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Claire Legrand (1) (1986–)

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Foto taget av: Author Claire Legrand at the 2018 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States. By Larry D. Moore - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74005481

Serier

Verk av Claire Legrand

Furyborn (2018) 1,751 exemplar
Sawkill Girls (2018) 663 exemplar
Kingsbane (2019) 627 exemplar
Lightbringer (2020) 371 exemplar
Some Kind of Happiness (2016) 298 exemplar
Winterspell (2014) 291 exemplar
A Crown of Ivy and Glass (2023) 216 exemplar
The Year of Shadows (2013) 165 exemplar
Extasia (2022) 139 exemplar
Foxheart (2016) 125 exemplar
Thornlight (2021) 40 exemplar
Summerfall (2014) 11 exemplar

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Guys Read: Terrifying Tales (2015) — Bidragsgivare — 103 exemplar

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Födelsedag
1986-05-02
Kön
female
Land (för karta)
USA
Födelseort
Irving, Texas, USA
Bostadsorter
New Jersey, USA

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I liked the author's perspective and representation of mental illness, especially in someone who is coming to realize what it is for themselves. To see that journey of self-discovery was beautiful and engaging. That being said, parts of the book were rather slow and made the book harder to get into. Not until the very end did I feel like I couldn't put it down.
 
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Kaeli_Cook | 8 andra recensioner | Feb 29, 2024 |
You'll LOVE it if...you crave horror that passes the Bechdel test.

The relationships between Marion, Zoey, and Val are all breathtaking in their complexity, nuance, and relatability. As the girls grapple with the horrifying occurrences on Sawkill Rock and the emerging powers those tragedies evoke, alliances are constantly shifting in ways that feel natural, rather than contrived. Each girl serves a purpose in the slow-forming trio, yet none of them ever come across as stereotypical or predictable. Readers will find something to love (and occasionally pity) in each of these characters; rather than feeling like "chosen ones" set apart from the crowd, Marion, Zoey, and Val develop as normal young women caught in extraordinary circumstances, driven to stand tall when no one else can or will.

Romance and sisterhood both blossom in the group, emphasizing the importance of female friendships at any age, while also providing strong, positive queer and asexual representation. Some moments of girl power and social awareness are a touch on the nose, but this is still a huge step in the right direction for girls in search of heroines who look, act, and feel like they do.
The nameless creature that preys upon the girls of Sawkill Rock delivers on terror in spades. Its predatory zeal would frighten even if it was one of a kind; as the three girls slowly band together and pool their knowledge of the Rock's tragic history though, the mythology behind the creature reveals even greater horrors. This made me think of Stranger Things and it was a great mix of page turner and intrigue because you want to figure out what the girls will do and if the town will survive. I got the suggestion to read this book from a you-tuber I trust and I find myself hoping that the next book by this author is just as great. I am not a young adult book kind of reader but this one I really enjoyed.
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b00kdarling87 | 29 andra recensioner | Jan 7, 2024 |
Wow! Finally, a recent book I've read that's actually worth the hype. This reminded me of Stranger things, which I love. I can totally see this being adapted as a show or movie. This is dark, but I wouldn't say scary, at least not to me, but then we all have different levels when it comes to scary things. It's told through the perspective of three girls: Marion, Val, and Zoey.

Marion suffered a recent loss in her family, so Marion, her mother, and sister move to Sawkill Island for a fresh start. Unfortunately, for Marion, this isn't the start she had in mind as she quickly becomes involved in the mystery of this island and its disappearing girls.

Val is the queen bee of the island. Known and loved by just about everyone (except Zoey), but Val has some deep, dark secrets of her own.

Zoey has been obsessed with finding out the truth about what happened to her friend, Thora. She doesn't know how, but she's convinced that Val and her family have something to do with Thora's disappearance, and with the disappearance of all the girls that have gone missing in Sawkill over the decades.

The way that Zoey, Val, and Marion's stories come together and intersect is really interesting. I liked each of the girls, but probably my favorite to see was Val. I just loved her character arc, I loved seeing her change and some of the internal battles she had.

This story does include paranormal/supernatural elements, so if that's not your thing, you probably won't enjoy this much. I had a lot of fun with it.

There are some downsides which is why I gave it a 4 stars instead of 5. One is, while I'm all for women empowerment, I don't like to see men being brought down or bashed on just for being men. Yes, there are a lot of terrible men out there, but there are a lot of great men out there as well; just like not every women is so innocent, there are terrible women out there that do horrible stuff as well. You can't demonize or angelize(?, you get what I'm saying) one gender over another.

The second thing, which is related to the first, is that the men in here don't seem like actual characters. It seems like they're just there to move the plot along, and when a story includes tearing down the opposite sex, it's not surprising that they would be used as just plot devices, but I wish there were more to them. Those were my downsides, but overall I still enjoyed this story.
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VanessaMarieBooks | 29 andra recensioner | Dec 10, 2023 |
This book is, essentially, fun—an extended urban legend-type creepypasta fit into a psuedo-woke YA novel. It's easy to read, the characters are distinct (mostly) and interesting (mostly), and the writing itself is competent in the "dont notice it one way or the other" kind of way. This book would make a perfect forgettable bingeable Netflix series that either gets cancelled after two seasons or drags on indefinitely without ever really getting popular. So, you know—fun!!
Unfortunately, though! Unfortunately!
Unfortunately I just really didnt like it at all, despite all that good Netflix-y funness. A real core of the story (inciting incidents, character motivations, that sort of thing) has to do with grief—grief specifically over the death of a loved one. And this book just really, really didn't deliver on that. And that really, really bothered me.
(Admittedly, this sort of thing bothers me in many, many pieces of media. Don't give your character a dead parent if you don't know what it's like! Pick something else for them to be angsty about!!)
I don't want to act like works "in this genre" (whether that's YA, fantasy, horror, or whatever) can't deal seriously with real world issues. I don't even necessarily think that "fun" stories can't do that! But I do think it's much harder to pull off and takes a level of depth that most books like this just don't have.
And that's ok! Not everyone will be as bothered by this as I am, and for those people I'm sure this will be a quick, fun read.
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maddietherobot | 29 andra recensioner | Oct 21, 2023 |

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Verk
20
Även av
1
Medlemmar
5,236
Popularitet
#4,763
Betyg
½ 3.7
Recensioner
165
ISBN
165
Språk
10
Favoritmärkt
1

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