Libba Bray's novel, A Great and Terrible Beauty, is the first book in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy was truly spectacular. I was introduced to the book and after reading the first few chapters I was hooked. Libba's novel is inventive and ingenious in design and plot of the story. One thing that ... Read review
It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from ... more
the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable ha...
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Advantages: learn a little more about the daily life and culture of girls during the Victorian Era Disadvantages: the book is written in first person and is hard to read at times
Libba Bray's novel, A Great and Terrible Beauty, is the first book in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy was truly spectacular. I was introduced to the book and after reading the first few chapters I was hooked. Libba's novel is inventive and ingenious in design and plot of the story. One thing that I really enjoyed from the book was how Libba could incorporate the Victorian Era into her story. I think that the Victorian Era was a key point and that it was ... ...the story of a girl who wasn't like others around her and didn't meet her grandmother's approval, but was searching for answers and allowing her imagination to be a part of her daily life. A Great and Terrible Beauty is a wonderful curl-up-under-the-covers book and a perfect book if you want to be taken away from anything you could have imagined before. This novel was slendidly written, ingeniously planned, and most of all it was truly mezmorizing. ... more
Libba Bray's novel, A Great and Terrible Beauty, is the first book in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy was truly spectacular. I was introduced to the book and after reading the first few chapters I was hooked. Libba's novel is inventive and ingenious in design and plot of the story. One thing that I really enjoyed from the book was how Libba could incorporate the Victorian Era into her story. I think that the Victorian Era was a key point and that it was necessary to truly understand Gemma's feelings. This novel told the story of a girl who wasn't like others around her and didn't meet her grandmother's approval, but was searching for answers and allowing her imagination to be a part of her daily life. A Great and Terrible Beauty is a wonderful curl-up-under-the-covers book and a perfect book if you want to be taken away from anything you could have imagined before. This novel was slendidly written, ingeniously planned, and most of all it was truly mezmorizing.
Advantages: Wonderful plot Disadvantages: Leaves you wanting more!
'Rebel Angels' is the second book in a trilogy by LibbaBray, continuing the story begun in 'A Great and TerribleBeauty'. The book tells the tale of sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle, an ordinary-seeming girl, with an extraordinary power.
The story begins in Victorian London, and you're immediately pulled into the hustle and bustle of the 1800's. The mystery starts to unfold when Gemma steps from the train and sees a mysterious figure shrouded in a black cloak, following her.
From that moment on we're taken on a rollercoaster ride of emotions and adventures, as we discover the power of The Order and the secretive Rakshana. For Gemma has a special power, a power that enables her to travel into 'The Realms', a place of magic and immense beauty, that also has a darker, more sinister side.
Gemma, along with her friends Felicity and Ann ...
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EAN
9780689875359
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's
Type
Fiction
Genre
Children's
Subgenre
Historical fiction
Title
A Great and Terrible Beauty
All Authors
Libba Bray
Author
Libba Bray
ISBN
689875355
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It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England.
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