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Original Title: | Chime |
ISBN: | 0803735529 (ISBN13: 9780803735521) |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Briony Larkin, Eldric |
Literary Awards: | Audie Award Nominee for Teens (2012), Andre Norton Award Nominee (2011), National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2011) |
Franny Billingsley
Hardcover | Pages: 361 pages Rating: 3.62 | 12858 Users | 2137 Reviews
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Title | : | Chime |
Author | : | Franny Billingsley |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 361 pages |
Published | : | March 17th 2011 by Dial Books |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Paranormal. Witches |
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Before Briony's stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family's hardships. Now Briony has worn her guilt for so long it's become a second skin. She often escapes to the swamp, where she tells stories to the Old Ones, the spirits who haunt the marshes. But only witches can see the Old Ones, and in her village, witches are sentenced to death. Briony lives in fear her secret will be found out, even as she believes she deserves the worst kind of punishment.
Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and mane of tawny hair. He's as natural as the sun, and treats her as if she's extraordinary. And everything starts to change. As many secrets as Briony has been holding, there are secrets even she doesn't know.
Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and mane of tawny hair. He's as natural as the sun, and treats her as if she's extraordinary. And everything starts to change. As many secrets as Briony has been holding, there are secrets even she doesn't know.
Rating Out Of Books Chime
Ratings: 3.62 From 12858 Users | 2137 ReviewsCommentary Out Of Books Chime
Chime came highly recommended to me by the wonderful Anna at YA in the Second City. So it is while begging her forgiveness that I say I just didn't like it. Hear me out! Let me explain! Anna, put down that torch! Just a moment...Franny Billingsly can write circles around a great many YA authors. This woman can write. I saved many passages from the book just because I enjoyed them so much. She has a way of making words come to life that not many authors are capable of. She says things in new waysCHIME has received countless starred reviews and a nearly equal array of praise and protestation from bloggers. Suffice it to say that I went into this book with equal parts anticipation and trepidation. A book couldnt possibly live up to all that praise, I thought. At best, I thought, I will like this book, but I wont love it.But oh, I loved it. Oh, how I did. CHIME completely won me over, and I am in nonstop raptures about its genius. Seriously. It might be a good thing you are not in my
I long deliberated about whether to review this or not. Sometimes you read something that resonates with you to such a degree, with such intensity that it feels as though you could never do it justice by reviewing it. That it just may be impossible to articulate the reasons why you loved this book and why other people should definitely try it out. But since I like doing impossible things, I am going to try. Just be warned though: No matter how lavishly I praise this book, it deserves a lot more.
How happy I am that I spontaneously gave in and ordered this odd, little jewel ....It was dark, strangely compelling and utterly beautifully written ... and completely different from what I had expected. Its the turn of the century in rural England. The Industrial Revolution with its affluence of metal and electricity has forced most of the Old Ones, elemental spirits, bogs, brownies, fairies and the like, to disappear. But in Swampsea and other mucky places magical creatures still roam free.
this book was amazing I couldn't stop reading it once I picked it up again and managed to finish after leaving it to sit for a while unfinished. I loved how fast the book went after I picked this book up again and I'm glad I did because I like love stories.
"If I were an author, Id write about people who sit on the floor. About people who look at mouse droppings and dont care. About people who only feel a black hole inside."This is a very good book, though it does not start too pleasantly. Bryony is full of hate and guilt, and we must go along with her and figure out the whys of it. The writing is beautiful and sharp, there are many layers here of plot and clues, some of the characters are fascinating and the setting interesting (though with some
Its hard to describe my reading taste precisely. Describing my favorite writing style is a bit like playing Goldilocks: too simple and it feels shallow, too overdone and it feels exaggerated. Either way the writing ends up falsifying the characters and story for me. With nothing that feels real, no point of reference, I cant put myself in the shoes of the characters. I cant buy in. Somewhere in the middle is the writing that speaks right to me. It feels beautiful and descriptive without feeling
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