Status
Available
Publication
Tor Books (2013), 336 pages
Description
After a charismatic woman's murdered while vacationing in Mexico, her adopted son Jeremy and her friends are invited by the teenaged murderer's mother to his memorial service after he drowns himself.
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LibraryThing member TheLostEntwife
When I received Mending the Moon by Susan Palwick from Tor, I have to admit, I was taken in by the pretty packaging. It's beautifully bound, has a gorgeous, simple cover, and I wanted to pick it up and read it right away. So I read the inside description and I was immediately moved from interested
I almost let it get to me. Almost. So let this be a lesson - don't let first impressions get the better of you.
What I found in this book were many, many good things. First, it's smart writing. I'm graduating from a small, liberal arts college this Saturday, and the descriptions in this book (from both students and teacher's perspective) of college life are spot on. Especially the literary class descriptions. In fact, I found myself wanting to take a course that was described and it actually gave me a research bug of my own. But it's not all the school part that is the smart writing - it's all just intelligent, good, solid, story-telling.
Secondly, there is never any promise about answers. Because that is not what this book is about - the jacket flap will tell you that much. Instead, through a rather genius way, the story is told through a mirror. That mirror? The medium of a comic-book-type set of heroes created by four computer science kids. It's actually quite brilliant... and once I understood what was happening the Tor publisher clicked for me.
What I love most about this book was it reminded me that fantasy fiction isn't all high fantasy or urban fantasy. It also includes comic book heroes, Korean dramas, Japanese manga... you name it. Fantasy is fantasy - it's taking real life and seeing it through unusual means. And it doesn't require a dragon - a comic book hero works quite as well.
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to confused. Tor is well-known for publishing fantasy and sci-fi (through the Forge imprint) so what was a book about grief and murder doing in my hands?I almost let it get to me. Almost. So let this be a lesson - don't let first impressions get the better of you.
What I found in this book were many, many good things. First, it's smart writing. I'm graduating from a small, liberal arts college this Saturday, and the descriptions in this book (from both students and teacher's perspective) of college life are spot on. Especially the literary class descriptions. In fact, I found myself wanting to take a course that was described and it actually gave me a research bug of my own. But it's not all the school part that is the smart writing - it's all just intelligent, good, solid, story-telling.
Secondly, there is never any promise about answers. Because that is not what this book is about - the jacket flap will tell you that much. Instead, through a rather genius way, the story is told through a mirror. That mirror? The medium of a comic-book-type set of heroes created by four computer science kids. It's actually quite brilliant... and once I understood what was happening the Tor publisher clicked for me.
What I love most about this book was it reminded me that fantasy fiction isn't all high fantasy or urban fantasy. It also includes comic book heroes, Korean dramas, Japanese manga... you name it. Fantasy is fantasy - it's taking real life and seeing it through unusual means. And it doesn't require a dragon - a comic book hero works quite as well.
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Language
Original publication date
2013-05
ISBN
9781429987158
Local notes
fiction