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Twilight Robbery (2011)

by Frances Hardinge(Favorite Author)

4.31 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1405055391 (ISBN13: 9781405055390)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

MacMillan Children's Books

series

Fly By Night

review 1: This was an unexpectedly great read because I still hadn't read the first book when I picked this one up.What makes this book is the little details like the description of Toll-by-day and Toll-by-night (to be honest the entire idea of Toll and The Luck is crazy innovative) , the Locksmiths and their reign of terror ,the murderous goose Saracen whom I'd honestly liked to read more about.The last 100 pages were definitely the most enjoyable , so much was happening ; we discover Beamabeth is not at all who we thought she was and so is the not-so-radical Brand Appleton ,The Luck of Toll is not actually the Luck of Toll and at last when Mosca and Mr. Clent manage to get out of Toll ,Mosca decides to go back??!To sum it up : great book,amazing writing ,hopefully there's a third... more one.
review 2: Liked this sequel to Fly By Night too (which was called Twilight Robbery on my copy). Still goes at breakneck speed, but I think I kept up with the twists and turns a little better this time. I even guessed the ultimate mastermind early on! But it was fun to see how we got to that point, and how Mosca maneuveurs her way out of one tricky spot after another. I think there are still too many ideas, too many characters who serve the plot but end up a little undeserved by the writing, but the central characters - Mosca and Clent - are drawn beautifully and it's easy to like them and want to come out on top, dubious morals and all. I'm glad there was more of the name stuff - it's one part of the worldbuilding I find incredibly intriguing - and even more so the craziness of Toll by day v Toll by night that was just very very interesting. less

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