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story_singer_101's review
4.0
Rating: 4 stars
Review: If The Legend of Sam Miracle reminded me of a Madeline L’Engle novel, The Song of Glory and Ghost bore an even closer resemblance. As with Madeline L’Engle novels, the science fiction/time travel portions of the story were confusing and hard to understand even as they added intensity, wonder, and excitement to the story. The circular time rather than linear time fascinated and confused me in equal parts, so I cannot honestly write that I wish N. D. Wilson had written the story without the time travel elements. Instead, I wish that my brain could have understood the time travel better or that the time travel could have been written a little more clearly. My only other problem with the story is that after a two book lead up, the ending seemed a little fast and too easily resolved. However in the book’s favor, the characters and plot were well-written, and I loved the fast pace, the new focus on Glory, the references to Peter Pan, and the continuation of the classic themes present in the first book. Despite the parts of the story that I would have liked to be different, I really enjoyed The Song of Glory and Ghost and would recommend it as a fantasy worthy of your time and attention.
Review: If The Legend of Sam Miracle reminded me of a Madeline L’Engle novel, The Song of Glory and Ghost bore an even closer resemblance. As with Madeline L’Engle novels, the science fiction/time travel portions of the story were confusing and hard to understand even as they added intensity, wonder, and excitement to the story. The circular time rather than linear time fascinated and confused me in equal parts, so I cannot honestly write that I wish N. D. Wilson had written the story without the time travel elements. Instead, I wish that my brain could have understood the time travel better or that the time travel could have been written a little more clearly. My only other problem with the story is that after a two book lead up, the ending seemed a little fast and too easily resolved. However in the book’s favor, the characters and plot were well-written, and I loved the fast pace, the new focus on Glory, the references to Peter Pan, and the continuation of the classic themes present in the first book. Despite the parts of the story that I would have liked to be different, I really enjoyed The Song of Glory and Ghost and would recommend it as a fantasy worthy of your time and attention.
bones_jackson's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Nossa como eu amei esse livro, tantos detalhes que é de se surpreender com a criatividade do autor. E todo mundo consegue ser incrivelmente traumatizado, em todos os níveis possíveis e impossíveis, parece até percy Jackson. Na verdade, se fosse pra descrever esse livro, eu diria que ele é tipo um percy Jackson, mas sem os deuses e com o personagem principal com mãos de cobra e uma found family muito fofa de se ler.
E eu só gostaria de dizer que eu amo o Judá nesse livro, ele é perfeito.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, Kidnapping, War, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
shortthoughts's review
5.0
Lots of action and adventure. As always, Wilson plays with big ideas, like good and evil, life and death, the wonder of creation, and death by living. This is his best series yet.
memlhd's review
4.0
At times Wilson seemed to return to the old self of being just a little hard to understand, but for the most part this was as good as the first. In some ways better, but in other ways it seemed a little over the top. But overall, we enjoyed it for a read aloud.
hannacolwrites's review
3.0
The character dynamics in this series are still among some of my favorites. I have loved watching Sam and Glory develop over the course of the two books. That being said, the fantastical elements, Aztec demonesses, and underworld zombies (were they zombies?) in this second book were a bit much for my personal taste.
fool_ofabook's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The writing is stunning- the story thrilling, and the characters so beautifully complex.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Gun violence
Moderate: Violence, Gore, and Death
Minor: Abandonment and Child abuse
dusk's review
5.0
“Glory Hallelujah, dance with darkness, because you are the dawn. May every tongue of your fire burn white-hot against the chains imprisoning others. When your time is done and your life is spent, this will be the song Ghost sings of glory when he gathers you in.”
This book is beautiful. Glory, the plucky supporting character in the first book, becomes the protagonist and she’s amazing. Sam also becomes a better character, but he fights alongside Glort and he supports her. I appreciate that and he’s a better supporting protagonist than the main one. The characters receive a whole lot of depth and it’s deeply satisfying. It takes place in a dystopian Seattle, which is very different from the Wild West setting of the first book, but I love it much more. There’s a lot of death and the antagonist is a convincingly murderous maniac, but in the side of good there’s so much life and truth and hope. I love the themes of self-sacrifice in this book. It’s courageous, through-and-through.
