Sunshine

Paperback, 416 pages

English language

Published Nov. 29, 2004 by Jove.

ISBN:
978-0-515-13881-8
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4 stars (28 reviews)

There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind.

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reviewed Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Just should've re-read Deerskin

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I've already written a review of another one of Robin McKinley's books, Deerskin. I loved that book, it was psychological, metaphorical, immediate, disgusting, cathartic and very introspective. Logically, I expected something similar from Sunshine. The premise seemed to promise that as well; A vampire and a human are locked together in a room. He hides in the shadows, she moves with the spot of sunlight falling through the window. But as night falls... I expected a tense, intense, slow thriller. Will she die? Will she convince the vampire to let her live? Who locked them in this room together and why? I looked forward to that story.

It wasn't that. It was that for like, the first chapter, and then it became something entirely different. In a sense, it isn't really fair to resent a story for not being what you wanted it to be. Sunshine isn't bad, it just …

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1 star

I have this compulsion to finish a book once I start it, or at least give it a decent chance to prove itself.

I read a whole 27 pages of Sunshine before I tossed it aside, quite literally.

This book was recommended to me by a friend with the words: "The writing's a bit different, but it's so nice and lyrical."

'Lyrical' is the right description, with words out of context simply for the sake of it, run-on sentences and bizarre tangents.

It read like a sequel, except it isn't; sometimes leaving hints and teasers about how the book's world is different is great. Sometimes, it just doesn't work. McKinley appears to start explaining about the Others and all these different species, except she she just throws in names of a bunch of other creatures but only elaborates on vampires.

I'm sure there would be more explanations further in the …

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