The Vanished Birds

Hardcover, 400 pages

Published Sept. 21, 2020 by Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-593-12898-5
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OCLC Number:
1098341196

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4 stars (24 reviews)

A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever.

I expected many things from this trip. I did not expect a family.

A ship captain, unfettered from time. A mute child, burdened with unimaginable power. A millennia-old woman, haunted by lifetimes of mistakes. In this captivating debut of connection across space and time, these outsiders will find in each other the things they lack: a place of love and belonging. A safe haven. A new beginning.

But the past hungers for them, and when it catches up, it threatens to tear this makeshift family apart.

4 editions

Had a lot of promise, but dragged on too much.

3 stars

Do not recommend the audiobook, the narrator did not do a good job with differentiating their voice enough for the different characters to make it clear who was talking. All the males sounded alike and most of the females all sounded the same as well. So if you do go into this one, I would recommend reading the book itself.

The first chapter was amazing, and I was enraptured by it. It does have impact on the overall story, but to have such a well-written character and world be completely done with by the first chapter was kind of frustrating. Looking into it, it makes sense, because the first chapter was written as a short story initially.

The characters were not super likable for me. Attachments are formed really quickly without substance and there's so many people introduced and incorporated throughout that it was hard to really connect with any …

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5 stars

"There is no assuaging the fear that things end and people leave."

Wow. I'm not sure how to properly review this, and hope that a simple 'wow' will convey the feeling I have upon finishing this book.

The story... hm. The story revolves around a boy and his found-family. In this universe where travelling long distances in space is done through jumps and lost time (weeks/months/years) for the crew, Nia Imani crosses paths with a boy whose appearance on a backwater planet was sudden and mysterious. He can't speak, has no memory of how he got there, crash landed and naked in a field. The inhabitants of the planet are unsettled, and send the boy off with Nia to find where he belongs. Where he ends up belonging is...complicated. Within him, his bone, his blood, are secrets that put him and everyone around him at risk, and Nia is tasked …

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