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A review by hannahxuereb
Dreaming of Amelia by Jaclyn Moriarty
5.0
I gave this book 5 stars.
Here's why:
* Star no. 1 - amazing plot. I mean gothic fiction....what's not to like?
* Star no. 2 - utterly amazing and totally believable characters.
* Star no. 3 - stunningly original layout. This is pretty much the only book I've ever read which consists of essays, blogs, meetings and letters ONLY!
* Star no. 4 - the merge of black holes, Irish folklore, Irish convicts, past and present
* Star no. 5 - the number of twists in this beautifully written book
Also if I could give this book a 6th star, I would,
Mostly because of Riley’s letter to Amelia, here it is:
PS: IF YOU HAVE'NT READ THE BOOK I WOULNT READ THIS NEXT BIT! IT MAY BE SPOILER LIKE:
Dear Amelia,
I hear there are giant jellyfish in the Arctic,
tentacles longer than train carriages.
Haystacks fly over cities in whirlwinds, and fish frogs and turtles rain on towns.
There are spaces of perfect nothing that they call black holes.
Nothing's impossible- that's what you think I'm trying to say.
But I'm not.
There are things that are impossible - unimaginable even- and here they are: That I broke you.
Betrayed you.
Said I'd given up on you. Sent you flying to a park in a thunderstorm.
That I've been wrong about you all along- saw something in your face each time you faded to your past, when the opposite was true.
That all this time you've been lost and that I won't get a second chance to find you.
Amelia your name is a song. It's a name you can't say without smiling or crying, without casting both shadows and light. But there are too many places to hide or get lost in a name like Amelia.
So this is me shouting that name. They say nobody ever escapes from a black hole. They don't know the strength in my Amelia. The strength in your grip when you want to stay out dancing- the strength in your wicked smile.
Riley
Here's why:
* Star no. 1 - amazing plot. I mean gothic fiction....what's not to like?
* Star no. 2 - utterly amazing and totally believable characters.
* Star no. 3 - stunningly original layout. This is pretty much the only book I've ever read which consists of essays, blogs, meetings and letters ONLY!
* Star no. 4 - the merge of black holes, Irish folklore, Irish convicts, past and present
* Star no. 5 - the number of twists in this beautifully written book
Also if I could give this book a 6th star, I would,
Mostly because of Riley’s letter to Amelia, here it is:
PS: IF YOU HAVE'NT READ THE BOOK I WOULNT READ THIS NEXT BIT! IT MAY BE SPOILER LIKE:
Dear Amelia,
I hear there are giant jellyfish in the Arctic,
tentacles longer than train carriages.
Haystacks fly over cities in whirlwinds, and fish frogs and turtles rain on towns.
There are spaces of perfect nothing that they call black holes.
Nothing's impossible- that's what you think I'm trying to say.
But I'm not.
There are things that are impossible - unimaginable even- and here they are: That I broke you.
Betrayed you.
Said I'd given up on you. Sent you flying to a park in a thunderstorm.
That I've been wrong about you all along- saw something in your face each time you faded to your past, when the opposite was true.
That all this time you've been lost and that I won't get a second chance to find you.
Amelia your name is a song. It's a name you can't say without smiling or crying, without casting both shadows and light. But there are too many places to hide or get lost in a name like Amelia.
So this is me shouting that name. They say nobody ever escapes from a black hole. They don't know the strength in my Amelia. The strength in your grip when you want to stay out dancing- the strength in your wicked smile.
Riley