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Down Among the Sticks and Bones

di Seanan McGuire

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Serie: Wayward Children (2)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Mythology. HTML: New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire returns to her popular Wayward Children series with Down Among the Sticks and Bones�??a truly standalone story suitable for adult and young adult readers of urban fantasy, and the follow-up to the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List book Every Heart a Doorway Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children. This is the story of what happened first... Jacqueline was her mother's perfect daughter�??polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it's because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline. Jillian was her father's perfect daughter�??adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a tom-boy. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what you've got. They were five when they learned that grown-ups can't be trusted. They were twelve when they walked down the impossible staircase and discovered that the pretense of love can never be enough to prepare you a life filled with magic in a land filled with mad scientists and death and choices. The Wayward Children Series Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky Book 4: In an Absent Dream… (altro)

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I have to say, I liked this one much more than the first one. Right away, Jack is a very interesting protagonist. My only real complaint with this one is, I would have liked a longer story and an equal amount of Jill's perspective! Not to mention getting to see more of the Moors, which sounds like a really interesting setting. That and it could get a little too preachy with the whole "parents should not force their ideas onto children." For such a short book, it made that point repetitively.

And though I appreciated this one more than the first in the series, I'm also not sure if I'll be continuing with the others. It seems like the author has very interesting ideas but either doesn't take time or doesn't quite know how to flesh them out into something bigger than just an idea. The concept of the Moors and its neighboring societies is so fascinating, and a pair of twin sisters raised by a vampire lord and a mad scientist respectively is phenomenal. But we get so little of it and nothing of real substance before we receive our pat on the back, are handed a moral lesson, and are sent back through the door. Much like Jack and Jill, we're left wondering why we can't stay! (

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staygoldsunshine | Apr 23, 2024 |

El primero me llego a lo que me compone como persona, me gustó mucho. Este me ha gustado igual o más.

Quizá no me ha llegado tanto a nivel emocional, pero si que es más solido e incluso más entretenido. La narración casi como si fuera un cuento explicado al borde de la chimenea me ha absorbido las pocas horas que he tenido para leerme el libro.

Ojala traduzcan más libros de la autora, mientras creo que voy a buscar las secuelas en su edición original porque quiero ver más de este universo que esta componiendo Seanan.
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Cabask | Mar 27, 2024 |

While I loved the creepy, atmospheric vibe of this one, it definitely has a few pacing issues that makes it more difficult to enjoy. I felt like way too much time was spent at the beginning delineating all the differences between Jack and Jill; the tone got quite preachy at times, especially about raising children and subjecting them to certain roles. It's not that I disagree with it, but the message (?) just got far too repetitive for my liking. Also, because so much time was spent on that at the start, I think it took away from moments we could have had later on that would have made the book hit harder. More Jack/Alexis would have been great, or even just seeing more interactions between the girls and each of their mentors!
Other than that, I still enjoyed this: Jack and Jill are incredibly interesting characters and I liked spending time in their heads and world. And again, the atmosphere of this book is very immersive, like a dark fairytale version of Frankenstein/Dracula (it would make an excellent Halloween read!)
I'm definitely going to be continuing the series still, and hope we get to see more of these two. (

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deborahee | Feb 23, 2024 |

Down Among the Sticks and Bones is a beautiful book. The cover is beautiful, the writing is beautiful, the heartbreak is beautiful. It made me thrilled for Jack and Jill in parts, creeped out, angry, happy, sad, all in different ways. It smells beautiful (yes, I am a book smeller). The Moors were, to me, a liminal space that resonated very strongly with places I carry in my own head. As afraid as I am of the deep sea (thalassophobia, I has it; reading Into the Drowning Deep when it comes out will be an exercise to be carried out in the broadest of daylight, also possibly in a desert if I can manage it), I think I would have turned towards the ocean.

And that is all I will say for fear of spoilers. (

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LaurenThemself | Feb 20, 2024 |

It was interesting to see Jack and Jill's story after meeting them in the first book. This series continues to be short and to the point. Which is great except that I liked the Moors and I wish we could've spent more time there! It feels like there's so much more story that could be told about this world. (

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Nome dell'autore	Ruolo	Tipo di autore	Opera?	Stato
Seanan McGuire	—	autore primario	tutte le edizioni	calcolato
Cai, Rovina	Illustratore	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato
FORT	Progetto della copertina	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato
Harris, Lee	A cura di	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato
Miks-Rédai Viktória,	Traduttore	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato
San Román Navarro, María Pilar	Traduttore	autore secondario	alcune edizioni	confermato

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Wayward Children (2)

È contenuto in

Be Sure: Wayward Children, Volumes 1-3 di Seanan McGuire

È riassunto in

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 85 • June 2017 di John Joseph Adams

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Down Among the Sticks and Bones

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2017-06-13

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Jacqueline "Jack" Wolcott

Jillian "Jill" Wolcott

Chester Wolcott

Serena Wolcott

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The Moors [Wayward Children]

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I think the rules were different there. It was all about science, but the science was magical. It didn't care about whether something could be done. It was about whether it should be done, and the answer was always, always yes.

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People who knew Chester and Serena Wolcott socially would have placed money on the idea that the couple would never choose to have children.

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Fantasy. Fiction. Mythology. HTML:

New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire returns to her popular Wayward Children series with Down Among the Sticks and Bones�??a truly standalone story suitable for adult and young adult readers of urban fantasy, and the follow-up to the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List book Every Heart a Doorway

Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children.

This is the story of what happened first...

Jacqueline was her mother's perfect daughter�??polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it's because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline.

Jillian was her father's perfect daughter�??adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a tom-boy. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what you've got.

They were five when they learned that grown-ups can't be trusted.

They were twelve when they walked down the impossible staircase and discovered that the pretense of love can never be enough to prepare you a life filled with magic in a land filled with mad scientists and death and choices.

The Wayward Children Series
Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway
Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky
Book 4: In an Absent Dream

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