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krystlocity 's review for:
Chime
by Franny Billingsley
Uhg. Totally already wrote this review and lost it.
This book took me a long time to get into, mostly, I think, because the world it is set in is so much different than what I'm used to. Not to mention the fact that the nature of the book is mysterious because of it's plot. But that's also part of it's charm-It captured very well the deluded confusion that main character was feeling and makes the reader question everything we think we know about her. It has a great sense of wonderment to it, and it gets weaved in a magical way. Once getting over that initial hurdle, I know I would've loved this book whether I had been exposed to it 15 years ago or anywhere in between. It's appropriate and interesting enough for younger audiences while still being well written enough for older.
It is another love story, but a well written one, which I seem to be finding a lot of lately. Which is good, because I've also been exposed to a lot of really bad love stories. (And, of course, like all good love stories, that's not all it is.)
There are wonderful parallels to draw from and spark greater thought and discussion. The characters are very human, done well, endearing, and relate able. While I found Rose annoying in the beginning, she may have been my favorite character by the end, and that's a nice development (one that is also somewhat mirrored by the main character).
I'd definitely recommend it to a large and diverse groups of readers, although I do feel as though it's marketed wrong-it wasn't what I expected it to be, even if not actually falsely done.
This book took me a long time to get into, mostly, I think, because the world it is set in is so much different than what I'm used to. Not to mention the fact that the nature of the book is mysterious because of it's plot. But that's also part of it's charm-It captured very well the deluded confusion that main character was feeling and makes the reader question everything we think we know about her. It has a great sense of wonderment to it, and it gets weaved in a magical way. Once getting over that initial hurdle, I know I would've loved this book whether I had been exposed to it 15 years ago or anywhere in between. It's appropriate and interesting enough for younger audiences while still being well written enough for older.
It is another love story, but a well written one, which I seem to be finding a lot of lately. Which is good, because I've also been exposed to a lot of really bad love stories. (And, of course, like all good love stories, that's not all it is.)
There are wonderful parallels to draw from and spark greater thought and discussion. The characters are very human, done well, endearing, and relate able. While I found Rose annoying in the beginning, she may have been my favorite character by the end, and that's a nice development (one that is also somewhat mirrored by the main character).
I'd definitely recommend it to a large and diverse groups of readers, although I do feel as though it's marketed wrong-it wasn't what I expected it to be, even if not actually falsely done.