I Shall Wear Midnight, And I Shall Be Good At It
Ok, so I know that ISWM has been released for nearly a whole month, but I decided to take my time reading it, because I was looking forward to it that much, and didn't want to waste a single bit of it by having it as my normal bedtime reading. In the end I got too impatient and ended up taking it to work with me on tuesday evening last week to occupy the couple of hours I had nothing to do in. I didn't plan on taking it - because I thought I'd get distracted...but I'm glad I did! Most books have the ability to draw me into the story, but only a good book absorbs me to the point that I don't want to leave, that make me laugh out loud, feel that tug of sympathy or the slow bubble of anger and the desire to slap the character for being such an idiot.
I Shall Wear Midnight is - to me, and I know some people may differ - pure brilliance on a page. I've always loved the Feegles, they bring that balance of humour into the underlying serious tones of the book, being strangely adorable and loveable and yet at the same time making me shake my head with a mixture of laughter and disbelief at the things they come out with. I love how they can be rowdy and drunk, yet obscenely loyal to their Kelda and their Hag. As for people I wanted to slap...well 'that useless pile of jobbies' was one, plus Letitia and her darling mother at the beginning of the book. Oh, and I want a Horace the cheese...I reckon he'd get on very well with the kitten!
I could go into so much more detail, and I probably will once I've read it again, but for now I don't want to give anyone spoilers, because it is a book that no one should spoil for you!
I Shall Wear Midnight is - to me, and I know some people may differ - pure brilliance on a page. I've always loved the Feegles, they bring that balance of humour into the underlying serious tones of the book, being strangely adorable and loveable and yet at the same time making me shake my head with a mixture of laughter and disbelief at the things they come out with. I love how they can be rowdy and drunk, yet obscenely loyal to their Kelda and their Hag. As for people I wanted to slap...well 'that useless pile of jobbies' was one, plus Letitia and her darling mother at the beginning of the book. Oh, and I want a Horace the cheese...I reckon he'd get on very well with the kitten!
I could go into so much more detail, and I probably will once I've read it again, but for now I don't want to give anyone spoilers, because it is a book that no one should spoil for you!