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David Whitley (1) (1984–)

Autore di The Midnight Charter

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Opere di David Whitley

The Midnight Charter (2009) 155 copie
The Children of the Lost (2010) 67 copie
The Canticle of Whispers (2013) 16 copie
Bortom muren (2011) 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1984
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
England
UK
Luogo di nascita
Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
Istruzione
University of Oxford
Attività lavorative
young adult writer

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I don't usually like books with an old-world kind of setting but this book had just the right amount of mystery and intrigue about the city that gives it a dystopian feel but with a strange edge.
 
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zacchaeus | 16 altre recensioni | Dec 26, 2020 |
[I wrote this review in 2010]

**Good solid children's / YA fantasy fiction**

Very good original fantasy from this talented young writer. It reminds me of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights series, but is a quite different story. Mark and Lily are brought together by different sad circumstances and soon become firm friends. They live in servitude in the tower of the ancient and powerful astrologer Count Stelli. Lily is tasked with housekeeping duties and Mark with assisting the Count's grandson, Doctor Theo as he works to find cures for some nasty diseases, including a great plague. Very soon though they each have to start making their own choices, none of them easy, as dark and powerful forces show an uncommon level of interest in Mark and Lily and throws their beliefs and friendship into doubt.

David Whitely has created a setting for Mark and Lily's story which is a kind of capitalist utopia society - absolutely anything can be bought and sold within the city (emotions included, and children up to the age of 12) and people who lose the ability to earn their living are afforded no rights at all, not even to basic food and shelter. Charity just doesn't exist even as a concept and money is all that matters. At times I think the message overpowers the story just a fraction, but otherwise it's a very good, tightly written fantasy. Recommended for ages 10/11+.
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ArdizzoneFan | 16 altre recensioni | Nov 12, 2020 |
A fascinating look at the choices two children make in a world ruled by commerce. Great world building and a good read. Read my full review:

http://www.wandsandworlds.com/blog1/2009/08/book-review-midnight-charter.html
 
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SheilaRuth | 16 altre recensioni | Aug 23, 2013 |
I finished this book, but I didn't much like it. I didn't like the characters, especially Mark. I didn't find the world particularly well-built, and I thought the ending was more than a little cheesy. I found the emotion addicts intriguing, and the storefront paved with little bits of colored glass is a lovely image that sticks with me.
 
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satyridae | 16 altre recensioni | Apr 5, 2013 |

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Opere
4
Utenti
239
Popolarità
#94,925
Voto
½ 3.5
Recensioni
20
ISBN
50
Lingue
6

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