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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
Review originally written for my blog
I picked this up thanks to this Tor article about the NOMMA award. It won the Novella category, beating Binti: Home which I adored so figured I had to give this a try as the premise sounded fascinating.
The plot of the Novella follows the life of Molly as she grows up dealing with a very strange issue - her blood causes identical versions of her to form which then attempt to kill her. We see her as a child and follow her as she grows up and learns more about how to behave and deal with the Mollys - even if she doesn't always follow that advice!
As Molly is a girl, this naturally makes it much harder to avoid bleeding and the fact that this is tackled in the Novella is something I really enjoyed given how it's often overlooked. Her teenage years were really interesting to read about and I was constantly hooked right up until the end and left wanting to know even more.
Throughout the Novella we get a few glimpses of the worldbuilding which is very intriguing and something I'd definitely like to see more of in the sequel which is due to come out in 2019. I'm super excited to return to the world as it was a fantastic read and very creative premise.
It's way past Halloween now, but I'd definitely recommend this to anybody looking for a short, spooky read. It's also very well written and I would recommend it to anybody who enjoys darker Fantasy stories.
I picked this up thanks to this Tor article about the NOMMA award. It won the Novella category, beating Binti: Home which I adored so figured I had to give this a try as the premise sounded fascinating.
The plot of the Novella follows the life of Molly as she grows up dealing with a very strange issue - her blood causes identical versions of her to form which then attempt to kill her. We see her as a child and follow her as she grows up and learns more about how to behave and deal with the Mollys - even if she doesn't always follow that advice!
As Molly is a girl, this naturally makes it much harder to avoid bleeding and the fact that this is tackled in the Novella is something I really enjoyed given how it's often overlooked. Her teenage years were really interesting to read about and I was constantly hooked right up until the end and left wanting to know even more.
Throughout the Novella we get a few glimpses of the worldbuilding which is very intriguing and something I'd definitely like to see more of in the sequel which is due to come out in 2019. I'm super excited to return to the world as it was a fantastic read and very creative premise.
It's way past Halloween now, but I'd definitely recommend this to anybody looking for a short, spooky read. It's also very well written and I would recommend it to anybody who enjoys darker Fantasy stories.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well...that was interesting. Unfortunately there were several glaring loose ends and the ending was weak and disappointing. I'd like to see this as a more expanded work, or maybe a companion piece told from one of the parents' perspectives to fill in some of the holes.
Ça m'a fait pensé a une série coréenne que j'avais aimé et finalement ça n'avait rien à voir. Je lirai le 2.
NIIIIICE.
Which is completely inappropriate for a story of this content and magnitude but I'm still just kind of overwhelmed by how COOL this is.
Not for the weak of stomach. Like Children of Men mixed with Amy Number Seven mixed with Life After Life mixed with I don't even know what, it's just awesome and beautifully crisply done.
Which is completely inappropriate for a story of this content and magnitude but I'm still just kind of overwhelmed by how COOL this is.
Not for the weak of stomach. Like Children of Men mixed with Amy Number Seven mixed with Life After Life mixed with I don't even know what, it's just awesome and beautifully crisply done.
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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Reading-wise, 2020 has been a blast so far. The upside of being sick in bed is that it gives a pretty good excuses for reading the books one might have accidentally bought in an end of year TOR sale. The Murders of Molly Southbourne was indeed one of those.
I didn't know anything about it going in, except that I had seen it passing my feed a lot some time ago. And I think it was for the better. I was definitely not expecting this kind of strange, original tale and coming-of-age of Molly and her 'hemophilia'. I'm still a bit surprised it was possible to put so much story in so short a novel.
The only downside for me was some thing, rather important for the worldbuilding and as far as I can tell not so very important for the overall story, where quite randomly dropped on the reader and never really explained well. I hope the sequel will take care of that. But don't let that stop you from reading this.
Reading-wise, 2020 has been a blast so far. The upside of being sick in bed is that it gives a pretty good excuses for reading the books one might have accidentally bought in an end of year TOR sale. The Murders of Molly Southbourne was indeed one of those.
I didn't know anything about it going in, except that I had seen it passing my feed a lot some time ago. And I think it was for the better. I was definitely not expecting this kind of strange, original tale and coming-of-age of Molly and her 'hemophilia'. I'm still a bit surprised it was possible to put so much story in so short a novel.
The only downside for me was some thing, rather important for the worldbuilding and as far as I can tell not so very important for the overall story, where quite randomly dropped on the reader and never really explained well. I hope the sequel will take care of that. But don't let that stop you from reading this.