Outlaws Scarlett and Browne

English language

Published 2021 by Random House Children's Books.

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978-0-593-43037-8
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Jonathan Stroud, du hast mein Herz gebrochen!

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Mit diesem Buch beginnt Jonathan Stroud seine dritte Jugendbuch-Reihe. Die beiden davor habe ich mit viel Begeisterung gelesen. Als ich letztens in der Bibliothek sah, dass es er inzwischen noch eine dritte Reihe geschrieben hat war ich selig.

In der Vergangenheit war ich Jonathan Stroud dankbar, dass seine weiblichen Hauptfiguren nicht (wie in anderen Jugendbüchern) die Mission hatten sich bis zum Ende der Geschichte in ihren Traumboy zu verlieben oder von ihm retten zu lassen. Nein. Sie haben als Rebellin oder Geisterjägerin politische und gesellschaftliche Systeme gestürzt. Dabei waren sie mutig, klug aber auch emotional und durften Fehler machen und sich weiter entwickeln. Eigentlich sollte maus für solche Figuren nicht dankbar sein müssen, aber die Zeiten sind hart und zwischen zwei Buchdeckel wurde schon verdammt viel Mist gedruckt. Was bleibt einem da anderes übrig?

Aber zurück zum aktuellen Buch. Wir sind in einer dystopischen Welt unterwegs, in der …

A bit of a mess (I enjoyed it)

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Well. Wow. That was pretty much what I expected in a bad way, and so much better in a good way.

So. It's an adventure-y story about tons of stressful and horrific stuff, that has enough cartoon-y distance to still be more on the light-hearted side. It pulled me right in, I got invested in all the characters and what was going on with them right away, and didn't stop caring ever.

It's about weirdos in a very normative post-apocalyptic world, travelling to a lagoon that used to be a city, where they've heard supernatural neurodivergencies might be accepted, as well as any other kind of weirdness. So that's a cool vibe.

Just don't expect any subtlety. The writing of social inequality feels very heavy-handed to me. The way sexism is used to characterise a place almost made me sigh. It's mentioned that there are black characters, …

A gunslinging girl and a maximally neurodiverse boy

I'm a big fan of Stroud from the Bartimaeus days. This could be his best series since that ground-breaking epic of a djinn and his human. Stroud's humour and the accessibility of his writing put him in the confectionery aisle of the literary supermarket, but there's a lot of mental and cultural nutrition mixed in with his sweet booky treats.

First up, the characters. Scarlett is a robber and an assassin, a total bad-arse heroine with a dark past. Just one line should dispel any worries from those who felt a bit let down by the self-doubting lovesick Lucy from "Lockwood and Co".

Albert, the Browne of the title, is a kind of autistic superhero, the opposite of Scarlett, but charming and lovable in his youthful innocence and uncontrolled power. There is an impeccable balance in this dynamic duo. They seem to reflect the potential and the challenges …

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