Weltasche 1
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Ein Leben, in wenigen Zeilen zusammengefasst, ist wie ein Universum zwischen zwei Buchdeckeln: Eine kleine, zauberhafte Unmöglichkeit. Marie Graßhoff wurde kurz vor Weihnachten 1990 an einem verschneiten Tag im märchenhaften Harz geboren. Bereits im Grundschulalter erkannte sie, dass die Welten in ihrem Kopf zu groß sind, um sie in Gedanken zu behalten - also begann sie damit, sie auf Papier zu bannen. Wort für Wort, bis Sterne und Galaxien an den Seiten hafteten und ordentlich im Regal verstaut werden konnten. Nach dem Abitur verschlug es die Träumerin in die Großstadt, wo sie ihren Bachelor in Buchwissenschaft und Linguistik absolvierte und dann einige Jahre als Social Media Manager Berufserfahrung sammelte. Inzwischen ist sie als freier Autor und Grafikdesigner unterwegs und erfreut sich der vielfältigen kreativen Aufgaben, die sie täglich bewältigen kann. Zum Schreiben nutzt sie noch immer jede freie Tages- und Nachtstunde. Jede Minute wird darauf verwendet, die Welt zu retten. Wenn auch nur eine von Milliarden. Die "Kernstaub"-Trilogie ist das Projekt, dem sie sich derzeit mit Feuereifer widmet, während viele weitere Projekte bereits ihren Kopf und auch ihre virtuellen Schubladen füllen. "Seraphine" ist ihre erste Romanreihe, die sie mit 14 Jahren zu verfassen begann.
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The whole review is readable at Blattzirkus. Plot The plot starts right away after Kernstaub when Mara starts to look for A’en’s jellyfish. She has lost almost all her powers and feels useless after her meeting with the nucleus. Doubts surface since Mara has no idea how to find A’en in the infinite sea of jellyfish and how to put his soul back into a body. She almost finds his jellyfish when destiny crosses her path and the girl suddenly finds herself in a cult of people who believe to be able to communicate through her with an old god. The problem is that this old god is very real and with his awakening an unknown power arises which starts to endanger the whole universe. The universe being on the edge all along, Mara tries to put the world back together step by step although the universe never wanted anything else than Mara’s death. Cover and Layout Same with Kernstaub, Weltasche is a real eye catcher. Mara’s red hair in connection with the spot color blue, which takes in almost the whole cover, looks very balanced designed. The mix of the serif and sans serif font is chosen interestingly and gives the cover a certain touch. When browsing through the book, a detailed Illustration of a jellyfish is placed at the beginning of each chapter. Opinion As far as I can remember, I have been very unsatisfied with Mara’s character. Back then, she was very weepy and naive. Such characters annoy me to be honest und that has been the reason why it took me so long to finish Kernstaub. But in Weltasche, Mara’s character is so much more readable. It is noticeable that Mara has been through a lot, still has to learn lots but grows along with her challenges. Say: she doesn’t annoy me any longer. And that’s good since otherwise it probably would have taken me ages again to finish a book (and that’s a thing I hate). Although I have to say that Mara wasn’t my favorite character in the book because someone else completely stole her show. A „new“ character, Theia (who had a tiny part in Kernstaub), got her own chapters and the reader got to know her past and her connection to Glen and the rest of the Earth inhabitants. Especially why she hates them so much. I found her past very exciting to read and I loved her parts the most. What doesn’t mean that the other chapters weren’t good as well. Chapters But the book is not only parted in Mara’s and Theia’s point of views, but also the view of a second Mara and a view of a complete new character, Leo, the stepdaughter from Theia who is an aberration. Leo is able to communicate with the trees of the world in her thoughts und therefore has access to almost the whole history of the universe. As far as the trees want to tell her about it. The riddle about the second Mara gets solved as well, if the reader isn’t able to find the reason why there is a second Mara at the same time as main Mara. Because that second Mara lives in an almost perfect world, in which Juan and her brother Lewin are still alive. The way of parting the story is very refreshing and varied. You weren’t only able to get information from one point of view but also from other people and therefore were able to guess how all the different facts and information points were connected to each other. A distinct dynamic plot was taking place in Weltasche, which is a great development for the whole series. Writing Style As mentioned as in my Kernstaub review, I can’t say a bad thing about Marie’s writing style since it’s nothing but beautiful. For me it has been a little bit hard to get back into the story and its style, but it doesn’t take too long. It has been a bit hard because the style is interwoven and embroidered. Which is a good thing, since a simple writing style wouldn’t have fit to this series and therefore raises from the usual literature genre. Also Weltasche is asking philosophical questions (just as in Kernstaub), which blows the universe of the book up and let’s it seem even a bigger story, not to forget that you are able to dive deeper into the plot. Book 3, where are you? Conclusion Definitely a book for readers who a) like thick books b) have Science Fiction as one of their favorite genres and c) love fantastic universes which are thought through and show that there is much more behind the story that is slowly surfacing. Since I can’t complain a thing about Weltasche – Über das Gift an Quallenmembranen by Marie Graßhoff, I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
