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The DWJ Project: The Pinhoe Egg
Aug. 3rd, 2011 01:17 pmLast of the Chrestomanci books.
Marianne Pinhoe comes from one of several "dwimmer" families, who practice a kind of magic that they keep hidden from Chrestomanci and his establishment. Doing that gets harder, though, when Gammer -- the old woman who rules the Pinhoes -- loses her wits, and a war ensues between the Pinhoes and the neighboring Farleighs. Marianne also gives Cat Chant a strange egg from Gammer's attic, which leads to further trouble.
I quite like this one, though not to the degree that I like the ones I read as a kid. It's . . . pleasantly comfortable, if that makes sense. I enjoy seeing Cat now that he's found his feet, and Marianne is fun, too, especially since she's got the "large, boisterous family" thing going on that we saw in The Magicians of Caprona.
As for the spoilers . . . .
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I think after this I'll tackle a bunch of the stand-alone novels -- but that will have to wait until after I get back from Japan.
Marianne Pinhoe comes from one of several "dwimmer" families, who practice a kind of magic that they keep hidden from Chrestomanci and his establishment. Doing that gets harder, though, when Gammer -- the old woman who rules the Pinhoes -- loses her wits, and a war ensues between the Pinhoes and the neighboring Farleighs. Marianne also gives Cat Chant a strange egg from Gammer's attic, which leads to further trouble.
I quite like this one, though not to the degree that I like the ones I read as a kid. It's . . . pleasantly comfortable, if that makes sense. I enjoy seeing Cat now that he's found his feet, and Marianne is fun, too, especially since she's got the "large, boisterous family" thing going on that we saw in The Magicians of Caprona.
As for the spoilers . . . .
( Read more... )
I think after this I'll tackle a bunch of the stand-alone novels -- but that will have to wait until after I get back from Japan.
