Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2019, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2009. However, and I hate to start this review off on a negative note, it tries to cover a little too much. Though Gemma does grow throughout the book I find the protrayl of women in this book horribly cliche as if the entire population of women at the time were brain dead and without ingenuity; which I highly doubt. The Sweet Far Thing discussion 452 views. You do not know what you are missing! I got the impression that she wouldn't be able to, but I don't see why not. The gripping conclusion to the critically acclaimed New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, an exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and Going Bovine.It has been a year of change since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy.
Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same.
This book - the finale, that too! In the first book, they find out that this group of sorceresses was forced to disband after one of their own, a woman named Sarah Rees-Toome, betrayed them. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Oh, and Felicity is Lesbian? This page works best with JavaScript. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. . Visit her at www.libbabray.com and at @libbabray on Twitter and Instagram. First of all, I found this book too long. Van Ripple, The Sweet Far Thing, P. 314 Libba Bray built up to the finale of her Gemma Doyle trilogy with a pair of quality novels, but neither compares to the ambitious excellence of The Sweet Far Thing. Please try your request again later. There's a problem loading this menu right now. The three books in the trilogy span just one year, with A Great and Terrible Beauty beginning in June 1895 and The Sweet Far Thing ending in June 1896. There's It seemed like half of it wasn't really necessary and was just extending the plot.
Please try again. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. Gemma enters the realms and is clearly a very important and powerful person the the world, and yet she lacks the spark that requires me to believe that she is really this powerful person. Gemma Doyle, We have both read them all and enjoyed them immensely. beautifully crafted" --People"A huge work of massive ambition.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA #1 Book Sense BestsellerA New York Times BestsellerA Publishers Weekly BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerA 2008 New York Public Library Book for the Teen AgeCCBC Choice (Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison). Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2020, Oh Libba Bray, why did you not have a proper editor? The first hundred pages of the book are characterized not by her actions, but by her inactions; she waits and thinks and never really does anything. This series addresses some of the issues faced by women in the late 1800s, and creates parallels to issues faced by women today. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Circe. [3][4], Libba Bray's explanation of Pippa as Persephone, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gemma_Doyle_Trilogy&oldid=961153924, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 June 2020, at 22:12. but in this case there was too much. I can't wait for the films! I downloaded “The Sweet Far Thing” immediately after I finished “Rebel Angels,” desperately eager to continue the story and see how Gemma was going to resolve this mess she made for herself. What was great about this one? You can still see all customer reviews for the product. It really was full of everything, all sorts of drama, fantasy and romance, though it didn't seem forced. Spoilers follow. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. How could Katrik DIE?!! Throughout the series Gemma learns of her own heritage and the magical powers she possesses, including the ability to enter "The Realms," a magical world in which dreams can become reality, but everything seems to have a cost. © 2008-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The Gemma Doyle Trilogy consists of three books: A Great and Terrible Beauty (published December 9, 2003), Rebel Angels (published 2006), and The Sweet Far Thing (published December 26, 2007). There are many female characters, and the struggles they encounter on their journey to becoming empowered both within and outside of The Realms ring true. Yes, it has a lot of pages, but they were so many things that Bray had to address. i am actually sad that the trilogy is over. I highly do NOT recommend it. Honestly, I stopped reading about halfway through and took about a week’s break because I was just so bored by the tedium of it all, and the repetition of these boring, angsty, and - let’s face it - rather stupid girls (I could have figured out what Gemma needed to figure out about the Tree of Souls and Eugenia Spence and Circe halfway through the book, but Gemma was too busy doing the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over again to get the picture).