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Hannah

reminiscent of a fairy or old folk tale

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 29 février 2020

I won't lie, I was a little nervous going in. This is the book where it all began, and I love Schwab's work so much. But writing styles change, and the craft develops. I was worried I'd find it lacking compared to the masterpieces she writes now.

I can confirm, it is not.

Schwab has written an introduction for this version, in it she calls it a quiet book. Compared to the wild adventures of ADSOM and the thrills of Vicious - it is. But it isn't any less wonderful.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒆𝒂𝒓

The story feels like an old tale. Lexi talks about the stories her father used to tell - and I feel like the book could have been one of them. It's eerie, feels almost like a ghost story. I love the stranger - and at the end of my copy (not sure if it's all) there's a short story showing his origins that I adored too.

Now, I do absolutely love Schwab's work, so I could be biased - but I'd definitely recommend. There is one of my least favourite tropes, instalove, but I don't mind it so much in this story. Probably as it's reminiscent of a fairytale.

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Lennie Reads

Beautifully eerie

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 28 avril 2020

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"Funny how when we start to tell a secret, we can't stop. Something falls open in us, and the sheer momentum of letting go pushes us on."

Haunting, spooky, dreamlike debut novel from one of my all time favourite authors.

I loved our main protagonists, Lexi & Cole, their relationship was so sweet and heart warming. I really enjoyed Lexi's resilience and determination and Cole was the sweetest and his trepidation broke my heart a little. This book included the short story (The Ash-Born Boy) and that just solidified all my feelings for my precious Cole.

The setting of the village of Near is so eerie and creepy, and that coupled with the descriptions of the moor gave me such a vivid image in my head I felt like I could almost smell the grass!

This book deals with superstitions, witches, community mindset (for better or worse), seclusion and society expectations.

The whole effect of the book was dreamlike; Cole and his blurred edges, the singing wind, the darkness.. it all gave me the feeling of when you're half asleep and you're not sure what is real.

This book is fantastic in itself but the fact that it was Schwab's debut novel and she wrote it at the age of 19 just makes me even more in awe of her. She is a born writer and I absolutely love all of her work.

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Laura Fenwick

Loved it.

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 30 octobre 2021

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This was honestly wonderful. I adore Schwab’s style of writing in this. I love the steady, easy rhythm of the writing and the beautiful imagery, describing the rolling moors and the howling wind and darkness of the nights.

Lexi, our young hero, is a force to be reconned with. She struggles to do what she feels is right due to the men of Near who overlook and belittle her, trying to control her. This was in utter contrast to how she was treated by the women around her, and I loved how those who knew her best encouraged her to be true to herself.

Schwab’s story of Lexi’s hunt for the truth seems to effortlessly take us through a whirlwind of emotions; anger, fear, faith, love and desperation, to name a few, with the help of a well rounded supporting cast, including my favourites; Magda and Dreska, to my least favourite; Tyler.

Covering a number of important themes, like prejudice, fear and belonging, Schwab sprinkles a little bit of magic to bring together this unique and lovely story.

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This woman can do no wrong!

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 24 septembre 2020

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After tearing through the City of Ghosts and Tunnel of Bones, my youngest bookworm was desperate to try another Victoria Schwab book. Because I wasn't quite sure how appropriate the Dark Shadow series would be for her (she is nearly 12 but with a reading age of 15) I went for The Near Witch instead.
As I expected, she devoured this and absolutely loves it. I don't quite know what it is about Schwab but she just seems to have the magic touch with her stories and style.

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Kaz

Good enough read, but disappointing ending

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 12 janvier 2021

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I would have given this book 4 stars if not for the end. A good enough story, well constructed and written, albeit not of the most profound or analytical. But the end comes rather suddenly. It is rushed, somewhat incoherent (how did some of the characters left behind get back before the one who ran ahead of the group?) and a little confused, with new questions emerging but no answer coming, nor are the questions raised from the start of the book resolved either. Before you know it, it's all over and all is well that ends well. That's it, folks! Oh, really? Just like that? OK...

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louise

Another brilliant book from V E Schwab

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 14 septembre 2019

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Another V E Schwab great book

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peter shaw

Yes

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 15 mai 2019

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Good service and good book.

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The Faint Girl

Proper page turner

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 30 août 2019

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Spooky and engaging. Very well written. Hard to belive this was a debut.

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jhb

near witch

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 2 mai 2021

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great story.

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Kohai

Nettes Gruselmärchen

Commenté en Allemagne le 24 juillet 2019

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"The near witch" ist sicherlich kein großer literarischer Wurf und wirklich Neues aus dem Genre hat es auch nicht zu bieten. Die Geschichte verläuft geradlinig und wie erwartet mit den üblichen Figuren, die solche Geschichten in der Regel bevölkern.

Wobei das alles nicht wirklich schlimm ist, Ja, es ist vorhersehbar und relativ gewöhnlich, aber gerade dadurch erreicht diese Gechichte dieses vertraute Märchenfeeling. Die Sprache ist schön und die Story liest sich flüssig und bietet kurzweilige Unterhaltung. Wer mehr von einem Buch möchte, wird vermutlich enttäuscht werden.

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