That she is a skilful and technically adept writer is evident right from the first sentence. I was interested to learn many other reviewers enjoyed Finn’s journey and his character more than Claudia’s – whereas I found her story more immediately gripping. While this book isn’t a barrel of laughs, it is dialled to YA sensibilities, so although there is plenty of unpleasantness Fisher doesn’t see fit to dwell overmuch on the more violent side of what happens within Incarceron, other than the nastiness that befalls our protagonists and their companions.Īs with all dual narratives, Fisher has to balance the unfolding stories of Finn and Claudia. Imagine a girl in a manor house, in a society where time is forbidden, held in a 17th-century world run by computers, doomed to an arranged marriage, tangled in an assassination plot she dreads and desires. Imagine a prisoner with no memory, sure he came from Outside – though the prison has been sealed for centuries and only one man has ever escaped. Imagine a prison so vast that it contains cells and corridors, forests, cities and seas. I picked up this book from Fantasycon last year, and finally got around to picking it up this week… Which was when I discovered it was YA.
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