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'Twilight Robbery is a linguistic delight, phrased with precision and a strong and finely tuned wit.' --The Guardian
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The city at night is a dangerous place . . .
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Oh My! I can be such a dunderhead at times. I really can!
Not for the first time have I found myself reading a sequel
to a book I had no idea existed. 'Twilight Robbery', a
substantial tome by one Frances Hardinge (If such she really be!)
is a sequel to another novel entitled 'Fly By Night', which I
am now bound to rush out and purchase to catch-up with that which
I had already unwittingly missed. If you see what I mean!
'Twilight Robbery' is a terrific read! The characters, particularly
that of the ragged heroine Mosca Mye, virtually jump out of the
pages fully formed of blood and hair and bone, such is the wonderfully
vivid quality of Ms Hardinge's language. Reading it out loud to the
cubs (Scatty and Gritz) I kept having to stop to savour a line here
or a phrase there and to repeat it so I could hear the words ring out
again in the night air. This is a story to experience by candlelight,
with a fire glowing in the hearth and a full moon peeping through
the windowpane. There is more than a little magic at work between
these pages! It is a big book but the labyrinthine plot never wavers.
The narrative is populated by some distinctly colourful and unsavoury
denizens, not least among them Ms Mye's friend, the scoundrel,
Eponymous Clent (Ms Hardinge certainly has a way with names!) and
a savage whirlwind of a goose named Saracen. Their adventures in the
town of Toll, where all is not well by a long chalk, keeps us absorbed
until the final page and the emotion it generates lingers for a long
time afterwards. Mosca Mye, despite her flaws, is a hugely sensitive
and strong moral being. It is impossible not to be on her side!
'Twilight Robbery' is an enchanting, whimsical, absorbing and
unputdownable novel. Read it if only for the wonder of the words!
Highly Recommended.
Not for the first time have I found myself reading a sequel
to a book I had no idea existed. 'Twilight Robbery', a
substantial tome by one Frances Hardinge (If such she really be!)
is a sequel to another novel entitled 'Fly By Night', which I
am now bound to rush out and purchase to catch-up with that which
I had already unwittingly missed. If you see what I mean!
'Twilight Robbery' is a terrific read! The characters, particularly
that of the ragged heroine Mosca Mye, virtually jump out of the
pages fully formed of blood and hair and bone, such is the wonderfully
vivid quality of Ms Hardinge's language. Reading it out loud to the
cubs (Scatty and Gritz) I kept having to stop to savour a line here
or a phrase there and to repeat it so I could hear the words ring out
again in the night air. This is a story to experience by candlelight,
with a fire glowing in the hearth and a full moon peeping through
the windowpane. There is more than a little magic at work between
these pages! It is a big book but the labyrinthine plot never wavers.
The narrative is populated by some distinctly colourful and unsavoury
denizens, not least among them Ms Mye's friend, the scoundrel,
Eponymous Clent (Ms Hardinge certainly has a way with names!) and
a savage whirlwind of a goose named Saracen. Their adventures in the
town of Toll, where all is not well by a long chalk, keeps us absorbed
until the final page and the emotion it generates lingers for a long
time afterwards. Mosca Mye, despite her flaws, is a hugely sensitive
and strong moral being. It is impossible not to be on her side!
'Twilight Robbery' is an enchanting, whimsical, absorbing and
unputdownable novel. Read it if only for the wonder of the words!
Highly Recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Mosca Mye is back, with her warlike goose, Saracen, and still in the dubious company of the word-spinning, truth-twisting Eponymous Clent. After their revolutionary adventures in Mandelion, life's difficulties are catching up to them, but in order to escape across the river, where their names will not be known, they must first travel through Toll, an unassuming town in control of a vital bridge.
While Mosca and Clent worry about paying to enter the place, little do they realise their troubles are only just beginning. A town divided, there are deadly secrets in Toll, and not all wait to come out at night.
Filled with the rich details, absurd situations and dastardly plots that made Fly By Night such an excellent read, Twilight Robbery takes no prisoners as it romps along at top speed. It's faster, even more descriptive and less reliant on happenstance than the first book. Mosca is as angry as ever, filled with all sorts of cunning, yet not without compassion or reason. Clent too is much the same, yet curiously reluctant to lose his young friend's company. Surprising as the things these two achieve, the biggest surprise is that they don't do even more!
I love this world, with its numerous little gods - Goodmen and Goodladies - and the naming traditions, which are so vitally important in bonkers Toll. Then there are the Guilds, especially the powerful and creepy Locksmiths. But it's the city of Toll itself which best shows Hardinge's imagination, where the people aren't only separated by the light of night and day.
With familiar faces - old and new - and a host of fresh friends and enemies to keep things interesting, Mosca's latest adventure is imaginative, original, clever and fun. Old fans will enjoy returning to this world, while newcomers have a treat in store. Detailed and delightful, I'd read it for Saracen if nothing else. I hope this isn't the last we've seen of this lot.
While Mosca and Clent worry about paying to enter the place, little do they realise their troubles are only just beginning. A town divided, there are deadly secrets in Toll, and not all wait to come out at night.
Filled with the rich details, absurd situations and dastardly plots that made Fly By Night such an excellent read, Twilight Robbery takes no prisoners as it romps along at top speed. It's faster, even more descriptive and less reliant on happenstance than the first book. Mosca is as angry as ever, filled with all sorts of cunning, yet not without compassion or reason. Clent too is much the same, yet curiously reluctant to lose his young friend's company. Surprising as the things these two achieve, the biggest surprise is that they don't do even more!
