Sally Gardner
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| Title | : | The Red Necklace (French Revolution #1) |
| Author | : | Sally Gardner |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 371 pages |
| Published | : | October 4th 2007 by Orion Childrens |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fantasy. Romance. Fiction |
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The winds of change are blowing through Paris in the winter of 1789, both for France and for our hero, a striking and mysterious Gypsy boy named Yann Margoza. He was born with a gift for knowing what people are thinking and an uncanny ability to throw his voice, and he has been using those skills while working for a rather foolish magician. That work will soon end, however, and on the night of the magician's final performance, Yann's life will truly begin. That's the night he meets shy Sido, an heiress with a cold-hearted father, a young girl who has only known loneliness until now. Though they have the shortest of conversations, an attachment is born that will influence both their paths.And what paths those will be! While Revolution is afoot in France, Sido is being used as the pawn of a fearful villain who goes by the name Count Kalliovski. Some have instead called him the devil, and only Yann, for Sido's sake, will dare to oppose him.
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| Original Title: | The Red Necklace |
| ISBN: | 184255574X (ISBN13: 9781842555743) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | French Revolution #1 |
| Setting: | Paris(France) |
| Literary Awards: | Carnegie Medal Nominee (2009) |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 7441 Users | 1033 ReviewsCriticize Based On Books The Red Necklace (French Revolution #1)
I was thinking about the rating of this book for a few hours now and I still have the same feeling. It was a 5 star. If I read it in it's physical form maybe it would have been different, but alas I listened to this book. The ever handsome and breathtaking Tom Hiddleston narrated this book and he did a superb job. Not only was there different accents for each characters, but he did a great service to the girly voices as well ;)This book is about the French Revolution, a couple of gypsies, aReally struggled to get into this one, and once I was in, I didn't want to be. It was simply the top book on a pile of to-read books I was keeping on the coffee table, but I wish I'd picked something else instead. The characters weren't interesting me at all, and the plot felt odd and disjointed. I get to certain points in books that if I'm lost, I'm lost forever. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever, heh. However, I can see the appeal. It's dark, and there are particularly morbid scenes
Reviewed by Amber Gibson for TeensReadToo.comTHE RED NECKLACE is a fascinating tale of the French Revolution, the story of Yann, a gypsy boy, and Sido, the daughter of a Marquis. As fate would have it, their histories are intertwined in a way that both need the other if they are to have any hope of surviving the bloodbath of the Revolution. Gardner's thorough research and grasp of the zeitgeist is apparent. The power of gypsy magic was a well-accepted fact of the time period and the inclusion of
Tom fucking Hiddleston is reading this.
Disclaimer: I decided to read this book primarily because Tom Hiddleston reads the audiobook and I love Tom Hiddleston. There's also a very famous line in here that his fangirls just love and I wanted to read it in context.So back to the actual book. I give 3.5 stars which rounds up to 4 stars. It was a good book but there were some things I didn't like about it. One thing I didn't like was how the perspective kept shifting from character to character. One paragraph would be one character's
I loved Sally Gardner's I, CORIANDER, and was eager as could be to get my hands on the ARC for her next book. I was an even happier girl to find that her next book was one that combined two of my favorite topics: the French Revolution (yes, this is a direct result of the Les Miz obsession of my teenage theatre years) and GYPSIES! (Seriously. What is it about the word "gypsies" in any form that I find so irresistible?!) And glad to say that THE RED NECKLACE was totally engaging, well-written,
First of all, I don't know if my opinion MIGHT be influenced by the fact that Tom FREAKING Hiddleston read this. His voice, his WONDERFUL voice, could make a dictionary sound interesting. I've listened to audiobooks before, but nothing compared to this. Tom Hiddleston is the best narrator I've ever heard. If he narrates the sequel, I will buy it in a matter of seconds.Now, that I've raved over how wonderful Tom Hiddleston's voice is, let me talk about the book. This book had my attention from
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