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Libyrinth (2009)

by Pearl North(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0765320967 (ISBN13: 9780765320964)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Tor Teen

series

Libyrinth

review 1: This book was such an exquisite read! It's for Bibliophiles and very realistic. It contains a lot of quotes that are very timely and make you want to read the other books- of which there is a list at the end.It was interesting to read a bout the various cultures- they are so different but also complimentary. There are the people of the Libyrinth with value the written word and are equal in treatment of women and men. There is the Singers who value the song and are mostly patriarchal. And there are the people of Ilysies which like books but are also warriors and like the good life and are mainly matriarchal. Anthropologically this book is appealing. Even ebing so different, they had some things the same and this shows that the environmental context does affect culture.It wa... mores interesting to see these cultures and that people look different. There is an Earth-culture element combined with new. It was also nice to see how there is no concrete bad vs. concrete good. Everyone and every group was not perfect, they all made mistakes. It was interesting to see how they all came together and in the end did not base their existence solely on old knowledge but strived to make up new knowledge by working together. It was also good that they admitted their mistakes and saw how things got twisted along the way.There was the element of how both practice and theory are needed and this is something that reminds me of ancient Greeks. There was also the element of one-ness which reminds me of Hindu philosophy.I felt that things mentioned, like vaccines and eggs were not mentioned for nothing but were later tied in the story. Although then some things remain a mystery such as what happened to Scio- maybe this is brought up in the second book.It was interesting to see that Haly, Selene (who was my favourite) and Clauda all did not want to lead or be seen - although Clauda and Haly were happy to have their value noticed- but they all do what they must and there was a lot of creative thinking to do this.It was also interesting to see how the various sexualities- mainly of Haly and Clauda were treated. Although I am still curious about Selene and Clauda!
review 2: This book I read as a kid, and coming back to it now I'm glad to do so! There were a few times I had to reread to understand a confusing format of the sentences, but the prime points I loved was how it's just before it's time. There's a side mention of Claudia favoring women in relationships- but it's not a huge thing, and does not twist the plot in horrible ways as she screws everyone over with how gay she is. There are many books and TV shows that try to do this and then are promoted at LGBT friendly, when really it's using a person purely as a plot device or as a sexual object. The book quotes came in at great times, and I thought the idea was very interesting. None of the characters seemed to come out flat, and right when you think you find one that was, the next time you saw them you'd find something new out about them that shifted your view. Even some of the characters that didn't matter to the story line but the character knew from pre-story were given some life. One example would be towards the end, the singers in the cage each had a different personality. Rossiter was a character who didn't ever come into the story except as one of the first to read, and yet we got to see a bit about him. Really, there's many places I could compliment the book, but I found it to be interesting and marvelous, and can't wait until I get the chance to pick up the next two in the series. less

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