Nate has a thing for names (Henry and Henrietta living in Henry Kansas, anyone?) and this time there’s two Sams: a Samra gets introduced. She’s a bit of a bother. You see the world a few times from the perspective of Millie, Sam’s sister, and in sharp contrast to Samra she’s a gift and a treasure. Both Glory and Millie are incredibly courageous in their own ways. I love the deep dignity of Millie making soup and not melting down and staying strong for all those under her care. They’re both beautiful pictures of femininity in very different ways and neither of them are the generic “strong independent woman” that crushes femininity. It’s nice to see that from a male author. Love the island of the Lost Boys. Ghost is fantastic and, I’ll say it again, Glory is phenomenal and one of the best female protagonists I’ve ever seen and I love her dynamic with Sam. They’re just these amazing time-traveling comrades who support each other and risk their life for each other. Samra thinks she can get between them to form some sort of love triangle, but she doesn’t even come close to succeeding. They just have too great of a friendship.
The sequel is definitely better than the original (it lacks some of the flaws of the original), and so, so good. Its greatest flaw is that it’s only about 336 pages so I devoured it in only a day. It was a very good day, though. Highly recommmended.
This book is beautiful. Glory, the plucky supporting character in the first book, becomes the protagonist and she’s amazing. Sam also becomes a better character, but he fights alongside Glort and he supports her. I appreciate that and he’s a better supporting protagonist than the main one. The characters receive a whole lot of depth and it’s deeply satisfying. It takes place in a dystopian Seattle, which is very different from the Wild West setting of the first book, but I love it much more. There’s a lot of death and the antagonist is a convincingly murderous maniac, but in the side of good there’s so much life and truth and hope. I love the themes of self-sacrifice in this book. It’s courageous, through-and-through.
Nate has a thing for names (Henry and Henrietta living in Henry Kansas, anyone?) and this time there’s two Sams: a Samra gets introduced. She’s a bit of a bother. You see the world a few times from the perspective of Millie, Sam’s sister, and in sharp contrast to Samra she’s a gift and a treasure. Both Glory and Millie are incredibly courageous in their own ways. I love the deep dignity of Millie making soup and not melting down and staying strong for all those under her care. They’re both beautiful pictures of femininity in very different ways and neither of them are the generic “strong independent woman” that crushes femininity. It’s nice to see that from a male author. Love the island of the Lost Boys. Ghost is fantastic and, I’ll say it again, Glory is phenomenal and one of the best female protagonists I’ve ever seen and I love her dynamic with Sam. They’re just these amazing time-traveling comrades who support each other and risk their life for each other. Samra thinks she can get between them to form some sort of love triangle, but she doesn’t even come close to succeeding. They just have too great of a friendship.
The sequel is definitely better than the original (it lacks some of the flaws of the original), and so, so good. Its greatest flaw is that it’s only about 336 pages so I devoured it in only a day. It was a very good day, though. Highly recommmended.
skittles0313's review
5.0
all i've got to say is go Glory Hallelujah!
2019: GLORY I LOVE YOU
2021: HOLY HECK GHOST AND GLORY xNJAIFJEOIALKJSF iM
oliviacornwell's review
4.0
Okay so, if I had known beforehand that this was the last book (or so it seems??), that would have made this maybe less confusing XD
I really enjoyed reading this. :3 The characters are lovely and funny, and the action was great (though at times confusing. I've never understood time travel well and with all of their time hopping I was running to keep up XD). At first the main plot line seemed too stretched out. I wasn't seeing much of what I read on the jacket summary. It came into focus more at the end, especially when I began to realize that "wait, this is the last book they're wrapping this up" and so it's not as confusing.
Some parts still are, but this was a satisfying end, I think. :3 I just wish I'd realized that this was the end sooner XD The climax was intense and really cool to imagine, though. I enjoyed that.
EDIT: So this book is not the last book. Now I'm confused again. XD The book seemed to really wrap things up. o.O
I really enjoyed reading this. :3 The characters are lovely and funny, and the action was great (though at times confusing. I've never understood time travel well and with all of their time hopping I was running to keep up XD). At first the main plot line seemed too stretched out. I wasn't seeing much of what I read on the jacket summary. It came into focus more at the end, especially when I began to realize that "wait, this is the last book they're wrapping this up" and so it's not as confusing.
Some parts still are, but this was a satisfying end, I think. :3 I just wish I'd realized that this was the end sooner XD The climax was intense and really cool to imagine, though. I enjoyed that.
EDIT: So this book is not the last book. Now I'm confused again. XD The book seemed to really wrap things up. o.O
silver_valkyrie_reads's review
5.0
I love what it means to be a hero in this series (and that heroes need someone to cook chicken soup and apple muffins for them).
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