let go.
My favourite conversation:
"Do you think that stars
have shadows?"
"I guess if there's some brighter star...
Like the kind that's about to become a black hole.
Don't they flare first?"
"Quasars. They flare as they're dying.
I guess that would give any other
star nearby a shadow.”
Finished reading Book of Night by Holly Black on 11 May and I still cannot stop thinking about it!
Book of Night is a dream come true. I’ve always loved the concept of shadows manifesting into corporal beings that can move and act independently, ever since Peter Pan first flew into my life!
The world concept and the plot itself are both terrifyingly believable, only taking that tiny step beyond reality into frequent imaginings. I have always found something magical and mysterious about shadows. After all, even when I'm alone, my shadow is almost always there to haunt me, guard me, and accompany me. So Holly Black breathing life into shadows is truly thrilling and strangely familiar, it felt right. This is how it is supposed to be, how shadows were made to function.
The writing is phenomenal, and the plot is well-paced. It contains just the right amount of everything. A wonderfully glorious balance of tragedy, love, joy, mystery and horror, prose and dialogue, past and present. And the ending is so perfect, I think I might have died, my heart did funny things, things it's not supposed to do. Although, I would definitely never say no to more if it became a series. Book of Night has the potential to be one after all.
The characters!! They were all so amazing and honest and raw. I wish I had the right words, but I don't think I could do any of them justice. I will say this though, Charlie Hall is a very realistic character, she is good at what she does, but she is not overpowered, not insanely perfect. She is riddled with imperfections that make her wonderful and moody and loving, and thoroughly enjoyable. I feel so emotionally attached to her and I do not wish to let go.
My favourite conversation:
"Do you think that stars
have shadows?"
"I guess if there's some brighter star...
Like the kind that's about to become a black hole.
Don't they flare first?"
"Quasars. They flare as they're dying.
I guess that would give any other
star nearby a shadow.”