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Vespertine
by Margaret Rogerson
Libby/audio
This isn’t my favorite book by this author, but it was still interesting.
It starts out slowly, and it isn’t a romance, so i had a difficult time latching on to it.
Artemesia is very like Wednesday Adams. Socially awkward, misses social clues, seems cold as ice. She winds up having a very good reason explained for it, but its not explained until about 60ish% through, where its disclosed organically. I feel like i could have been more attached to her had i known earlier, but as i said, it’s more organic this way.
If you are a fan of say, One Dark Window, you will probably enjoy this story also.
I enjoyed the friendship between the 2 MCs, the twist had me fooled until the reveal, and I’m glad it worked out as it did.
Im not usually a fan of religious themes in books, but this book is making an observation about how fear of bad stuff can lead to covering up the truth, and after a few generations it becomes superstition, and eventually you end up doing the same thing or worse because the knowledge is lost about how to do it properly. I thought that was kind of interesting.
The animals were a nice touch too.
Art has an interesting and heartbreaking backstory, and the way her brain developed due to it is just heartbreaking. I was very happy to see how much she actually cares, and to see that she gets to make some real friends.
The ending is very open-ended, definitely room to continue the story.
This isn’t my favorite book by this author, but it was still interesting.
It starts out slowly, and it isn’t a romance, so i had a difficult time latching on to it.
Artemesia is very like Wednesday Adams. Socially awkward, misses social clues, seems cold as ice. She winds up having a very good reason explained for it, but its not explained until about 60ish% through, where its disclosed organically. I feel like i could have been more attached to her had i known earlier, but as i said, it’s more organic this way.
If you are a fan of say, One Dark Window, you will probably enjoy this story also.
I enjoyed the friendship between the 2 MCs, the twist had me fooled until the reveal, and I’m glad it worked out as it did.
Im not usually a fan of religious themes in books, but this book is making an observation about how fear of bad stuff can lead to covering up the truth, and after a few generations it becomes superstition, and eventually you end up doing the same thing or worse because the knowledge is lost about how to do it properly. I thought that was kind of interesting.
The animals were a nice touch too.
Art has an interesting and heartbreaking backstory, and the way her brain developed due to it is just heartbreaking. I was very happy to see how much she actually cares, and to see that she gets to make some real friends.
The ending is very open-ended, definitely room to continue the story.