Cindy Pon
Autore di Silver Phoenix
Serie
Opere di Cindy Pon
Diversity in YA 1 copia
Opere correlate
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1973
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Attività lavorative
- author
artist - Organizzazioni
- Diversity in YA (co-founder with Malinda Lo)
We Need Diverse Books (advisory board) - Agente
- Bill Contardi (Brandt & Hochman)
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Recensioni
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Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 1,268
- Popolarità
- #20,232
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 87
- ISBN
- 41
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
First things first - THIS COVER THOUGH. I mean, I can't possibly love it more if I tried, but I'll try pretty damn hard to because THIS COVER THOUGH.
And can we talk about how awesome Daiyu is? Actually let me talk about how awesome she is, but beneath a cut since learning about some of her awesome actions could change your reading
She's whip-smart; like any child she doesn't want to believe the worst of her father, but once her eyes are opened she doesn't turn away again. She makes it possible (both directly and indirectly) for Zhou and his team to infiltrate Jin Corp's offsite location. She doesn't judge Zhou for what he did (kidnapping her), but she does strive to understand. Actually the entirety of their relationship is built on the two of them realizing "wait a second, the world isn't so easily cut and dry".
She genuinely wants to build a better future and is willing to BURN HER WORLD to ashes if that's what it takes.
I had a couple questions at the end - namely when all was said and done what happened with Joseph?
I had some qualms with Zhou at times; Vic is right, he's a bit too tender hearted for the mission and he spends a lot of time angsting over what to do about Daiyu. I wish we could have spent a bit more time with the group, or with each individual member. You get a good read on Lingyi and Arun, but other than some observations by Zhou about Iris and Victor, we have very little time with them as individuals outside of the group. Much is made of Victor's ability to wheel and deal based on his charming personality and suaveness, but we see very little of that as he keeps a different kind of "front" up around the group. Iris...the vulnerable moment we see of Iris late in the book is a beautiful moment. I wish we could see more.
The opening jumped around for a bit and the group's plan takes a few chapters to even get off the ground as they tried to get all their ducks in a row after a slight set back. While Zhou is an engaging protagonist, I really wanted Daiyu to show back up and be part of the action again. Or for Iris to run around spooking the living daylights out of Zhou constantly. Maybe both.
The setting is a very visceral part of this book. I've never been to Taipei or Taiwan, but Pon's descriptions of the night markets, of the lights and the mountains, of the way things seem to be both diminished because of the pollution, but also desperately trying to carve out an existence still, the beauty that once was and the beauty it could be once more...its almost its own character. Zhou's love of Taiwan is what drives his actions, what drives all their actions in the end. Pon brings that love to life and into focus, even as things seem really bleak at times.… (altro)