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3.56 AVERAGE
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Original de: El Extraño Gato del Cuento
Cada cierto tiempo, a mis lecturas les gusta recordarme que, uno, no debo confiarme de mi suerte en lecturas y dos, que para todo libro hay un momento adecuado. An Inheritance of Ashes lo empecé dos veces en dos meses. ¿No te ha pasado que a veces tu cuerpo/mente te dice que no leas un libro?
AN INHERITANCE OF ASHES
Como siempre me pasa con los libros de fantasía, el inicio para mí fue un poco difícil cuadrar en mi cabeza que era lo que estaba pasando, creo que esta vez me habría ayudado un montón leer la reseña, pero así soy, fastidiosa.
An Inheritance of Ashes te trae como escenario un pequeño pueblo tras la guerra con una criatura fuera de este mundo, y que a pesar de que los seres humanos ganaron, algunas criaturas extrañas están apareciendo, criaturas que si las tocas pueden llegar a causar la muerte.
En mi segundo intento de lectura simplemente no pude parar de leer.
Me interesó muchísimo la evolución que tomaría la relación de las hermanas Hallie y Marthe ya que fue una de las primeras veces en que no podía escoger un lado, porque entendía perfectamente los dos. Este asunto de los bichos extraños, si bien me fue totalmente confuso al inicio, luego en cada capítulo esperaba y temía su aparición. En cuanto a personajes... Son extremadamente variados y adoro eso, sobre todo que los más importantes hayan sido mujeres.
¿Hay romance? Si y ¡Vaca! Si bien el romance en sí no ocupa gran parte de la trama, lo que para mí está bien, siento que de lo contrario le habría quitado un poco de puntos a la historia; esta ahí y es ADORABLE, pero así en nivel gatitos de un mes jugando. No es un romance "típico", me gusta mucho como el cortejo (es la primera vez que uso esa palabra - !!!), es tan sutil, incluso para Hallie. Este es un buen ejemplo de amigos de toda la vida que quizá pueden ser algo más.
NO ES PERFECTO
A pesar de tener un argumento que durante muchos momentos me sorprendió, uno de los giros importantes de la historia fue DEMASIADO predecible, y eso si me bajo un poco la emoción ¡Como no podían darse cuenta!
DENLE EL LIBRO A GUILLERMO DEL TORO
Últimamente he agarrado por costumbre el imaginarme que haría yo si me dieran la responsabilidad de adaptar un libro a película, y mi primera decisión para An Inheritance of Ashes seria mandarle el libro a Guillermo del Toro y juntos podríamos terminar el guion, porque este libro está para empezar producción ahora mismo. Leerlo ha sido como leer una transcripción de película, hay partes donde se me hizo tan claro verlas, y la verdad es que imaginación visual no tengo mucho. Sobre todo hay una escena al final que es prácticamente sacada de película. DENME MILLONES QUE NECESITO PRODUCIR ESTO.
An Inheritance of Ashes es un libro que me ha gustado un montón visualmente y en historia, a pesar de haber tenido un inicio un poco difícil, no me arrepiento de haberle dado una segunda oportunidad.
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Cada cierto tiempo, a mis lecturas les gusta recordarme que, uno, no debo confiarme de mi suerte en lecturas y dos, que para todo libro hay un momento adecuado. An Inheritance of Ashes lo empecé dos veces en dos meses. ¿No te ha pasado que a veces tu cuerpo/mente te dice que no leas un libro?
AN INHERITANCE OF ASHES
Como siempre me pasa con los libros de fantasía, el inicio para mí fue un poco difícil cuadrar en mi cabeza que era lo que estaba pasando, creo que esta vez me habría ayudado un montón leer la reseña, pero así soy, fastidiosa.
An Inheritance of Ashes te trae como escenario un pequeño pueblo tras la guerra con una criatura fuera de este mundo, y que a pesar de que los seres humanos ganaron, algunas criaturas extrañas están apareciendo, criaturas que si las tocas pueden llegar a causar la muerte.
En mi segundo intento de lectura simplemente no pude parar de leer.
Me interesó muchísimo la evolución que tomaría la relación de las hermanas Hallie y Marthe ya que fue una de las primeras veces en que no podía escoger un lado, porque entendía perfectamente los dos. Este asunto de los bichos extraños, si bien me fue totalmente confuso al inicio, luego en cada capítulo esperaba y temía su aparición. En cuanto a personajes... Son extremadamente variados y adoro eso, sobre todo que los más importantes hayan sido mujeres.
