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Sto caricando le informazioni... Sword Catcher (edizione 2023)di Cassandra Clare (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Zwaardvanger. Door: Cassandra Clare. Toen ik las dat Clare aan een nieuwe serie werkte, één die zich niet in de Schaduwjagerswereld afspeelt was ik én opgewonden én teleurgesteld. Nieuwe boeken van Cassie zijn goed nieuws maar het betekende natuurlijk ook dat ze niet (meer) over de Schaduwjagerswereld zou schrijven… Zwaardvanger opent met een plan op de binnenkant van de prachtige cover Dat plan had ik echt wel nodig want ja: je betreedt plots een heel nieuwe wereld: vol personages, plekken en gebruiken waar je niets van af weet. De eerste 50 pagina’s heb ik even gezucht want ik miste mijn vertrouwde personages maar daarna was ik verkocht! En echt giga verkocht! Wat een geweldig boek! Dit is vloeken in de kerk maar Zwaardvanger is echt één van de betere boeken van Cassandra Clare: het verhaal is boeiend, spannend, broeierig en verslavend om te lezen. 570 pagina’s lang ben je aan het papier gekluisterd. Elke zin, elk woord is goed en je blijft tot het einde toe aan een snel vaart door het verhaal gaan; het zakt nergens in. We maken kennis met prins Conor en zijn zwaardvanger Kel maar ook met de vrouwelijke arts Lin, Antonetta die slimmer is dan ze zich voordoet en zo veel anderen. Stuk voor stuk mensen die direct je hart stelen of ferme weerzin opwekken, zo heb je er ook een paar. De schijn hooghouden, alles doen voor de eer, mentale problemen, vrouwendiscriminatie, prostitutie, verraad, racisme, politiek gekonkelfoes, geweld, druggebruik, alcoholmisbruik,… het komt allemaal voorbij. Hoewel de wereld van Castellane op het eerste zicht totaal verschilt van die van ons blijken ze toch veel gemeenschappelijks te hebben… Dat maakt dit boek ook extra interessant: je wordt meegesleept in een vreemde, magische wereld maar ondertussen krijg je een spiegel van de donkere kant van onze wereld voorgehouden. Cassandra Clare bewijst hier weer eens hoe geweldig goed ze is; en dat ze beter en beter wordt met de jaren. Een hele nieuwe wereld scheppen met een heden en verleden, eigen talen en mythes, boordevol meeslepend verhalen en hartveroverende personages: wow! Ik ben giga fan en kan niet wachten op het tweede deel! Kel is a 10 year old boy living in an orphanage in the city-state of Castellane when he is plucked out to be the Sword Catcher, the body double of the royal heir, due to his resemblance to the young Prince Conor Aurelian. He and the prince become friends and inseparable. As the prince becomes a young man, he gets into some trouble which Kel must clean up. The twelve families who own the 12 charters for silk, dyes, etc. are very political and ruthless. Lin Caster is a member of the Ashkar, a community shunned due to their use of magic. She is a healer although cannot access some of the books used by the non-Askar medical community. She desperately wants access in order to try to heal her best friend, Mariam. Then there is the Rag Picker King, head of the criminal element in Castellane. Both end up going to him for help. Prosper Beck, a criminal who controls the MAZE, is another character. The book ends in two cliff-hangers setting up the next volume in this series. There is way too much description in this book. This book is the first in an epic fantasy series described as two outcasts (Kel and Lin) who find themselves "caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic and dark secrets". The world-building and political system is fantastic (it takes a while to get the myriad of kingdoms and nobles and whatnot straight in your head) and the cast of characters is interesting. I’m particularly intrigued by the Ragpicker King. This was my first Cassandra Clare read - and I will definitely be picking up the next book in this series to see what happens next nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Fantasy.
Fiction.
Literature.
HTML:Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles. “Everything I look for in fantasy.”—George R. R. Martin In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill. Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword Catcher—the body double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He has been raised alongside the prince, trained in every aspect of combat and statecraft. He and Conor are as close as brothers, but Kel knows that his destiny is to die for Conor. No other future is possible. Lin Caster is one of the Ashkar, a small community whose members still possess magical abilities. By law, they must live behind walls within the city, but Lin, a physician, ventures out to tend to the sick and dying of Castellane. Despite her skills, she cannot heal her best friend without access to forbidden knowledge. After a failed assassination attempt brings Lin and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the criminal ruler of Castellane’s underworld. He offers them each what they want most; but as they descend into his world of intrigue and shadow, they discover a conspiracy of corruption that reaches from the darkest gutters of Castellane to the highest tower of its palaces. As long-kept secrets begin to unravel, they must ask themselves: Is knowledge worth the price of betrayal? Can forbidden love bring down a kingdom? And will their discoveries plunge their nation into war—and the world into chaos? Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Trigger warnings: Blood depiction, attempted suicide, fire, shipwreck, physical assault and injury, military violence and war themes
Score: Five out of ten.
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What a massive disappointment.
I wanted to read Sword Catcher to give Cassandra Clare another chance after City of Bones underwhelmed me, and City of Ashes was slightly unnerving. I saw it at a library and decided to pick it up, but not before glancing at the blurb, making it seem intriguing. However, when I closed the final page, I didn't want to reread it.