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Shannon Price

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5 verk 112 medlemmar 6 recensioner

Verk av Shannon Price

A Thousand Fires (2019) 52 exemplar
The Endless Skies (2021) 39 exemplar
Thousand Fires (2020) 13 exemplar
Endless Skies (2022) 7 exemplar

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female
Nationalitet
USA

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Two and a half stars generously rounded up to three because it was easy to read.

Being touted as The Iliad meets The Outsiders was obviously setting their sights too high. I'd say it's more [b:Blood and Chocolate|30324|Blood and Chocolate|Annette Curtis Klause|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1434755939l/30324._SY75_.jpg|895781] without the supernatural, at a stretch inspired by Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet.

The premise is that there are three gangs in San Francisco, taking part in the so-called Red Bridge Wars: the white collar and ultra-rich Herons, the working-class Boars, and Stags, which nobody knows much about. If one of the gangs wants you to join their ranks, you're recruited on your 18th birthday. The main character, Valerie, wants to join the Herons to avenge the death of her younger brother at the hands of a Boar but is instead recruited by the mysterious Stags. Valerie has an ex-boyfriend she still loves who is from a family of Herons but is equally drawn to hot douchebag with a heart of gold, Jax, the leader of the Stags. Obviously she's torn between them and there's a vague love triangle.

There's not much other plot. Exactly what you think would happen in a contemporary young adult story is there, with no attempts to subvert or play around with tropes so on that front it was rather dull. Valerie's back and forth about ex-boyfriend Matthew and Jax was uninspired but Valerie's POV in general was rather lackluster. I usually connect immediately to characters with dead brothers, but I really felt nothing here. There's an attempt to have Valerie develop relationships with other Stags but they felt a little shallow, more like tertiary characters than secondary.

There is also an attempt to put some class consciousness in the story. The Stags' raison d'être is ending the Red Bridge Wars, specifically the indiscriminate physical violence of the Boars and the careful social violence of the elite Herons, but it all falls a little flat because the Stags are a dozen people, both in their teens and barely out of them, trying to dismantle societal institutions.

Ultimately, I found it really quick and easy to read, but I couldn't really connect to any character.
… (mer)
 
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xaverie | 1 annan recension | Apr 3, 2023 |
Definitely a romance, definitely a girl”s epic quest. I felt the book was more Romeo and Juliet with west side story mixed in. Was this a fantasy? Was this a realistic fiction? That’s what left me wondering. The ending Left me feeling like the story wasn’t over yet. There’s some on answered questions which I hope are eventually answer down the road.
 
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Z_Brarian | 1 annan recension | Dec 12, 2022 |
The Endless Skies by Shannon Price has a slow and predictable start that eventually improves to create a decent story. Ms. Price uses too many YA tropes for the story to be unique or refreshing. Plus, I find it very odd that this is the second book released in two months that has a floating island above a greater landmass that used to be part of that same landmass. I will say that I did find myself invested in Rowan’s plight even while the magic made me roll my eyes. Overall, I can’t say I’m too impressed.… (mer)
 
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jmchshannon | 2 andra recensioner | Sep 13, 2021 |
TW: Self Harm & suicidal thoughts

I didn't like or dislike this book. This book is all about a gang war. Our main character joins a gang to find the person responsible for her brothers murder and make them pay. The main character as well as one other are into cutting (this doesn't get addressed as a bad thing at any point) and one character tries to commit suicide but is stopped in time. I never really connected with any of the characters so when one of the characters that we are supposed to really like dies, it didn't really affect me. I was kind of like aww, that's sad and moved on. It didn't rip my heart out and make me cry into the book as it would have if I had really cared for the character.… (mer)
 
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Completely_Melanie | Sep 10, 2021 |

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Statistik

Verk
5
Medlemmar
112
Popularitet
#174,306
Betyg
2.9
Recensioner
6
ISBN
11

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