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grav_ityThis book was very strange. Very beautiful. And very difficult to explain. We've been talking a bit lately about how difficult it is to turn off one's inner editor while reading, and I've decided that this is not really a problem I have. What I can't do, however, is turn off my inner bookseller. I have no earthly idea how I would sell this book. I'd have to leave out all the good parts. It's a love story, I could say. It's a love story about a girl who can't feel anything and a boy who doesn't want to.
When I talk to people about "The Replacement", I always say things like "Yes, it seems dark, but the core of the story is really, for me, about how AWESOME the family is, how much they love each other, and how much they REALLY want to stay together."
"The Space Between" was like that too, with family and love being the absolute most important things. Instead of Faerie, we have Pandemonium. Instead of high school, we have Vegas. And, again, we have two characters who will do whatever it takes to stay together and on Earth.
I loved the complete absence of Time in Pandemonium, and the way Daphne moved through it. I kind of adored Beelzebub, if only because he was mostly honest. I loved Daphne's bullheadedness on Earth. I liked the recurring theme of teeth. I felt bad for Truman, and I almost never feel bad for that type of hero. AND CHARLIE! Oh, Charlie nearly killed me because he wasn't a villain, and I love him for it.
My favourite stylistic aspect of the book was that Truman's chapters were written as a countdown. A COUNTDOWN TO WHAT??? (Well, I figured out the "what" fairly early on, but the "how" was DRIVING ME CRAZY right up until it happened, at which point I shrieked and went into COMPLETE DENIAL.) It was excellent. The combination of Brenna's massively descriptive style (which is beautiful) and the urgency of the countdown made for one of the most weirdly compelling reads I've ever come across.
This is not an easy book (which, for the record, I would say of "Clockwork Prince"), but it is definitely worthwhile. I enjoyed all the characters, the themes, the hope and the ending. "The Space Between" was definitely worth the wait.
8.5/10 for being wonderful, complicated and real.
When I talk to people about "The Replacement", I always say things like "Yes, it seems dark, but the core of the story is really, for me, about how AWESOME the family is, how much they love each other, and how much they REALLY want to stay together."
"The Space Between" was like that too, with family and love being the absolute most important things. Instead of Faerie, we have Pandemonium. Instead of high school, we have Vegas. And, again, we have two characters who will do whatever it takes to stay together and on Earth.
I loved the complete absence of Time in Pandemonium, and the way Daphne moved through it. I kind of adored Beelzebub, if only because he was mostly honest. I loved Daphne's bullheadedness on Earth. I liked the recurring theme of teeth. I felt bad for Truman, and I almost never feel bad for that type of hero. AND CHARLIE! Oh, Charlie nearly killed me because he wasn't a villain, and I love him for it.
My favourite stylistic aspect of the book was that Truman's chapters were written as a countdown. A COUNTDOWN TO WHAT??? (Well, I figured out the "what" fairly early on, but the "how" was DRIVING ME CRAZY right up until it happened, at which point I shrieked and went into COMPLETE DENIAL.) It was excellent. The combination of Brenna's massively descriptive style (which is beautiful) and the urgency of the countdown made for one of the most weirdly compelling reads I've ever come across.
This is not an easy book (which, for the record, I would say of "Clockwork Prince"), but it is definitely worthwhile. I enjoyed all the characters, the themes, the hope and the ending. "The Space Between" was definitely worth the wait.
8.5/10 for being wonderful, complicated and real.
