Free Download Blood Red, Snow White Books

Define Appertaining To Books Blood Red, Snow White

Title	:	Blood Red, Snow White
Author	:	Marcus Sedgwick
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2007 by Orion Children's Books
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Cultural. Russia. Fantasy. Fiction. Fairy Tales

Blood Red, Snow White

Marcus Sedgwick

Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 3.63 | 1839 Users | 291 Reviews

Rendition To Books Blood Red, Snow White

There never was a story that was happy through and through.

When writer Arthur Ransome leaves his unhappy marriage in England and moves to Russia to work as a journalist, he has little idea of the violent revolution about to erupt. Unwittingly, he finds himself at its center, tapped by the British to report back on the Bolsheviks even as he becomes dangerously, romantically entangled with Trotsky's personal secretary.

Both sides seek to use Arthur to gather and relay information for their own purposes . . . and both grow to suspect him of being a double agent. Arthur wants only to elope far from conflict with his beloved, but her Russian ties make leaving the country nearly impossible. And the more Arthur resists becoming a pawn, the more entrenched in the game he seems to become.

Blood Red Snow White, a Soviet-era thriller from renowned author Marcus Sedgwick, is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats.

Particularize Books During Blood Red, Snow White

Original Title:	Blood Red, Snow White
ISBN:	1842551841 (ISBN13: 9781842551844)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Russia
Literary Awards:	Carnegie Medal Nominee (2008)

Rating Appertaining To Books Blood Red, Snow White

Ratings: 3.63 From 1839 Users | 291 Reviews

Crit Appertaining To Books Blood Red, Snow White

Blood Red Snow White is a book about Communist Russia, but above all, a book about ideological hatred. It is a book about how despising all communists and all British is always the wrong idea; people are people above all else. It's an important message and important story, but somehow, I just ended underwhelmed. Let's talk about why. Perhaps my biggest problem is missed expectations; the creativity and pull of the story is just not on par. Sedgwick's books get their power from being different;

I bought this book because of the gorgeous cover, and the fact that it was about Russia. I didn't know it followed the lifeline of a historical figure until I finished it. I thought the characters stayed a bit flat, and it took me a while to get 'into' it. Nevertheless, it was a good read a nice way to read about the Russian Revolution. Favourite quote: "He lived, and now, being a character in a book who has survived to the final page, he lives forever." (p. 202)

Checkout my full review + giveaway on my blog! http://omgbooksandmorebooks.blogspot....It was a tough book to get through. I normally love historical fiction but this one was hard to get through. I'll admit, I solely requested this book just for the cover. It's great right? I enjoyed the 3 novellas that made up the story, the first one being my favorite. Each gives an insight of Russia during the Russian Revolution told by different perspectives. I thought this book would be more about Russian

I bought this book because of the gorgeous cover, and the fact that it was about Russia. I didn't know it followed the lifeline of a historical figure until I finished it. I thought the characters stayed a bit flat, and it took me a while to get 'into' it. Nevertheless, it was a good read a nice way to read about the Russian Revolution. Favourite quote: "He lived, and now, being a character in a book who has survived to the final page, he lives forever." (p. 202)

DNF at 25%--my standard policy for DNFing a book.While I enjoyed the writing style and the premise, it didn't hold my attention. In the beginning, it seemed as if the reader was going to get a Russian fairy tale but it's less fairy tale and more of a Russian history lesson. I kept waiting for the story to take off but up to the point that I read, it didn't. I found the characters, the ones not based on real people, to be confusing and superfluous. Maybe I'll try again at a different time but for

Revolutionary Russia, and Arthur Ransome as spy... what's not to LOVE... but what a clunky and disjointed mix of styles. It's a "Concept". Ugh. First, allegory and fairytale prose in Part I, then pseudo-mysterious present-tense in Part II, and then past-tense spy novel Part III. I just wish he'd stuck with the story, and used the fairy-tale pieces to knit it together a little more artfully--and less "art-ey". Could have been great. Interesting reading about Ransome, though, and the beginnings of

Stories twist and turn and grow and meet and give birth to other stories. Here and there, one story touches another, and a familiar character, sometimes the hero, walks over the bridge from one story into another. I think we need to clear some things up about this book.This is just my theory, but I'm pretty sure something like this happened: Due to the popularity of fairy tales and retellings in American YA, publishers have been scouting out the next bestseller - both among upcoming manuscripts