¿Hay romance? Si y ¡Vaca! Si bien el romance en sí no ocupa gran parte de la trama, lo que para mí está bien, siento que de lo contrario le habría quitado un poco de puntos a la historia; esta ahí y es ADORABLE, pero así en nivel gatitos de un mes jugando. No es un romance "típico", me gusta mucho como el cortejo (es la primera vez que uso esa palabra - !!!), es tan sutil, incluso para Hallie. Este es un buen ejemplo de amigos de toda la vida que quizá pueden ser algo más.
NO ES PERFECTO
A pesar de tener un argumento que durante muchos momentos me sorprendió, uno de los giros importantes de la historia fue DEMASIADO predecible, y eso si me bajo un poco la emoción ¡Como no podían darse cuenta!
DENLE EL LIBRO A GUILLERMO DEL TORO
Últimamente he agarrado por costumbre el imaginarme que haría yo si me dieran la responsabilidad de adaptar un libro a película, y mi primera decisión para An Inheritance of Ashes seria mandarle el libro a Guillermo del Toro y juntos podríamos terminar el guion, porque este libro está para empezar producción ahora mismo. Leerlo ha sido como leer una transcripción de película, hay partes donde se me hizo tan claro verlas, y la verdad es que imaginación visual no tengo mucho. Sobre todo hay una escena al final que es prácticamente sacada de película. DENME MILLONES QUE NECESITO PRODUCIR ESTO.
An Inheritance of Ashes es un libro que me ha gustado un montón visualmente y en historia, a pesar de haber tenido un inicio un poco difícil, no me arrepiento de haberle dado una segunda oportunidad.
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For original review: https://holedupinabook.blogspot.com/2018/02/an-inheritance-of-ashes-by-leah-bobet.html
If there was only word to describe this book, it would be odd. This book was so weird. It was definitely one of those books that drew me in because of that gorgeous cover. I either love really colorful/obviously pretty covers or covers like these where it’s chromatic and simple. And it was honestly a struggle for me to finish this book.
I took this book with me in France and sometimes that can be a huge miss because while I’m traveling, it can be hard for me to focus on a single book and the last time I did this (ahem, Roseblood), I found myself absolutely hating that book. This time; however, I didn’t hate the book but I certainly don’t love it. I found it incredibly confusing and slow. At the end of the book, I wasn’t entirely sure what really happened. It was as if I was paying attention and then suddenly, somewhere halfway through the book, I lost track and suddenly the book is over and I got spit back out to reality.
Like I stated, the pacing of the book is incredibly slow which contributed to the slow development of the characters specifically Hallie as well as the world building. From the beginning of the book, I’m made aware that this war was fought and won but not too much details on who or what they were fighting against. It was also not really clear in terms of what the “Twisted Things” were.
For some of the plot twists, some were super obvious such as who exactly Heron was and others were definitely a surprise such as what happened to Thom. However, the most surprising was the identity of the god in the story. And honestly, when that was revealed, it felt like a letdown. The author and the rest of the book amped it up to be this amazing thing and when I finally discovered what it was, I was more like “seriously, that’s it?” It was certainly surprisingly – just a disappointed surprise.
I also wasn’t particularly fond of Hallie – she definitely had a lot of issues in terms of her family aka sister as well as her own social circle. It seemed as if she was always struggling to get others to understand her which is why there were so many misunderstandings between her and the villagers around her. I also found her to be a bit slow at times in terms of the progression of the plot.
Overall though, I didn’t particularly enjoy this book. It could have had a lot of potential but I think the execution wasn’t done right. Also, the writing style wasn’t one that I particularly enjoyed.
If there was only word to describe this book, it would be odd. This book was so weird. It was definitely one of those books that drew me in because of that gorgeous cover. I either love really colorful/obviously pretty covers or covers like these where it’s chromatic and simple. And it was honestly a struggle for me to finish this book.
I took this book with me in France and sometimes that can be a huge miss because while I’m traveling, it can be hard for me to focus on a single book and the last time I did this (ahem, Roseblood), I found myself absolutely hating that book. This time; however, I didn’t hate the book but I certainly don’t love it. I found it incredibly confusing and slow. At the end of the book, I wasn’t entirely sure what really happened. It was as if I was paying attention and then suddenly, somewhere halfway through the book, I lost track and suddenly the book is over and I got spit back out to reality.
Like I stated, the pacing of the book is incredibly slow which contributed to the slow development of the characters specifically Hallie as well as the world building. From the beginning of the book, I’m made aware that this war was fought and won but not too much details on who or what they were fighting against. It was also not really clear in terms of what the “Twisted Things” were.
For some of the plot twists, some were super obvious such as who exactly Heron was and others were definitely a surprise such as what happened to Thom. However, the most surprising was the identity of the god in the story. And honestly, when that was revealed, it felt like a letdown. The author and the rest of the book amped it up to be this amazing thing and when I finally discovered what it was, I was more like “seriously, that’s it?” It was certainly surprisingly – just a disappointed surprise.
