In Other Lands

In Other Lands

Hardcover
4.24

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Beschreibung

Georgia Peach Award Nominee • Florida Teens Read Award Nominee • ABC Best Books for Young Readers • Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year • A Junior Library Guild Selection • Hugo & Locus award finalist
In Other Lands is an exhilarating novel from bestselling author Sarah Rees Brennan about surviving four years in the most unusual of schools - friendship, falling in love, diplomacy, and finding your own place in the world — even if it means giving up your phone.
Excerpt:
The Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border — unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are okay.) There are elves, harpies, and — best of all as far as Elliot is concerned — mermaids.
"What’s your name?"
"Serene."
"Serena?" Elliot asked.
"Serene," said Serene. "My full name is Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle."
Elliot’s mouth fell open. "That is badass."
Elliot? Who’s Elliot? Elliot is thirteen years old. He’s smart and just a tiny bit obnoxious. Sometimes more than a tiny bit. When his class goes on a field trip and he can see a wall that no one else can see, he is given the chance to go to school in the Borderlands.
It turns out that on the other side of the wall, classes involve a lot more weaponry and fitness training and fewer mermaids than he expected. On the other hand, there’s Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle, an elven warrior who is more beautiful than anyone Elliot has ever seen, and then there’s her human friend Luke: sunny, blond, and annoyingly likeable. There are lots of interesting books. There’s even the chance Elliot might be able to change the world.
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Format
Hardcover
Seitenzahl
432
Preis
38.95 €

Beiträge

2
Alle
5

Anfangs hatte ich so meine Probleme, in die Geschichte reinzukommen. Elliot ist ein ziemlich eigenartiger Protagonist und auch oft etwas unsympathisch. Aber mit der Zeit versteht man ihn immer mehr und ja, am Ende habe ich ihn geliebt. Auch Luke (mein Baby, protect him at all costs) und Serene waren wunderbare Charaktere. Zugegeben, der Plot war sehr vollgestopft, aber man gewöhnt sich dran. Dafür bekommt man auch eine der besten Slowburn-Romanzen, die man sich vorstellen kann. Ich habe die komplexe Gefühlswelt der Charaktere absolut genossen. Alles in allem war dieses Buch super besonders und ich werde noch lange daran zurückdenken.

3.5

This book has no plot and paper-thin worldbuilding, but I still enjoyed it for a quick ya fix with snarky characters and lots of teen angst. Have to say though, some of the fights they had felt a bit harsh to me for something you say to your supposed friends, and Elliot insisting that even at the 400 page mark he wasn’t friends with Luke really felt ridiculous to me. I also learned close to the end that the author wrote part of The Bane Chronicles, and let’s just say, I definitely felt there were some similarities with some of Cassandra Clares work. All in all a fun book, but not as groundbreaking as I expected and way too long for having basically no plot.

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