{"id":647,"date":"2019-06-24T21:38:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erikawinterlia.winterlia.se\/web\/?p=647"},"modified":"2019-06-24T22:16:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T20:16:20","slug":"shadow-and-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"Shadow and Bone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Leigh Bardugo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Shadow and Bone we follow Alina, who\u2019s an ordinary girl in a world where people called Grisha has special abilities. Alina is an orphan, a map maker and longtime friends with a boy called Mal. When they enter the impenetrable darkness of the Shadow Fold, Alina\u2019s journey from ordinary to exceptional begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I finally managed to complete this book (and the whole series) after trying like five times. I found this first book in the series incredibly hard to get into, and it was just something that didn\u2019t pull me in at all. But as I reached about 10-20% in, I found that the story really took off and I could see why this is such a popular book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I liked seeing Alina struggle with accepting who she had become and what she could do, while at the same time feeling inadequate and uncomfortable with everyone\u2019s expectation of her. At times I got a bit tired of the school-like setting, and there was a lot of details surrounding training, gossip, dances and all that kind of stuff. It was almost some weird Russian-inspired take on Harry Potter at times. But behind all of that shallow stuff, there was an interesting story building up and a relationship with a villainous boy who had a lure about him that made it hard to determine his true intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I both liked and disliked the writing style in this book, and I liked that it felt like it was Alina\u2019s unique voice and the way it was written made me think of her as a friend. But overall, the writing style in these books are quite passive and it sometimes give me the feeling of reading a letter that Alina has written to me rather than a story told in a way that makes me feel part of it. Also, I think that after having read some of Leigh Bardugo\u2019s later works, I can see the how much she\u2019s developed her skills since this book came out, and this makes it harder to like this \u201clesser version\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m still giving this book a solid four stars out of 5 since I enjoyed it and I would recommend it. It was a great book with a unique world and interesting characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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