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Starred Review, Publishers Weekly (circ: 34,456), November 19, 2007:
"[Harris] creates a glorious and complex world replete with rune-based magical spells, bickering gods, exciting adventures and difficult moral issues."
"[Harris] creates a glorious and complex world replete with rune-based magical spells, bickering gods, exciting adventures and difficult moral issues."
"From the Hardcover edition." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The humour, spark and magic of Discworld's Tiffany Aching meets the action-packed adventure of Percy Jackson in a page-turning fantasy blockbuster, from the bestselling writer of Chocolat and The Lollipop Shoes.
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Fans of Joanne Harris's epic "Runemarks" have had a long three-year wait for this sequel, "Runelight". Fortunately, the wait has not been in vain; the sequel is a stupendous follow-on from the earlier book, easily exceling its predecessor in every possible way. Indeed, the book is a veritable tour-de-force, quite as action-packed as the earlier volume but now with a much more balanced and controlled story-line that never feels contrived or contorted, carries plenty of mystery and intrigue, managing to pop up a fair few surprises along the way, usually just at the point where you're convinced you've worked out what's going to happen next. The text has an easy flow to it, provides plenty of humour pitched for all age groups and all in all offers not a single dull moment throughout its entire 570-odd pages. No fan of the earlier volume could possibly be disappointed by 'Runelight' (if you haven't read the earlier book you would be well advised to do so before tackling this one) especially as while coming to a nice, satisfying conclusion, there are nevertheless clear options for more to come in the future.
Let us just hope that Joanne Harris doesn't keep us all waiting quite so long for the next one!
Let us just hope that Joanne Harris doesn't keep us all waiting quite so long for the next one!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Joanne Harris has utterly upped her game since writing the wonderful Runemarks. Runelight is bigger, better and more magical than ever. There are the old favourite characters of Loki and Thor and to this mix she adds new characters of the three famous wolves Fenris, Skoll and Hati and even Odin's (One-Eye) ravens Hugnin and Munin but each with their own quirky names and personalities.
What make's it extra special is the massive trail of secrets that is woven throughout all the events and adventures the reader follows and its all woven beautifully amongst ancient nursery rhymes. Of course it's revovling around Chaos once again trying to rub out Order from the world in a variety of jaw dropping ways. Although the more the reader reads the more it will make them think that the forces of Order and Chaos are quite similar despite their differences.
It is a refreshing and invigorating read and it inpsiring to see these great characters of old, flaws and all as none of these gods are perfect, reimagined into new adventures that can't help but captivate and capture the hearts and minds of a new generation. I think all the skalds of old will claim Joanne is blessed by Odin for her story telling abilities. I get shivers just thinking about what might possibly happen next in the sequel to this, that already overshadows Runemarks in more ways than one!
What make's it extra special is the massive trail of secrets that is woven throughout all the events and adventures the reader follows and its all woven beautifully amongst ancient nursery rhymes. Of course it's revovling around Chaos once again trying to rub out Order from the world in a variety of jaw dropping ways. Although the more the reader reads the more it will make them think that the forces of Order and Chaos are quite similar despite their differences.
It is a refreshing and invigorating read and it inpsiring to see these great characters of old, flaws and all as none of these gods are perfect, reimagined into new adventures that can't help but captivate and capture the hearts and minds of a new generation. I think all the skalds of old will claim Joanne is blessed by Odin for her story telling abilities. I get shivers just thinking about what might possibly happen next in the sequel to this, that already overshadows Runemarks in more ways than one!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought Runemarks because I was bored and I wanted to read something and I didn't have great hopes but I was surprised by it. The book is great and the story is just fantastic. So I bought Runelight before I finished Runemarks, because I knew I wanted to read more about these characters.
Three years have passed since the last chapter of the previous book. The gods and the folk are suffering from the consequences of what went on at Hel's kingdom. Maddy is not the main character here, she shares the spotlight with Maggie, another girl that will have to learn abour her true origin.
This book shows us more about the characters, although some gods don't say much apart from: Can I hammer him? Can I hammer him, now?
It is full of adventure and love (although not in the traditional sense, there is no traditional love story here). And it is funny, it is. Some of the dialogues are witty and I couldn't keep a straight face when Loki was annoying Sif or when Mjolnir comes back from the stomach of the Snake to torment Thor (and the rest) with his opinions and personality.
Loki gets beaten, bullied, threatened, used as bait, chained, lost, insulted and almost everyone wants him dead and yet he remains the best character in the book. He is just too much fun to read, the chapters without him are just not as good.
I really need the third book to be published (the sooner the better), as I will miss these characters too much once I finished the last page (I still have 5 more pages to read).
Three years have passed since the last chapter of the previous book. The gods and the folk are suffering from the consequences of what went on at Hel's kingdom. Maddy is not the main character here, she shares the spotlight with Maggie, another girl that will have to learn abour her true origin.
This book shows us more about the characters, although some gods don't say much apart from: Can I hammer him? Can I hammer him, now?
It is full of adventure and love (although not in the traditional sense, there is no traditional love story here). And it is funny, it is. Some of the dialogues are witty and I couldn't keep a straight face when Loki was annoying Sif or when Mjolnir comes back from the stomach of the Snake to torment Thor (and the rest) with his opinions and personality.
Loki gets beaten, bullied, threatened, used as bait, chained, lost, insulted and almost everyone wants him dead and yet he remains the best character in the book. He is just too much fun to read, the chapters without him are just not as good.
I really need the third book to be published (the sooner the better), as I will miss these characters too much once I finished the last page (I still have 5 more pages to read).
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so so
i could not get in to this book not because the writting was bad or anything its just a little weied for me maybe because i have not read the first book in the series so i will put... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Ms. B. E. Harris
Very good sequel to 'Runemarks'
'Runemarks' was a surprise to me a few years ago. A delicately woven plot with some excellent characters and no small amount of surprises and plot twists all set against a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by M. O. HAYNES
Norse mythology for teenagers?
I'm not sure who this is really aimed at, but I enjoyed it. I haven't read the first book in the series, and have gained most of my understanding of Norse mythology from Wagner,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by JoMaynard
Joanne Harris always delivers - excellent book
Runelight by Joanne Harris
Well written as always by Joanne Harris, this is a story which is considerably different from the other novels by her that I have read. Read more
Well written as always by Joanne Harris, this is a story which is considerably different from the other novels by her that I have read. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Aremess
At times exhausting, but ultimately satisfying
I'll put my cards on the table - I always enjoy Joanne Harris stories. That aside, this story is more familiar, and at the same time more thrilling. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Hugo Minney
Norse mysticism & magic
The sequel to Runemarks starts a few years on. The world is still recovery from the aftermath of the climax in Runemarks and the characters are actually rediscovered, so for those... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tolkein
Entertaining YA fantasy sequel that brings Norse mythology to a new...
It's 3 years since the events in RUNEMARKS. Maddy Smith still lives in the village of Malbry with her father Thor and the other reincarnated Gods, all of whom are still struggling... Read more
Published 2 months ago by quippe
A big hit with my 17 year old daughter - a worthy sequel to the first...
Runelight is the sequel to Runemark, which my daughter liked and rated 4*. The two books are aimed at 'young adults' [age 14+]. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Keith Joseph
wonderful
this is the second in the series of books written by this author who is better known for stories like chocolate set in france ect, this is a story set in a total fantasy world and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by gadget girl
Well written, but...
This is the sequel to Runemark and I strongly recommend that you read Runemark first. The story continues (a few years later) the fantasy based around Norse gods and their... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sid Nuncius
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