Review roundup, because I am drowning.: seanan

Review roundup, because I am drowning.

Yeah, I'm Skippy McPosts-a-lot today, aren't I? Forgive me. It's been a hard Monday.

Anyway, I'm drowning in links, and that means it's time to clear a few of them away. In honor of An Artificial Night (that being my most recent book, and all), it's a Toby-centric day, and we're starting with a review from Renee's Book Addiction, in which she says, "As with book two (A Local Habitation), An Artificial Night not only lived up the the high expectations, but took the series in ever more interesting and complex directions." The rest of the review is lovely, and you should read it. Also, it's technically a review of the audio book, which is super-fun.

Karissa, at Karissa's Reading Review, has reviewed An Artificial Night, and says "This was a great installment in this series. The book was different from the previous books in that most of it takes place in the Summerlands and it is more of a questing/adventure type of story. I loved it." She says a lot more, and very well. I'm pleased.

What's a review roundup without a Livejournal review? Silly, that's what, so here it is.

kay_gmd says "I'm not generally an emotional reader, I can definitely be taken away by a story, but this is the first time I remember crying while reading. As a caveat I am pregnant, and I'm told that while pregnant I'm more inclined to such things. (It was late in the book, so I'm not going to tell you where it hit)." Yay! I made...a pregnant woman...cry. Er. Please don't hit me.

Phantastic Student has posted a review, and says, "An Artificial Night took the background from the second book, used it and added to it. It took the toughness, grittiness and heartbreak from the first book and compounded it. It took the best of both books, used it and made it better. It totally kicked ass. McGuire's hit her stride and is going to keep going." Woo! EPIC WIN.

Here: have a second Livejournal review.

markbernstein has posted a review of An Artificial Night, and says, "More important, this is the book in which we leave behind Toby, the reluctant private investigator and damaged person, and truly meet October Daye, knight of Shadowed Hills and hero. Here in full display is the moral determination, the unshakable loyalty to family and friends (that has in turn inspired the love and loyalty given her, which is key to the book both plotwise and thematically), and the near-pathological stubbornness that together form the core of Toby's character."

Awesome. And that's all for now. Good night, moon.

jenjen4280

September 21 2010, 14:06:20 UTC 6 years ago

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My girlfriend just finished An Artificial Night and says she liked it even better than A Local Habitation. I was encouraged to "hurry up" and finish the book I'm reading now so that I can read Night and then we can discuss it. Sheesh! Talk about demanding women!!!

seanan_mcguire

October 19 2010, 22:11:32 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome!

groblek

September 21 2010, 17:20:25 UTC 6 years ago

I just finished the book this morning - very shiny! After

kay_gmd finished it, I waited until I knew I had some uniterrupted time, and was glad I did. I couldn't put it down until I'd finished, even for long enough to get breakfast. You did a good job at sucking the reader in with this one, and I look forward to seeing what trouble Toby gets up to in the next book. I'm avoiding reading the blurb in the back, as it'll just make me want March to get here faster. You've quickly made it onto our list of top authors - I think we'd buy your grocery list if it was offered. ;)