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A review by ameliaunabridged
Hush by Dylan Farrow
3.0
If I can say anything about Hush, Dylan Farrow knows how to write a page-turner. I read about 80% of it in one sitting and finished the rest a day or two later. It's a quick read for a nearly 400-page novel.
Montane is a fantasy world with strict restrictions on who can read and write, what you can speak aloud or even think. Words have immense power – and for some, magic. People who possess the ability to harness such magic are trained as Bards to perform miracles – Tellings.
I felt like Hush had all of the bones of a fantasy novel that I would enjoy, but I wanted more development in almost every aspect of it. The Bards and Tellings were a fascinating addition to the world, and I loved seeing Shae using her burgeoning gifts, but I wanted a better explanation of the magic system and the world.
Characters who I expected to turn out to be evil...turned out to be evil, and in the last 30% of Hush, I felt like all of the baddies turned into exaggerated caricatures of young-adult fantasy villains.
This felt a lot like the first novel in a debut young-adult fantasy series, but I enjoyed reading it well enough, and I am interested to see where Dylan Farrow takes the story from the ending.
3 to 3.5 stars.
Montane is a fantasy world with strict restrictions on who can read and write, what you can speak aloud or even think. Words have immense power – and for some, magic. People who possess the ability to harness such magic are trained as Bards to perform miracles – Tellings.
I felt like Hush had all of the bones of a fantasy novel that I would enjoy, but I wanted more development in almost every aspect of it. The Bards and Tellings were a fascinating addition to the world, and I loved seeing Shae using her burgeoning gifts, but I wanted a better explanation of the magic system and the world.
Characters who I expected to turn out to be evil...turned out to be evil, and in the last 30% of Hush, I felt like all of the baddies turned into exaggerated caricatures of young-adult fantasy villains.
This felt a lot like the first novel in a debut young-adult fantasy series, but I enjoyed reading it well enough, and I am interested to see where Dylan Farrow takes the story from the ending.
3 to 3.5 stars.