The Sweet Far Thing

by Libba Bray

electronic resource

English language

Published Dec. 3, 2007 by Random House Children's Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-375-89060-4
OCLC Number:: 231842552

(15 reviews)

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for.From the Hardcover edition.

4 editions

Juliane reviewed The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray (Gemma Doyle, #3)

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5 stars

Nachdem ich so viele Rezensionen gelesen habe, wie überraschend und gut das Ende war, bin ich doch etwas enttäuscht.
Für mich lief es die gesamte Zeit auf ein solches Ende hinaus und auch denke ich, es hätte ein wenig besser sein können.

Ich mag die Trilogie, und anders als die meisten, ist das erste Buch mein Lieblingsbuch. Die ganzen Plotdreher, die im Laufe von Buch 1, 2 und am Anfang von 3 geschehen waren, hatten mich auf ein ebensolches Ende eingestellt - aber das war leider nicht so, finde ich.

Insgesamt eine sehr schöne Trilogie, die ich nur empfehlen kann! :)

P.S.: Mein romantisches Herz hat am Ende auch auf ein Wunder gehofft - das nicht eingetreten ist :/

maco reviewed The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray (Gemma Doyle, #3)

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5 stars

Wow. So many times, reading this book, I was struck by how positively horrid the life of a well-brought-up lady in high society was back then. Particularly if she had the audacity to think! From the lips of the girls in the school "ladies can't be detectives, we haven't the constitution." The narrator makes it very clear that women are prizes to be won, like a fine piece of art--and their thoughts and feelings matter about as much as a piece of art's too.

The entire book is plot-twists, deception, trust...all muddled up. The ending is unguessable, and I can't decide if it quite counts as a happy ending or not. Though many characters escape high society's constraints, I'm not altogether sure that any of them really gets what they ultimately want.