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| Title | : | A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1) |
| Author | : | Libba Bray |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 403 pages |
| Published | : | December 9th 2003 by Simon and Schuster |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
Libba Bray
Hardcover | Pages: 403 pages Rating: 3.79 | 200038 Users | 9671 Reviews
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In this debut gothic novel mysterious visions, dark family secrets and a long-lost diary thrust Gemma and her classmates back into the horrors that followed her from India. (Ages 12+)It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls—and their foray into the spiritual world—lead to?
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| Original Title: | A Great and Terrible Beauty |
| ISBN: | 0689875347 (ISBN13: 9780689875342) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Gemma Doyle #1 |
| Characters: | Gemma Doyle, Kartik, Ann Bradshaw, Felicity Worthington, Pippa Cross |
| Setting: | United Kingdom India,1895 London, England |
| Literary Awards: | Iowa High School Book Award (2007), Lincoln Award Nominee (2007) |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 200038 Users | 9671 ReviewsCritique Containing Books A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1)
Okay, so I was a little slow discovering this, but since Rebel Angels just came out, I figured I would read the first in the series first. The novel can best be described as Gothic fantasy. Lots of Victorian atmosphere and ruminations about the claustrophobic restrictions on women in that time period, combined with a good portion of magic and mystery. I loved Bray's sense of humor. It saved the novel from becoming top-heavy or melodramatic. The ending didn't quite work as well for me as the restUpdate: Third book sucks!It appears that this book tends to polarize its readers. There are as many haters of it as there are lovers. I am one of those who happens to really like it. I am a big fan of Victorian literature as well as the boarding school setting; and it was a pleasure for me to delve into a world of this Jane Eyre-ish teen drama. There were many things that I found enchanting about this book. First of all, I have to give Bray a special credit for choosing a rather original setting
Buddy Read with some amazing ladies and a traveling book, hosted by Julie over at Pages and Pens! ❤A Great and Terrible Beauty is exactly why I am scared to read earlier decade(s) published novels that I remember were super hyped and popular. This also reads just like an early 2000s novel, with all the problematic content being there. The basic premise of this book is a young girl named Gemma Doyle, is whisked away to a London boarding school after the death of her mother. Before her mothers
2 starsI've read two of Libba Bray's books before I started goodreads. The first was Going Bovine which I did put down because I was confused but later picked it up and I liked it. Then I read The Diviners and though I thought it was too long, I liked it. I did know of her Gemma Doyle trilogy but I never got the chance to read them. Recently, they went on sale and I decided that this year will be the year I read the entire trilogy. And now that I've read A Great and Terrible Beauty, I wonder why
Boarding school stories are f a s c i n a t i n g.(A pitiful review, but two exams tomorrow so I can't give you more dear reader :O)
I don't know why for so long I just assumed I wouldn't like historical fiction, it's not as if I don't love history - I picked it for one of my A levels in college. But, I guess it's just one of those genres that sounds tedious and you imagine it to be all oppressed sexuality and prim and properness. Diana Gabaldon forever changed my mind with her oversexed and aggressive depiction of history and it was only a matter of time before I looked towards other works of historical fiction.This book
WrensReads Review:This series is one of my favorite. Reviewing it will not do it justice. Bray creates a world of dreams, wonder and magic. With every thing beautiful, something dark, horrible and nightmarish comes forth. Because what is light without the contracting dark? Not everything that comes from dreams, wonder and magic is good though. And not everything that is dark, horrible and nightmarish is bad. So what can you trust? The feeling in your gut? The pull towards your deepest desire? Is
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