First of all, I would love to thank the author for sending me a copy of this book so soon after I finished the Miss Mabel's School for Girls. Let it be known that I absolutely loved Miss Mabel’s School for Girls, the first book in Katie Cross’ Network Series. It had wonderful characters, beautiful imagery, and much more. It whisked you to a place of mysterious magic that you can’t quite get over even after you finish the book. It enraptured me and made me an instant fan. It seems rare that I love a sequel just as much as the original, and it has only happened a few times before - but Antebellum Awakening has just joined that short list.I found the first, Miss Mabel's School for Girls, on NetGalley and I am so glad I did. After posting my praise on this blog and all my other social media platforms, the author offered me a copy of the second novel as well as a novella - which I can't wait to dive into, by the way. I loved that in this book we had an entirely new setting, it no longer takes place at Miss Mabel's but rather at Chatham Castle which is basically the capitol of the Central Network. We get to explore so much more in this book, we even travel to another Network in Antebellum. I also loved the addition of the new characters and creatures, especially Merrick and Sonna. …show more content…
Considering that the first book was set at an entirely all girl's school - romance wasn't much of an option. What I liked most about the addition, though, was the fact that the romance was centered around Bianca's friends rather than herself. Yes, there are still hints of it between her and Merrick - but it is hardly a blossoming romance or anything of the sort, especially when compared with the descriptions of Camille and Brecken or Michelle and Nicholas. This book kept up my favorite part of the first book, and that was the all around girl power. The girls in these books basically rule, and it is absolutely
The chapters that describe the characters’ pasts make the reader feel as if they are watching that character’s personality develop over their lifetime even though it is only a couple pages. The most enjoyable part was the chapter over Herman Husband that tells about his entire past and how his beliefs and opinions were influenced. I was able to have a closer connection with this character because there was a lot of information given about him. Also because from the author’s perspective he was portrayed as someone brave and understanding. Which is why when the book ended there was a sadness to it, the readers could feel a sense of emotion for the man in the cell and a stronger effect left behind by his parting words. Another enjoyable moment was when the author described the rebels and how people felt when they finally saw them after they were defeated. It created a very vivid image that explained why the people watching felt a sense of disappointment at seeing them. There was a lot of depth over the characters and how each had their part in influencing the Whiskey Rebellion however Hogeland only briefly talks about the last battle of the Rebellion that led to the rebels being captured and forced to walk for miles. More information could have been added to give the reader a better understanding as to why exactly they may have lost or what led the most to their downfall.
St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves is a short story focusing mainly on the changes and influences the main characters experience while adapting to the principles imposed on them by the nuns of St. Lucy’s. While transitioning from the werewolf lifestyle to humans, Claudette becomes challenged learning about the consequences of nonconformity through the success of Jeanette and the struggle of Maribella. In St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, Karen Russell uses word choice to build character development and interactions.
One thing that I like about the book is that Eragon has continued his training.I also like that Christopher has added Roran to the story. I also like how they added some more conflicts to the story. One thing I don’t like is that they make the chapters so short. Also I don’t like that Sloan refuse to give Roran his blessing to marry his daughter. Also that there is so much conflict in Carvahall that most people can’t focus on what they need to
In my opinion some of these changes made the story more fun to watch and more action packed. But some of these changes made the movie leave out a lot of detail and some parts and got confused because it skipped a scene in the book. I'm glad they added all these similarities because if they had not then it would have left out a lot of information about the characters and Information about the city and plot of the movie and
Beware of The Pack St. Lucy’s Home For Girls by Karen Russell has a lot of hidden agendas imbedded into the story. The story creates an unsettling atmosphere with its childlike fairytale approach in how the girls transgress into human beings. They are confused, angry, and distraught and as the story progresses even competitive towards the idea of changing. Conformity is a major argument throughout the story; Russell shows this through the use of characterization, conflict, and symbolism. Mirabella is the youngest of the pack and the only one with a name that differed from the rest, which Ironically matched her personality.
I would recommend this book to all high school readers and any readers who have a desire to read a
One of the things about the book that I personally liked was the characters, some of them were easy to relate to, even if you couldn't you could relate someone you knew with them. For example, David is not one of the main characters from the story but the more you learn about him, the more you realize how ambitious he is, wanted to change his career path almost every week, standing up to Mr. Neck. I think he's one of the things that helped Melinda find her voice.
She doesn’t write the books as if the children aren’t smart enough to read, she writes her books as though every child will be able to read them. Although she does this she still gives aides to the children and teachers. In some of her books she includes different colored font to show words or phrases of importance. All her books are not the same. She does not use the same writing style in each one. She has used a variety of sentence lengths and types in all of her books. Even though some sentences may be long they are still simple and easy to follow and the children find them interesting. I personally love her books. I love her illustrations and how she labels the pictures. Her books are very kid friendly and the encourage children to ask questions about the pictures. At the end many of her books she includes an information page. The information page has neat facts about whatever the book was about. In her book Apples the information page has a bunch of facts about apples.
The situations work out as they work out. Sometimes Junie does the wrong thing, and she must pay the price. I think that teachers often try too hard to teach a lesson with literature. And for me, that's not what I see with my books. I would like to see a story discussed, but not with any kind of heavy moral or lesson learned because I don't believe it's the purpose of fictional characters to teach you anything.” Besides some critics, Barbara’s books have had some positives results. She tells a story about a kid who was below level in reading but he liked Junie B Jones books. The teacher decided to help him read them and excelled. It’s an easy read for those who have problems and teachers sometimes uses it to their advantage. She also surprisingly attracted a good amount of boy readers.
I thought the prologue was so grabbing and actually made you want to read the book. It gave you a true sense of how everyone felt the first day of the beginning of the prohibition. It made you feel as if you were there.
This was another novel that I had been wanting to read for a long time, and I was glad to have an excuse to buy and read it.
Unlike the book, the movie is very visual with lots of sounds and exciting twists. Since I have read the novella I didn’t really care that much for the movie because I knew what was going to happen at the end. The one thing I was hoping for was that there was a new scene or new storyline. There wasn’t really a new
I really enjoyed the book because I love reading very interesting and right at the
I loved this book so much. There is so much action and is so much better and exciting with so much amazing detail and description. This is one of my favorite books ever. When you read it, you don’t want to put it down and it makes you feel like you are with the characters in the book and you know them so well. I recommend this book to anyone who can read at this level.
The book had a lot of hard times in the middle of the trouble like when the dome first came down the family's that had lost love ones. Page 80. A man had lost his wife from the dome coming down on the middle of the garden and right on her fingers. She could not get help because all the doctors where busy with other people in the time she died because lose of blood. In the beginning of the book junior went and killed Angie out of rage. Page 42. The people in the car wreck in the dome where running from the cops. Page 33. In the middle the people started to turn and kill for the resources to safe there live page 200. The people started to trust the people that they have never know before like the two people that showed up right before the pink stars. Page 333. I like the book because of the faith that they had to have to get through the hard times in dome. When they started to trust big Jim witch was not trusted with the Important thing for the dome. I like when they had to choose sides if they go with the two girls or not in the book. Page 350. I like the fact that they got out of the dome after a lot time of suffering and little resources to use. Page