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Information sur l'oeuvreDownside Girls par Jaine Fenn
![]() Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Provided by the publishers as part of the Library Thing's early reviewers. More information on both the book and the publishers can be found here: http://www.clarionpublishing.com/books/downside-girls/ The book is a set of 4 short stories, 3 of which have been published previously and which are linked with Angels - state sponsored assassins - as some of the primary characters. The 4th story is set in the same world, touches briefly on Angels, but is about a musician and follower of one of the planet's religions. One of the questions I ask myself when reading short stories is: would this story have made it in a full novel length? Of the four stories, I think the last one was marginally weaker than the others, in that it was, perhaps a little too short (better at Novella length perhaps?). The other stories however were much stronger at their presented length and I dont think they would have made it to novel length. Whilst the stories here are perhaps at the right length as short stories, I think this is a very strong world to build upon, and I would be interested to see if Jaine can/will/has already built a set of stories set in this world. ![]() ![]() I have not read any previous novels by Jaine Fenn but if the well written and intriguing four short stories are anything to go by I will be reading more of her books. All four stories entwine the lives of humans and Angels living in above and below/ rich and poor cities. The writer has made the female characters stand out in each of the four stories. All together a very good book and hard to put down until it is read from cover to cover. ![]() The prose is tight, the pace as befits short stories is fast, and all but the last of the four stories leave the reader satisfied at the telling of a good tale. Unfortunately, the last of the four shorts feels in some way unfinished and was therefore the least satisfying of the four, it was also the only one of the stories that, although set within the same world, did not revolve around the 'angels' of Kesh City, but one of the city inhabitants. The world, however, is well imagined and richly detailed, and overall the stories are very entertaining, however I couldn't help but feel they were either meant as teasers for the longer novels set in the same world, or backstories for extant characters of that would, that Fenn somehow couldn't include in the main novels, but wanted to tell. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieHidden Empire (0 Short Stories)
The floating city of Kesh rests above the uninhabitable planet of Vellern. For the Topsiders life is about luxury and opulence, while for those of the Undertow day to day survival takes precedence. Kesh City is a democracy by assassination, where the Angels - deadly state-sponsored killers - remove those unworthy to hold office. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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![]() GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:![]()
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More information on both the book and the publishers can be found here:
http://www.clarionpublishing.com/books/downside-girls/
The book is a set of 4 short stories, 3 of which have been published previously and which are linked with Angels - state sponsored assassins - as some of the primary characters.
The 4th story is set in the same world, touches briefly on Angels, but is about a musician and follower of one of the planet's religions.
One of the questions I ask myself when reading short stories is: would this story have made it in a full novel length?
Of the four stories, I think the last one was marginally weaker than the others, in that it was, perhaps a little too short (better at Novella length perhaps?).
The other stories however were much stronger at their presented length and I dont think they would have made it to novel length.
Whilst the stories here are perhaps at the right length as short stories, I think this is a very strong world to build upon, and I would be interested to see if Jaine can/will/has already built a set of stories set in this world. (