The first time I read a great and terrible beauty was the summer of grade 8. My family was camping in Keji National Park. The book had been suggested to me by my cousin who thought it was fantastic, so I had rented it from the library to take with me to have something to read. I fell in love with the book [and Kartik].
Since then, I've been waiting for a good excuse to reread The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, and hadn't found one until the other day when I was asking one of my friends what I should read and suggested it as one of the options, she immediately said that A Great and Terrible Beauty was the book that I should read and if I didn't she wouldn't be my friend anymore. Naturally, I decided I should follow her advice.
Unlike some of the books that I've reread in the past, this one has met and surpassed my expectations and memory of how good it was. Libba Bray's description, humour, and rounded characters add excitement to ever page, as it pulls you it and doesn't let you out until you've been sitting in your room for 5 hours reading and realize that you've been very thirsty for the past hour and a half but couldn't put down your book because there was no breaking point; you were living in it.
I realize that a lot of people who may read my reviews may not like fantasy as much as I do, and although A Great and Terrible Beauty does have a heavy fantasy element, the way Bray incorporates it into her work allows even those who dislike fantasy to still enjoy the story.
I have not met someone who has read this book and disliked it, and the same goes for the series. I give this book 10 amulets out of 10. It truly is a fantastic read. This book would probably make my top ten.
Since then, I've been waiting for a good excuse to reread The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, and hadn't found one until the other day when I was asking one of my friends what I should read and suggested it as one of the options, she immediately said that A Great and Terrible Beauty was the book that I should read and if I didn't she wouldn't be my friend anymore. Naturally, I decided I should follow her advice.
Unlike some of the books that I've reread in the past, this one has met and surpassed my expectations and memory of how good it was. Libba Bray's description, humour, and rounded characters add excitement to ever page, as it pulls you it and doesn't let you out until you've been sitting in your room for 5 hours reading and realize that you've been very thirsty for the past hour and a half but couldn't put down your book because there was no breaking point; you were living in it.
I realize that a lot of people who may read my reviews may not like fantasy as much as I do, and although A Great and Terrible Beauty does have a heavy fantasy element, the way Bray incorporates it into her work allows even those who dislike fantasy to still enjoy the story.
I have not met someone who has read this book and disliked it, and the same goes for the series. I give this book 10 amulets out of 10. It truly is a fantastic read. This book would probably make my top ten.
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