I love this world, with its numerous little gods - Goodmen and Goodladies - and the naming traditions, which are so vitally important in bonkers Toll. Then there are the Guilds, especially the powerful and creepy Locksmiths. But it's the city of Toll itself which best shows Hardinge's imagination, where the people aren't only separated by the light of night and day.
With familiar faces - old and new - and a host of fresh friends and enemies to keep things interesting, Mosca's latest adventure is imaginative, original, clever and fun. Old fans will enjoy returning to this world, while newcomers have a treat in store. Detailed and delightful, I'd read it for Saracen if nothing else. I hope this isn't the last we've seen of this lot.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Vine™ Review
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Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent fell on hard times after leaving Mandelion. Thanks to Mosca's homicidal pet goose, Saracan, attacking local villagers and the Stationer's Guild disavowing Clent so he can no longer get paid to write, Clent's in debtor's gaol. To get him out Mye sells her skills as a reader but when she picks the wrong client, they all get drawn into a plot to kidnap the daughter of the mayor of Toll.
Seeing the chance to pick up a reward and thanks to the intervention of old `friend', Jennifer Bessel, they arrive in Toll to find it's also fallen on hard times - charging people to both enter and leave the town. Worse, it's split between day and night - those born in periods of time belonging to `bad' saints or Goodmen and Goodwomen are forced to only leave their houses at night, while the day belongs to those born under `good' saints. With only 3 days to stop the kidnap and get the reward, Clent and Mye's plans quickly go awry and Mye soon finds herself locked in Toll-by-night where mercy is a very rare commodity ...
Hardinge's sequel to the award winning FLY BY NIGHT is an incredibly imaginative work. Every element of the world Hardinge creates has been carefully thought through from theology to politics and even language (with many of the characters using their own slang, which is easy to follow). What's particularly good is the absurdity of Toll's reaction to names - caused in part by their fear that the Mandelion radicalism that led to revolution will be replicated there - and Hardinge uses it to flesh out the theology underpinning the society and Mye's budding atheism.
Mye and Clent are great characters - neither is adverse to performing amoral acts, yet Mye has an underlying sensitivity to injustice and a desire to set things right and both have a loyalty to each other that leads them to do good things accidentally.
However the book does feel overwritten at times, which results in the pace dragging at critical times and one of the key plot twists is telegraphed far too early. It's also a long book (over 500 pages) and at times you feel the length.
All in all, it is an interesting book and worth a look, but for me it is not up there with Hardinge's best work (although I remain a fan).
Seeing the chance to pick up a reward and thanks to the intervention of old `friend', Jennifer Bessel, they arrive in Toll to find it's also fallen on hard times - charging people to both enter and leave the town. Worse, it's split between day and night - those born in periods of time belonging to `bad' saints or Goodmen and Goodwomen are forced to only leave their houses at night, while the day belongs to those born under `good' saints. With only 3 days to stop the kidnap and get the reward, Clent and Mye's plans quickly go awry and Mye soon finds herself locked in Toll-by-night where mercy is a very rare commodity ...
Hardinge's sequel to the award winning FLY BY NIGHT is an incredibly imaginative work. Every element of the world Hardinge creates has been carefully thought through from theology to politics and even language (with many of the characters using their own slang, which is easy to follow). What's particularly good is the absurdity of Toll's reaction to names - caused in part by their fear that the Mandelion radicalism that led to revolution will be replicated there - and Hardinge uses it to flesh out the theology underpinning the society and Mye's budding atheism.
Mye and Clent are great characters - neither is adverse to performing amoral acts, yet Mye has an underlying sensitivity to injustice and a desire to set things right and both have a loyalty to each other that leads them to do good things accidentally.
However the book does feel overwritten at times, which results in the pace dragging at critical times and one of the key plot twists is telegraphed far too early. It's also a long book (over 500 pages) and at times you feel the length.
All in all, it is an interesting book and worth a look, but for me it is not up there with Hardinge's best work (although I remain a fan).
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'Twilight Robbery', a rollicking good read.
I purchased this book as the synopsis sounded fun and I like science fantasy. The book doesn't have any 'real magic' in it as such but still manages to enthrall the reader. Read more
Published 1 month ago by 1602_cat
A Great Follow Up
This book is a great follow up to "Fly by Night" with many of the same characters including our heroin Mosca Mye getting into new scrapes and adventures. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Andrew Denton
Night Must Fall
A double whammy, this, combining page-turning, thrill-a-minute action with a near-flawless and very readable writing style. Read more
Published 2 months ago by phoebes_mum
the most fun I've had since Terry Pratchett...
One paragraph into this book, I was in love. And five pages into this book, I was sighing, and thinking 'Oh dear, I'm going to have to pop back onto Amazon and buy everything... Read more
Published 8 months ago by S. Samraoui
Funny in places, scary in others and always inventive
This is the follow up to the well known, Fly by Night but can be enjoyed without the need of having read the first book. I know this because I've yet to read Fly by Night. Read more
Published 14 months ago by G. M. Dobbs
Great fun
The follow on title from the much loved Fly by Night and one that will keep readers glued from the first page to the last. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
A Quirky, But Very Good Read.................
Mosca Mye, general urchin and self-posessed young lady, is in trouble again with her friend and mentor Eponymous Clent, poet and con man. Read more
Published 17 months ago by T. Walker
Ignore the misleading title, this book is a gem
No teenage vampires in this book, merely a 12 year old feisty orphan called Mosca Mye and her goose. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mrs. J. Jones
A Great Sequel to Fly By Night
This is an excellent sequel to the equally excellent Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge, in which Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent are introduced to us and share their first adventure... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
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