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A review by dusk
The Song of Glory and Ghost by N.D. Wilson
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.