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Piiri (2011)

by Mats Strandberg(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Basam Books

series

Engelsfors

review 1: This book felt like it did a really good job of showing the various aspects of the high school teenager and making them feel real and fleshed out. Also, magic, and it wasn't afraid to kill people. The writing often times feels spare or stark, and I'm not sure if that's due to it being written in Swedish or just something the authors were doing. Not that it is necessarily bad, and by the last 1/3 I didn't even notice because I was so wrapped up in the story. Looking forward to the next one.
review 2: This is the first book in a long, looong time that I found that is 1.) centred more or less exclusively on female teenaged characters, 2.) whose main plot isn't a love plot, 3.) who don't get raped. This is so incredibly rare it really bears mentioning (Seriousl... morey. Try thinking of more examples of books that fit these characteristics). And it is a Fantasy book! Of course there are love plots, but they are a part of the story and have usually been established before the plot - teenage witches coming to terms with their powers - starts. The different girls don't all differ that much from each other, but after some time were believable enough to be interested in. I'm definitely considering reading the sequels. I don't understand why this book has been compared so widely to completely unconnected books simply because the authors are also Swedish when what we have here is a mix between Charmed with a bit of the Buffy scooby cast thrown in. Set in Sweden, though, sure. It most certainly doesn't have the least bit to do with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and as far as I'm concerned is a better book for that, because grittiness and female characters doesn't always have to be about sexual abuse. less

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