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A review by christiana
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
5.0
This was awesome. It reminded me of Graceling, only in that Finnikin and Sir Topher are on a journey the same way there is a journey in Graceling. It took me a little longer to read, but I think it was because of the nature of the subject (I want to read a journey slow, you know?). Hardly any swearing, prostitution is involved a little (I won't say any more because I am a crazy about not spoiling), but I still think it's safe for all high school.
Mind you, this is high fantasy. There are maps in the front and foreign languages. But no animals that I don't know what they are or anything like that. I love that Marchetta creates these worlds where she has created back stories for characters, but doesn't feel the need to share everything about them with the reader. That's not how you get to know people in real life, so it feels weird. Sometimes I would be reading along and MM would drop some knowledge on me and it was awesome.
This was amazing. I hope you think so too!
Mind you, this is high fantasy. There are maps in the front and foreign languages. But no animals that I don't know what they are or anything like that. I love that Marchetta creates these worlds where she has created back stories for characters, but doesn't feel the need to share everything about them with the reader. That's not how you get to know people in real life, so it feels weird. Sometimes I would be reading along and MM would drop some knowledge on me and it was awesome.
This was amazing. I hope you think so too!