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profaneprsefone 's review for:
Rebel Angels
by Libba Bray
This book read more like a Harry Potter book to me than the first book in the series did, so I looked up the publication date. This book came out in 2005, and the same year as Half-Blood Prince, and while I'm not saying that the books are identical (they are most certainly not) they do share quite a bit of narrative connective tissue. Part of that might just have been literary trends that were in vogue at the time of publication, part of that might be that there are only so many places to go when your expository circumstances are somewhat similar.
What I will give Libba Bray credit for is the shift in setting from book one to book two. Instead of just saying "off to another year at Hogwarts/Spence," she made a real effort to show us these characters in a new situations while also highlighting the social aspects of the world/society they inhabit.
I felt that the world-building for "the realms" could have been a bit more reigned in/manageable considering that our time is spent mostly in the "real world" unlike stories like Alice in Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz where we spend most of our time down the rabbit hole. However, I will say that:
1. that expansiveness didn't overwhelm the narrative too much, and
2. I don't know yet if the expansiveness of the world-building is required for something the author hopes to accomplish in the third installment.
Overall, I'm a bit less excited for the third (and currently, last) installment after this book than I was after part one, but it was still a solid installment in the trilogy.
What I will give Libba Bray credit for is the shift in setting from book one to book two. Instead of just saying "off to another year at Hogwarts/Spence," she made a real effort to show us these characters in a new situations while also highlighting the social aspects of the world/society they inhabit.
I felt that the world-building for "the realms" could have been a bit more reigned in/manageable considering that our time is spent mostly in the "real world" unlike stories like Alice in Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz where we spend most of our time down the rabbit hole. However, I will say that:
1. that expansiveness didn't overwhelm the narrative too much, and
2. I don't know yet if the expansiveness of the world-building is required for something the author hopes to accomplish in the third installment.
Overall, I'm a bit less excited for the third (and currently, last) installment after this book than I was after part one, but it was still a solid installment in the trilogy.