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| ISBN: | 1742758517 (ISBN13: 9781742758510) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Children's Book Council of Australia Award Nominee for Older Readers (2014), Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel and Best Young Adult Novel (2013), The Inky Awards Nominee for Gold Inky (2014), Norma K. Hemming Award Nominee (2014) |
Allyse Near
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.18 | 958 Users | 232 Reviews
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| Title | : | Fairytales for Wilde Girls |
| Author | : | Allyse Near |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | June 3rd 2013 by Random House Australia (first published June 1st 2013) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fairy Tales. Paranormal |
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A deliciously dark bubblegum-gothic fairytale from a stunning new Australian talent. ‘He's gone the same way as those little birds that bothered me with their awful songs! And you will too, you and your horrible heart-music, because you won't stay out of my woods!' There's a dead girl in a birdcage in the woods. That's not unusual. Isola Wilde sees a lot of things other people don't. But when the girl appears at Isola's window, her every word a threat, Isola needs help. Her real-life friends – Grape, James and new boy Edgar – make her forget for a while. And her brother-princes – the mermaids, faeries and magical creatures seemingly lifted from the pages of the French fairytales Isola idolises – will protect her with all the fierce love they possess. It may not be enough. Isola needs to uncover the truth behind the dead girl's demise and appease her enraged spirit, before the ghost steals Isola's last breath.Rating Of Books Fairytales for Wilde Girls
Ratings: 4.18 From 958 Users | 232 ReviewsEvaluation Of Books Fairytales for Wilde Girls
From the first page of this wonderful book, I knew it was going to be something special. The writing style is quirky and densely poetic and you're thrown headlong into a world that blends magic realism, urban fantasy and fairytale motifs. It's rare to find a book that you want to keep reading not for the plot but for the details you hope to discover on the next page - the world building and the juicy imagery that peppers the entire story. My only worry was that I would get sick of the eclecticI had to stop reading this book 30 pages in to process. This is what I wrote on Goodreads: "I'm on page 32 of 432 of Fairytales for Wilde : So far: Deliciously creepy. Haunting. Clever. Witty. Impeccably imaged. Brilliant. Perfect."That basically sums it up, you don't need to know anything else, except that you should grab yourself a copy of this novel as soon as it's possible for you to do so.My favourite thing about Fairytales for Wilde Girls is the imagery, the dreamlike quality Near instills
I picked this book up because I hadn't read much Australian YA literature for a while and, when I went to look at the lists, the reviews had me intrigued. This is not a genre I usually choose to read and, as a 47 year old male, my interests and experience are far from those of the intended audience of adolescent girls. It's to the book's very great credit that, despite all the likely hurdles, I enjoyed it so very much. This is Allyse Near's first novel and whilst there were places where the
Read reviews, see awesome GIFS and experience my rambling thoughts at my blog, The Loony Teen WriterSo first off I loved this book. Lets not draw that out.THE WRITING. IT WAS JUST. DUDE. SERIOUSLY. I APPARENTLY CANT STRING TOGETHER A COHERENT SENTENCE BECAUSE ALLYSE NEAR HAS STOLEN THEM ALL.This review is, from here on in, not going to make any sense. If my review is lacking in any way, its because this book has used all of the most amazing phrases in the English language.I seriously considered
What a wonderfully written and unusual book about fairytales, magic, mental health, suicide and coping mechanisms. Kept me guessing until the end, and talked about deep, difficult, complex things with understanding, allegory and wonder. The ending wasn't quite as artfully written as the rest of it, but i can imagine it was an extraordinarily difficult piece of writing to end. So much respect for this author.
Bubblegum gothic is an apt description for this unique novel. I liked it a lot, even though it confused me quite a bit. Sort of reminded me of an even more trippy The Raven Boys. Never saw that ending coming, either.The style is a little difficult at first but once you get used to it the story shines. The prose is lyrical and the characterization of Isola is strong. I think her brothers may have been my favorites, though.If you want to read about faeries, ghosts, mermaids, gargoyles, witches,
Read reviews, see awesome GIFS and experience my rambling thoughts at my blog, The Loony Teen WriterSo first off I loved this book. Lets not draw that out.THE WRITING. IT WAS JUST. DUDE. SERIOUSLY. I APPARENTLY CANT STRING TOGETHER A COHERENT SENTENCE BECAUSE ALLYSE NEAR HAS STOLEN THEM ALL.This review is, from here on in, not going to make any sense. If my review is lacking in any way, its because this book has used all of the most amazing phrases in the English language.I seriously considered
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