A fun mix of Philip Pullman, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket and every fantasy universe I have ever heard of.
Three magic books, three orphans... trilogy alert!
I like this book a lot but don't really love it. It was a good read, and an interesting universe to be in. The borrowings from other authors are obvious and in a way they make the book interesting too, make its world comfortable to live in. But i also felt like i was having my strings skillfully pulled by a pro. I felt that this book was written to be successful: the author knows the formula and uses it well. So it doesn't have the same feel of, say, Tolkien, who was just a nerd trying to tell a long story. Still, not bad. I'll probably read the other two when they come out.
Quotes:
The wizards created three great books, which they named the Books of Beginning.
Morum cadi, the deathless warriors [...] hannudin—hope killers, they were called—half-alive ghouls who came up behind you in the darkness and whispered that all the worst thoughts you ever had were true [...] salmac-tar, an ancient race, little more than beasts, who had supposedly given birth to goblins ages ago and lived down deep below the roots of the mountains.
Time, Kate was learning, was like a river. You might put up obstacles, even divert it briefly, but the river had a will of its own. It wanted to flow a certain way. You had to force it to change. You had to be willing to sacrifice.
“The end is near, child. I will be coming for you. Our destinies are one. I will be coming, and when I find you, all the world will dance.…”
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