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Finnikin De La Roca (2012)

by Melina Marchetta(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

8427201869 (ISBN13: 9788427201866)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Molino

series

Lumatere Chronicles

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 fiercely. When the leader was burned at the stake, she cursed the land of Lumatere with seclusion from the rest of the world and death by fire. Several of the citizens fled before the curse was set and so escaped its punishment. Finnikin and Sir Topher were among those lucky people. Several years later Finnikin and Sir Topher find out that one of the royal family is still alive. They are then tasked with protecting the only one who can find the lost royal. Finnikin of the Rock was a thoughtful book. Fil... moreled to the brim with perfectly executed humor and believable characters. Not only was it filled with humor and well designed characters it had deep and thoughtful lines. For example “Then I choose to drown,” Finnikin said. “In hope. Rather than float into nothing.” (57) This line struck me as profound because he is saying he would rather live, than survive. Finnikin has realized that living is different than surviving. The way the exiles, Lumaterians who escaped, survived was in large mobile camps with little food and less to live for. Finnikin saw that was no way to live, just floating down a river of nothing every day. Instead he chose to believe that going back to Lumatere was possible. That was when he became truly happy. Another example is when the Priest King was talking to Froi, one of the many secondary characters. “Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?” The Priest King had a very good point. Humans are nothing without the languages we cherish so much. The beginning of history is when writing was invented. Not only was Finnikin of the Rock a thoughtful and deep book it was also very romantic book. For example Finnikin said this to Evanjalin “This hand says you spend the rest of your life with me,” he said, holding out his left hand, “and this one says I spend the rest of my life with you. Choose.” (234) This was one of my favorite places in the book. This was the place when Finnikin was basically pronouncing his love for her. Finnikin of the the Rock was a fantastic book. My favorite part of the book, and I don’t say this often, was the end. IT CAPTURED THE HUMOR AND ROMANCE OF THE BOOK PERFECTLY. The end of this book was the best ending I have ever read and I have read a lot of books like this in the past couple of years. I would like to recommend this to anyone who likes lots of romance, strong female characters, medieval times, and magic.
review 2: Is was quite a good fantasy book, particularly for a YA. I'd recommend this for an older teen as there is some mention of sex, rape, whores, etc but it was quite a decent story. The main character did annoy me a bit at times because he was a bit obnoxious or something. And I did have a theory about the main plot twist which happened to come true. Despite all this I did really enjoy Finnikin of the Rock and will look forward to the next in the series until I eventually get there. less

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