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A review by joelteon
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
5.0
How many platitudes can I shout about this wonderful book? Too many to count.
I think that I have found, if not one of my top ten books ever, certainly my favourite book of the year. I was sold after 50 pages and it only got better and better.
The blurb does a great job detailing the plot of the first half of the book, but it is in the prose and the characters that make this book something special.
I was drawn in by that incredible cover and kept enthralled by the world that Yoon Ha Lee has created. I read this book in two sittings in less than a day because I only put it down when I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer at no fault of the book.
I just know that I am going to run out and borrow every book from the library written by Yoon Ha Lee. I just wish there was a sequel to look forward to because wow does it end with a bang.
I think that I have found, if not one of my top ten books ever, certainly my favourite book of the year. I was sold after 50 pages and it only got better and better.
The blurb does a great job detailing the plot of the first half of the book, but it is in the prose and the characters that make this book something special.
I was drawn in by that incredible cover and kept enthralled by the world that Yoon Ha Lee has created. I read this book in two sittings in less than a day because I only put it down when I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer at no fault of the book.
I just know that I am going to run out and borrow every book from the library written by Yoon Ha Lee. I just wish there was a sequel to look forward to because wow does it end with a bang.