A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Morrigoon · 04-26-2007, 01:28 AM

While this novel will probably not go down in the annals of history as one of the greatest works of the English language, it is at least a terribly interesting potboiler of a chick-lit suspense novel.

Set at a rich girls' boarding school in turn-of-the-century England (mostly), the storyline is rife with the unbearable cruelty of young women fighting for their place in the world at a time when being with the "in crowd" was almost a survival instinct, due to the impact it could have on a young woman's life. But the girls all have their secrets, and the protagonist's one is a doozy. She is a link between this world and "the realms" where the line between the living and the dead, the tangible and the dream are blurred. And, naturally, there's a super dangerous villain spirit, more secrets getting uncovered, human sacrifice and a fire. Oh, and lots of complaining about corsets. Just sayin'.

I picked this book up at Target for like $8. Whoops, $6.71 to be precise (just looked).

So, exciting page-turner, low price. Now read it and tell me what you thought

04-26-2007, 01:28 AM	#1
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray While this novel will probably not go down in the annals of history as one of the greatest works of the English language, it is at least a terribly interesting potboiler of a chick-lit suspense novel. Set at a rich girls' boarding school in turn-of-the-century England (mostly), the storyline is rife with the unbearable cruelty of young women fighting for their place in the world at a time when being with the "in crowd" was almost a survival instinct, due to the impact it could have on a young woman's life. But the girls all have their secrets, and the protagonist's one is a doozy. She is a link between this world and "the realms" where the line between the living and the dead, the tangible and the dream are blurred. And, naturally, there's a super dangerous villain spirit, more secrets getting uncovered, human sacrifice and a fire. Oh, and lots of complaining about corsets. Just sayin'. I picked this book up at Target for like $8. Whoops, $6.71 to be precise (just looked). So, exciting page-turner, low price. Now read it and tell me what you thought __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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