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librarybonanza 's review for:
Midwinterblood
by Marcus Sedgwick
Age: Middle School-High School
Midwinterblood is a quickly paced story taking place during seven time periods from seven different perspectives--or are they so different? Inspired by a painting from the Swedish painter Carl Larsson,:
Sedgwick presents a romance that stretches across an immense amount of time, reincarnating itself seven times as lovers Eric and Merle find each other each time. I believe that they were drawn to each other each reincarnation but that they did not entirely know why, until their final hour. Also appreciated: this romance remained between Eric and Merle. NO LOVE TRIANGLE! Tor seemed to be their opposition each life, but it wasn't because he was in love with Merle. His opposition varied, oftentimes focused on power.
This definitely has Printz potential due to its deeper telling with a slew of literary devices including motif (a ridiculous amount of motif) and the play on foreshadowing. Sedgwick doesn't analyze the book for us; rather, he opens a gateway of discussion about eternal life, reincarnation, and the pain surrounding everlasting love.
In reference to this book being classified as horror: "If you're the type of reader who prefers goth over gore, mood over mayhem, or disquiet over digust, this is exactly the kind of horror story that will appeal to you" (Wendy Darling's review).
"Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar, even though you've never been there before, or felt that you know someone well, even though you are meeting them for the first time? It happens. In 2073 on the remote and secretive island of Blessed, where rumour has it that no one ages and no children are born, a visiting journalist, Eric Seven, and a young local woman known as Merle are ritually slain. Their deaths echo a moment ten centuries before, when, in the dark of the moon, a king was slain, tragically torn from his queen. Their souls search to be reunited, and as mother and son, artist and child, forbidden lovers, victims of a vampire they come close to finding what they've lost" (Goodreads feature review).
Midwinterblood is a quickly paced story taking place during seven time periods from seven different perspectives--or are they so different? Inspired by a painting from the Swedish painter Carl Larsson,:
Sedgwick presents a romance that stretches across an immense amount of time, reincarnating itself seven times as lovers Eric and Merle find each other each time. I believe that they were drawn to each other each reincarnation but that they did not entirely know why, until their final hour. Also appreciated: this romance remained between Eric and Merle. NO LOVE TRIANGLE! Tor seemed to be their opposition each life, but it wasn't because he was in love with Merle. His opposition varied, oftentimes focused on power.
This definitely has Printz potential due to its deeper telling with a slew of literary devices including motif (a ridiculous amount of motif) and the play on foreshadowing. Sedgwick doesn't analyze the book for us; rather, he opens a gateway of discussion about eternal life, reincarnation, and the pain surrounding everlasting love.
In reference to this book being classified as horror: "If you're the type of reader who prefers goth over gore, mood over mayhem, or disquiet over digust, this is exactly the kind of horror story that will appeal to you" (Wendy Darling's review).
"Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar, even though you've never been there before, or felt that you know someone well, even though you are meeting them for the first time? It happens. In 2073 on the remote and secretive island of Blessed, where rumour has it that no one ages and no children are born, a visiting journalist, Eric Seven, and a young local woman known as Merle are ritually slain. Their deaths echo a moment ten centuries before, when, in the dark of the moon, a king was slain, tragically torn from his queen. Their souls search to be reunited, and as mother and son, artist and child, forbidden lovers, victims of a vampire they come close to finding what they've lost" (Goodreads feature review).