Books by Melina Marchetta
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review 1: I didn't like this book as much as Saving Francesca. To tell you the truth, I was set out to hating it after the few chapters. But after a awhile I fell in love with the book and all the characters (even though I still was confused by who was who). That's the thing about Marchett...
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review 1: The Gorgon in the Gully is Melina Marchetta's first book for younger readers and it is great. I would recommend this book for fans of her other novels as it centres around the character Danny Griggs, aka Jonah Griggs' (from On the Jellicoe Road) younger brother. So there are many...
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review 1: Ferragost is a nice little extra for those who can't get enough of the Lumatere Chronicles (read: everyone who has read them). It focuses on Celie's attempt to obtain a Yut chronicle from a neighbouring kingdom for the priest-king of Lumatere. She is staying in a castle on an iso...
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review 1: Absolutely breathtaking--the world building, the characters, the plot, the setting...did I mention the characters?? What sealed it for me was a moment near the end when the priestking is explaining the nature of curses (as they exist in their world) and sorrow and pain and traged...
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review 1: I found myself wrapped up in this series and thoroughly enjoying the story, but I gave it 3 stars for the some violence. I have a hard time reading about rape and while some of the direct references were not explicit the story is about a kingdom under a curse where women are barr...
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review 1: Fantastic read! The writing was truly amazing. I enjoyed very much reading the series and also this first book. The world the author takes us through is completely fascinating and so realistic that it took my breath away. As much as the world building was real, so were the charac...
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review 1: I couldn't figure this book out. Tom was so darn lovable one second, and a complete jerk the next. I found myself liking Will, who I didn't care much for in "Saving Francesca", and somehow loving Tom's family, but simultaneously finding them boring and dysfunctional. Some real...
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review 1: Not a huge fan. Melina Marchetta writes beautifully, of that there is no doubt. But the characters are all so dramatic that is becomes unbearable for me. Nobody acts like a normal human being would act in this book. 90% of the conflict in the book could probably be avoided if...
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review 1: I just finished the book Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta. The basis of the story is, this country called Lumatere went through a rough time. First the royal family was killed, then the citizens started turning on one another. One group of people were targeted most fierce...