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Ein Leben, in wenigen Zeilen zusammengefasst, ist wie ein Universum zwischen zwei Buchdeckeln: Eine kleine, zauberhafte Unmöglichkeit. Marie Graßhoff wurde kurz vor Weihnachten 1990 an einem verschneiten Tag im märchenhaften Harz geboren. Bereits im Grundschulalter erkannte sie, dass die Welten in ihrem Kopf zu groß sind, um sie in Gedanken zu behalten - also begann sie damit, sie auf Papier zu bannen. Wort für Wort, bis Sterne und Galaxien an den Seiten hafteten und ordentlich im Regal verstaut werden konnten. Nach dem Abitur verschlug es die Träumerin in die Großstadt, wo sie ihren Bachelor in Buchwissenschaft und Linguistik absolvierte und dann einige Jahre als Social Media Manager Berufserfahrung sammelte. Inzwischen ist sie als freier Autor und Grafikdesigner unterwegs und erfreut sich der vielfältigen kreativen Aufgaben, die sie täglich bewältigen kann. Zum Schreiben nutzt sie noch immer jede freie Tages- und Nachtstunde. Jede Minute wird darauf verwendet, die Welt zu retten. Wenn auch nur eine von Milliarden. Die "Kernstaub"-Trilogie ist das Projekt, dem sie sich derzeit mit Feuereifer widmet, während viele weitere Projekte bereits ihren Kopf und auch ihre virtuellen Schubladen füllen. "Seraphine" ist ihre erste Romanreihe, die sie mit 14 Jahren zu verfassen begann.
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The whole review is readable at Blattzirkus. Plot The plot starts right away after Kernstaub when Mara starts to look for A’en’s jellyfish. She has lost almost all her powers and feels useless after her meeting with the nucleus. Doubts surface since Mara has no idea how to find A’en in the infinite sea of jellyfish and how to put his soul back into a body. She almost finds his jellyfish when destiny crosses her path and the girl suddenly finds herself in a cult of people who believe to be able to communicate through her with an old god. The problem is that this old god is very real and with his awakening an unknown power arises which starts to endanger the whole universe. The universe being on the edge all along, Mara tries to put the world back together step by step although the universe never wanted anything else than Mara’s death. Cover and Layout Same with Kernstaub, Weltasche is a real eye catcher. Mara’s red hair in connection with the spot color blue, which takes in almost the whole cover, looks very balanced designed. The mix of the serif and sans serif font is chosen interestingly and gives the cover a certain touch. When browsing through the book, a detailed Illustration of a jellyfish is placed at the beginning of each chapter. Opinion As far as I can remember, I have been very unsatisfied with Mara’s character. Back then, she was very weepy and naive. Such characters annoy me to be honest und that has been the reason why it took me so long to finish Kernstaub. But in Weltasche, Mara’s character is so much more readable. It is noticeable that Mara has been through a lot, still has to learn lots but grows along with her challenges. Say: she doesn’t annoy me any longer. And that’s good since otherwise it probably would have taken me ages again to finish a book (and that’s a thing I hate). Although I have to say that Mara wasn’t my favorite character in the book because someone else completely stole her show. A „new“ character, Theia (who had a tiny part in Kernstaub), got her own chapters and the reader got to know her past and her connection to Glen and the rest of the Earth inhabitants. Especially why she hates them so much. I found her past very exciting to read and I loved her parts the most. What doesn’t mean that the other chapters weren’t good as well. Chapters But the book is not only parted in Mara’s and Theia’s point of views, but also the view of a second Mara and a view of a complete new character, Leo, the stepdaughter from Theia who is an aberration. Leo is able to communicate with the trees of the world in her thoughts und therefore has access to almost the whole history of the universe. As far as the trees want to tell her about it. The riddle about the second Mara gets solved as well, if the reader isn’t able to find the reason why there is a second Mara at the same time as main Mara. Because that second Mara lives in an almost perfect world, in which Juan and her brother Lewin are still alive. The way of parting the story is very refreshing and varied. You weren’t only able to get information from one point of view but also from other people and therefore were able to guess how all the different facts and information points were connected to each other. A distinct dynamic plot was taking place in Weltasche, which is a great development for the whole series. Writing Style As mentioned as in my Kernstaub review, I can’t say a bad thing about Marie’s writing style since it’s nothing but beautiful. For me it has been a little bit hard to get back into the story and its style, but it doesn’t take too long. It has been a bit hard because the style is interwoven and embroidered. Which is a good thing, since a simple writing style wouldn’t have fit to this series and therefore raises from the usual literature genre. Also Weltasche is asking philosophical questions (just as in Kernstaub), which blows the universe of the book up and let’s it seem even a bigger story, not to forget that you are able to dive deeper into the plot. Book 3, where are you? Conclusion Definitely a book for readers who a) like thick books b) have Science Fiction as one of their favorite genres and c) love fantastic universes which are thought through and show that there is much more behind the story that is slowly surfacing. Since I can’t complain a thing about Weltasche – Über das Gift an Quallenmembranen by Marie Graßhoff, I give it 5 out of 5 stars.