tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post7369015530277078555..comments2024-03-28T07:09:28.500+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Book Review: The Poison Throne by Celine KiernanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-74569615854879701462010-09-01T15:39:37.960+01:002010-09-01T15:39:37.960+01:00Hmm, I didn't actually like this book hugely -...Hmm, I didn't actually like this book hugely - maybe it was the beginning that ruined it for me - but after reading this review I suddenly feel like reading The Crowded Shadows. :D<br /><br />Anyway, I reviewed this book as well, a while back, hope you don't mind if I link to your review from mine! Thanks :)Ruth (Book Focus)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06211262861068620446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-26245862564685413402010-04-30T20:44:02.870+01:002010-04-30T20:44:02.870+01:00I really enjoyed this book and an looking forward ...I really enjoyed this book and an looking forward to The Crowded Shadows. I have thought myself on this book being kind of YA but there are issues that are beyond YA. I found this an easy book to get into and barrel through. In the end I loved the characters. They are what drove the book for me. I got to know the world by the characters - heritage, history, actions, and what has happened to them.<br /><br />I thought the first few chapters where the way they are to try and give us a feel of how things have changed from before Wynter and her father have left. I could have been wrong. *shrug shoulders* <br /><br />But in the end I really did Love this book. Great review!Melissa (My World...in words and pages)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09621830513280969319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-79833265269512545932010-04-29T20:35:43.397+01:002010-04-29T20:35:43.397+01:00Hm. I disagree with you over the first chapters. I...Hm. I disagree with you over the first chapters. I think that Wynter's own bewilderment over what she has come back to, and her hesitant attempts to fit back into the life of the kingdom and understand what has happened in her absence are actually complemented by the writing at the beginning. It becomes surer as Wynter does. It's actually that chaotic, tentative feel in those chapters that really sucked me in.<br /><br />Agree on all the rest though. It's a fine, likeable book.<br /><br />(I have read The Crowded Shadows!)Aishwaryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871059152281065272noreply@blogger.com