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A review by mybooksarenovel
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
4.0
In which I read through The Printz Award books for literary excellence in YA books.
Seven timelines, starting in the future and working backwards in time until time unknown. Seven stories, all containing a man named Eric, a woman named Merle, an Island, and a hare. All the stories are very different, yet connected by a story thread. I hesitate to say more about it because it really is an experience.
I thought this was going to be like other cult thriller novels, and as such remained fairly glued to the story in need of funding out what was actually going on. I'm happy to have stuck through it. It was a puzzle to be solved and it's usually pretty satisfying to have the answer. While I did assume correctly what happened at the end/beginning, I needed the why. While I was discomfited by the content of the story, the end had a little bit of sweetness that had me walking away both satisfied and melancholy.
Seven timelines, starting in the future and working backwards in time until time unknown. Seven stories, all containing a man named Eric, a woman named Merle, an Island, and a hare. All the stories are very different, yet connected by a story thread. I hesitate to say more about it because it really is an experience.
I thought this was going to be like other cult thriller novels, and as such remained fairly glued to the story in need of funding out what was actually going on. I'm happy to have stuck through it. It was a puzzle to be solved and it's usually pretty satisfying to have the answer. While I did assume correctly what happened at the end/beginning, I needed the why. While I was discomfited by the content of the story, the end had a little bit of sweetness that had me walking away both satisfied and melancholy.