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| Original Title: | A Face Like Glass |
| ISBN: | 0230763502 (ISBN13: 9780230763500) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | The Kitschies Nominee for Red Tentacle (Novel) (2012), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2013) |
Frances Hardinge
Paperback | Pages: 496 pages Rating: 4.17 | 5613 Users | 1029 Reviews
Itemize Of Books A Face Like Glass
| Title | : | A Face Like Glass |
| Author | : | Frances Hardinge |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 496 pages |
| Published | : | May 10th 2012 by Pan Macmillan Children's (first published May 1st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Childrens. Middle Grade. Fiction. Science Fiction. Dystopia |
Narrative Conducive To Books A Face Like Glass
In Caverna, lies are an art — and everyone's an artist...In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare. They create wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer even as they slit your throat. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned. Only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show (or fake) joy, despair or fear — at a price.
Into this dark and distrustful world comes Neverfell, a little girl with no memory of her past and a face so terrifying to those around her that she must wear a mask at all times. For Neverfell's emotions are as obvious on her face as those of the most skilled Facesmiths, though entirely genuine. And that makes her very dangerous indeed...
Rating Of Books A Face Like Glass
Ratings: 4.17 From 5613 Users | 1029 ReviewsRate Of Books A Face Like Glass
Original review posted on The Book SmugglersAnas Take:Wowza, I dont even know where to start with this review. There is so much that is so excellent about A Face Like Glass, I hope I wont miss anything of importance as there is so much to unpack.A Face Like Glass is just like Frances Hardinges Fly By Night and Twilight Robbery: sophisticated without being pretentious or boring, thought-provoking and smart without being any less engaging, fast-paced and just plain fun. It features a strong (read:(You know when I begin proper orthography in my reviews, specifically capitalisation, that I mean business.) Murder is like romance. It is only our first that overwhelms us. Some people may see that this book is middle grade, and immediately be put off. Often, the genres of childrens lit, middle grade, and young adult are all grouped together under the umbrella of childrens, which can lead to some misconceptions, mainly that middle grade and young adult cannot have literary value equal to the
What if Alice grew up down the rabbit hole, and she needed a little white rabbit to lead herout? Thats a very basic, watered down one-liner that sort of describes what this book is about. You have to admit that its catchy though. However, to say that this book is derivative of anything, even a classic like Alice in Wonderland, would be selling it extremely short. This is the kind of fantasy that I want to read completely original and imaginative to the point of near insanity. Its the kind of
DNF @34% Idk why I haven't officially dnfed this book yet haha I decided I wasn't going to finish a few months ago... this book was just too weird and disturbing for me I have no interest in finishing it.
This book...wow... Blown away by how detailed this book is. It's definitely not something everyone would enjoy. I would say it's rather slow for most of the story but oh dang when there's action scenes it's amazing. This is basically Alice in Wonderland smashed into a dystopian world. Freaking unbelievably wondrous. 4.5/5 stars
I've always wished I had a better imagination. I was the kid that had to color in between the lines perfectly or else I'd throw away the picture. The colors I used had to correspond to the real life chroma of the object I was coloring. For instance, if I was working on a picture of a rabbit and flowers, the rabbit had to be brown or black with pink or yellow flowers. No neon green rabbit with orange spots and multicolored flowers. IT HAD TO BE LIKE REAL LIFE, DANG IT. With that said, if I could
CHILD,THIEF,MADMAN,SPY,which speaks the truthand which one lies? That is the tagline on the other edition of this book. And I don't believe one has ever been so appropriate and fitting before.Thus it also becomes the perfect prelude to one of the most expert account of a girl with a face like glass venturing out into the underground city of Caverna, wherein lies an art and everyone's an artist. And Everything is really something else in disguise.Here babies are taught Faces, for unlike you and
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