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| Original Title: | Twilight Robbery |
| ISBN: | 0060880449 (ISBN13: 9780060880446) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Fly by Night #2 |
| Literary Awards: | Carnegie Medal Nominee (2012) |
Frances Hardinge
Hardcover | Pages: 592 pages Rating: 4.32 | 1552 Users | 209 Reviews
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Having barely escaped the revolution they had a huge (if accidental) part in causing, sharp-eyed orphan Mosca Mye; her guard goose, Saracen; and their sometimes-loyal companion, the con man Eponymous Clent, must start anew.All too quickly, they find themselves embroiled in fresh schemes and twisting politics as they are trapped in Toll, an odd town that changes its entire personality as day turns to night. Mosca and her friends attempt to fend off devious new foes, subvert old enemies, prevent the kidnapping of the mayor's daughter, steal the town's Luck, and somehow manage to escape with their lives—and hopefully a little money in their pockets.
In the eagerly awaited sequel to Fly by Night, acclaimed storyteller Frances Hardinge returns to a vivid world rich with humor, danger, and discovery.
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| Title | : | Fly Trap (Fly by Night #2) |
| Author | : | Frances Hardinge |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 592 pages |
| Published | : | May 31st 2011 by HarperCollins (first published January 1st 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Adventure. Childrens. Middle Grade |
Rating Containing Books Fly Trap (Fly by Night #2)
Ratings: 4.32 From 1552 Users | 209 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books Fly Trap (Fly by Night #2)
Yay, I was looking forward to this, and it was just as good, if not even better than I hoped.The second adventure of Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent, and it is IMO standalone-ish, the references to past events is just so to explain the relationship between characters and the worldbuilding essentials are very flawlessly introduced. It is also IMO better written than Fly by Night (which I already liked very much), the pace is better, the plot so marvelously tight, less meandering, the setting even
Wow. What to say? I thought this might well have been better than Fly-by-Night, though it's a tough call. While I missed the coffeehouses of the original (among the coolest settings I've ever read), Toll was astonishing. The relationship between Mosca and Mr Clent is also just as wonderfully depicted, and it's nice to see them that bit closer to admitting their mutual trust (in as much as either of them can trust or be trusted!) and affection (well-mixed with constant exasperation!). The new
Mosca Mye, Eponymous Clent, and "winged warzone" Saracen are good at what they do. They're in the business of Stretching the Truth and Then Running Like Hell. Mosca and Clent, whose principal love is the spoken and written word, like to use one word too many. And we all know that using one word too many is dangerous; it makes quick the clamping of the shackle, it makes swift the dagger in the night. It causes cities to catch fire and to tumble into revolution. Running from the trail of
Very well written and with lots of twists and turns in what is essentially a 'rescue a kidnapped damsel' storyline. The world of Mosca Mye has been compared to Pratchett's Discworld and that's no bad thing. Both have created worlds that resemble pre-Industrial Revolution Britain and both authors have a way with words (although Pratchett leans more towards irreverent humour and puns).This is the first time I've read anything by this author and though Twilight Robbery (called Fly Trap in the US)
(view spoiler)[Mosca Mye: Destroyer of Towns! (hide spoiler)]I enjoyed Fly By Night tremendously, but it was even more fun to see Hardinge really let LOOSE with this world without having to do so much laborious world-building. Normally the world-building is my favorite part of elaborate fantasy novels as well conceived as the Fracture Realm, and I miss the radicals of Mandelion more every time the characters mentioned them and their floating coffeehouses of dissent and mannerly revolution. Not
Mosca Mye, Saracen and Eponymous Clent remain my all-time favorites. I loved this book to bits--the language is just so delicious I wanted to read it aloud to everyone I met.But perhaps the best part (especially to this reader, who hadn't even realized that there was going to be a SECOND book starring Miss Mosca Mye) was the hint at the end that we may even be treated to another Mosca adventure.I live in hope.
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