I also wasn’t particularly fond of Hallie – she definitely had a lot of issues in terms of her family aka sister as well as her own social circle. It seemed as if she was always struggling to get others to understand her which is why there were so many misunderstandings between her and the villagers around her. I also found her to be a bit slow at times in terms of the progression of the plot.
Overall though, I didn’t particularly enjoy this book. It could have had a lot of potential but I think the execution wasn’t done right. Also, the writing style wasn’t one that I particularly enjoyed.
Surprisingly good, and worth a read! I liked the characters a lot, and found the story intriguing and fun to follow!
An Inheritance of Ashes is up my alley in so many ways, and it delivered on every front. It’s about two sisters who cannot find a way both to run their jointly-owned farm and to relate easily and kindly to each other. It’s about the bravery of leaving and the bravery of staying to fight, and the ways people get those things terribly wrong. It’s about the stories we tell about ourselves and our ability to escape from those stories. It’s about the aftermath of a war and the wounds it leaves in people and landscapes and hearts.
Plus, it’s just hella creepy. A soldier called Heron comes to help on Hallie’s farm, and that night, she kills a creature that comes in through her window. Only afterward does she realize that it’s a Twisted Thing, one of the minions of the Wicked God whom the world’s armies (including Heron; including Hallie’s not-yet-returned and dearly beloved brother-in-law) just barely managed to destroy. The Twisted Things–which look a little like birds or lizards or both, except for the acid and flame and cobwebs–were supposed to be gone. But Heron’s presence on their farm seems to herald the return of the war that Hallie and her village believed to be over.
Did I say aftermath, by the way? I meant to say aftermath. Best if I say it again right quick. Not just the aftermath of war, but the aftermath of family. Leah Bobet writes like someone who has paid close close attention to the way families ally and fight with and hurt and protect each other, and the way the wrongs of one generation turn into another set of wrongs by the next. It’s so, so lovely, and I nearly cried on a plane when I got to the end. SISTERS SISTERS SISTERS ALWAYS.
An Inheritance of Ashes is creepy in the way Brenna Yovanoff is creepy; it’s spot-on about relationships and feelings and family narratives in the way that Maggie Stiefvater is spot-on about those things; so if you are a fan of those two authors, give Leah Bobet a try.
Marthe leveled a cool stare at James Blakely. “The Wicked God’s dead. You were all at least willing to tell us that. If the Twisted Things are still loose on the countryside, don’t you tell me it’s not certain and we should just be afraid when you tell us to. I paid too much for that.” Her hand drifted to her belly; made a fist. “It was too much to have bought nothing.”
Plus, it’s just hella creepy. A soldier called Heron comes to help on Hallie’s farm, and that night, she kills a creature that comes in through her window. Only afterward does she realize that it’s a Twisted Thing, one of the minions of the Wicked God whom the world’s armies (including Heron; including Hallie’s not-yet-returned and dearly beloved brother-in-law) just barely managed to destroy. The Twisted Things–which look a little like birds or lizards or both, except for the acid and flame and cobwebs–were supposed to be gone. But Heron’s presence on their farm seems to herald the return of the war that Hallie and her village believed to be over.
Did I say aftermath, by the way? I meant to say aftermath. Best if I say it again right quick. Not just the aftermath of war, but the aftermath of family. Leah Bobet writes like someone who has paid close close attention to the way families ally and fight with and hurt and protect each other, and the way the wrongs of one generation turn into another set of wrongs by the next. It’s so, so lovely, and I nearly cried on a plane when I got to the end. SISTERS SISTERS SISTERS ALWAYS.
An Inheritance of Ashes is creepy in the way Brenna Yovanoff is creepy; it’s spot-on about relationships and feelings and family narratives in the way that Maggie Stiefvater is spot-on about those things; so if you are a fan of those two authors, give Leah Bobet a try.
I almost gave up on this book because I found it hard to get into at first, but once the thing with the window happened my interest was grabbed. And it turns out that one of the things that bothered me about the story was actually a plot point and part of the main characters growth. At first it seems like every one is angry all the time, but it turns out that some of this is because Hallie's concept of normal is warped by her abusive father. She experiences everyone as angry all the time because she was raised isolated in a house where anger was the main emotion. At first she can't interpret other emotions, and since the narration is from her point of view, most of what we get from other characters is anger. It made it hard for me to read, especially before I realized that Hallie's lens was warping the picture. I'm really glad that there was a larger purpose to it, and that Hallie faces it in the end.
The end could be a set up for another book, and I hope it is.
The end could be a set up for another book, and I hope it is.