Sally Gardner
Paperback | Pages: 371 pages Rating: 3.79 | 7441 Users | 1033 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Red Necklace |
| ISBN: | 184255574X (ISBN13: 9781842555743) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | French Revolution #1 |
| Setting: | Paris(France) |
| Literary Awards: | Carnegie Medal Nominee (2009) |
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The winds of change are blowing through Paris in the winter of 1789, both for France and for our hero, a striking and mysterious Gypsy boy named Yann Margoza. He was born with a gift for knowing what people are thinking and an uncanny ability to throw his voice, and he has been using those skills while working for a rather foolish magician. That work will soon end, however, and on the night of the magician's final performance, Yann's life will truly begin. That's the night he meets shy Sido, an heiress with a cold-hearted father, a young girl who has only known loneliness until now. Though they have the shortest of conversations, an attachment is born that will influence both their paths. And what paths those will be! While Revolution is afoot in France, Sido is being used as the pawn of a fearful villain who goes by the name Count Kalliovski. Some have instead called him the devil, and only Yann, for Sido's sake, will dare to oppose him.Mention Epithetical Books The Red Necklace (French Revolution #1)
| Title | : | The Red Necklace (French Revolution #1) |
| Author | : | Sally Gardner |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 371 pages |
| Published | : | October 4th 2007 by Orion Childrens |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fantasy. Romance. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 7441 Users | 1033 ReviewsWrite-Up Epithetical Books The Red Necklace (French Revolution #1)
Tom Hiddleston read this. Tom fucking Hiddleston read this. I...must listen to this audiobook. He could read me a cookbook and I'd happily and joyously listen to it. EDIT: Alas, I couldn't find the UK audiobook, but I'm reading it anyway. If anyone knows of somewhere I can listen to it, please let me know! EDIT AGAIN My good friend Sei gave me a link to the audiobook, and now I'm listening and reading it at the same time. :) Actual ReviewWell, it was okay. I love historical fiction, but I didn'tReally struggled to get into this one, and once I was in, I didn't want to be. It was simply the top book on a pile of to-read books I was keeping on the coffee table, but I wish I'd picked something else instead. The characters weren't interesting me at all, and the plot felt odd and disjointed. I get to certain points in books that if I'm lost, I'm lost forever. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever, heh. However, I can see the appeal. It's dark, and there are particularly morbid scenes
This was my first foray into the Audiobook realm. I am not a fan. I do not like waiting to read, and I am plenty of places where I cannot plug in my headphones and listen to a book. It's a great format, just not the right one for me. Anyway, about the book itself. I found the story line to be plodding, and the characters very one dimensional. Honestly, this was a generous 1.5 star book for me. "But Christine, you rated it three stars, not one or two! Your brain must be addled, or you can't
The Devil's own is on your trail.I liked this book. I really did. But from an objectively critical viewpoint, I cannot really say why.The Red Necklace is a tale of intrigue and death neatly woven through the early days of the French Revolution, with some shadowy magic looming at the fringes. We follow Yann Margoza, a young man from a small-time theatre troupe who becomes entangled in affairs that force him to turn to a part of himself that he has always been trying to hide; and Sido de
I am going to be completely honest and tell you all that the only reason I found out about this book was because I became a fan of the lovely Tom Hiddleston, and I found out that he read this book for the audio version.Upon this discovery, of course I was excited. And of course I immediately marked it as a to-read, to read instantaneously after I get back from vacation, to scavenge my shelves periodically for this book. Because he's Thomas William Hiddleston, the handsome British villainous
The scholarship that went into this book was fabulous! I really thought I was there! It didn't grip me in the way that I, Coriander did, though. It's my opinion that The Hero was a little too much "comic-book handsome, dark, mysterious lad who seeks the answers to the questions that haunt him about his past," and The Heroine was just too much "blonde hair blue eyes fair skin, sweet, loyal temperame- *hork*." (So sorry about horking, there. She didn't affect me like that when I was reading her.
Three stars for the book itself; one bonus star for the audiobook performance by Tom Hiddleston. Actually, if I could I would give that reading all the stars. ALL THE STARS. IN THE WORLD.Not that I have strong feelings about it or anything.
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