Midnight

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The parents are together in this, and Violet's family, despite certain issues (but what family isn't complicated?), is loving and supportive, especially her mum. Violet lives with her parents and her big brother, Will. She struggles to make friends and to escape the control of her big brother until new school-girl, Jasmine, enrols at the school. But can Jasmine’s influence save Violet from her brother’s grasp? Sobre los personajes, odio el comportamiento bipolar y sádico que tiene Will, y me da igual las escusas que el libro le quiera dar para justificar ese comportamiento de mierda que tiene. También es verdad que sus momentos "tiernos" me gustan, pero el no saber por donde me iba a salir el puto mocoso me ha puesto de los nervios solo de pensar que mierdas estaría planeando.

Catesby is a spy working for SIS/MI6 and one that has evident left wing views. This puts him inevitably at odds with the US who think he’s working for the Soviet Union, a fair assumption given the treachery of the Cambridge spies who were being unmasked at the time. However, Catesby is unequivocally loyal to his country and has a profound devotion to the Suffolk fishing town that he grew up in. This paradox governs much of the novel and, wihtout revealing too much, it’s certainly interesting the situations his British paymasters put him in. For today’s Berg’s Book Club, I will be reviewing Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson. Wilson is a well-known children’s author. With over 100 books published, many of which are outstanding, it is understandable that some of her books will be under her normal standards and not what we expect from this normally amazing children’s writer. Dark and soft and comforting, cloudy and dreamy and twinkly, 'Midnight' is an opal. An obsidian lite YA. An almost gorgeous read. The fairy tale book elements and fantasy illustrations in 'Midnight' are very nice. And there is a slight fluttering of queer details throughout; not just with Violet's interpretative feelings towards her new friend Jasmine, but she also mentions that boys as well as girls are in love with Will, and that campy men play in the pantomimes she's been to, and then there's Jasmine's dad's versatile theatre and TV acting career. I appreciate the message that boys and men can do and like whatever they please. Masculinity and femininity, and gender, are societal constructs, after all. Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.He certainly succeeded in that. There is nothing to like about these vampires and a great deal to fear. They are some of the nastiest vampires I've read about: physically repulsive, merciless, predatory, aggressive, fundamentally selfish but organised, adept at psychological warfare and bent on world domination. Perhaps the scariest thing about these vampires is that they think the same way that the guys behind Bannon do. They set out to destroy hope and trust by weaponising the most violent and selfish elements of humanity and then use fear to keep control. It's a shame about Violet and Will's toxic relationship, and the dangerous message in that that could influence young readers and give them the wrong idea of how happy families should be like. JW has shown she's not afraid to include LBGTQ characters in her kids' books before (though in my opinion, 'Rent a Bridesmaid' contains her one true positive rep), and in 'Project Fairy', there is only the slight implication of queer content. When we first see Robin's group of five-year-old friends, a girl and a boy want him for a boyfriend. He agrees to be a boyfriend to both. Of course, this could be viewed as merely toddlers being cute (Mum is like, "Awe bless 'em!") and not understanding how relationships work. Plus the girl and boy aren't named and they don't appear again afterwards. Mab mentions her neighbours Michael and Lee twice or three times, and they might be a gay couple, but we never meet them, so am I reaching? She used to say that all the time to Will. She hadn’t said it for ages now. Will waited until Mum and Dad were at the front door. So to start, here is a favourite of mine from when I was a creative, shy and lonely girl fantasy bookworm with an older brother. 'Midnight' stars a creative, shy and lonely girl fantasy bookworm with an older brother. However my brother is not adopted. Or psychotic.

You can’t have forgotten them! You used to play with them too! Come on, I’ll remind you.’ I pulled at Will’s arm, and he followed me upstairs to my bedroom.

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Llevo arrastrando el querer leer este libro desde que estaba en secundaria (al final nunca me decidí a comprarlo y el otro día lo vi en la biblioteca y tuve que llevármelo). Y no se que pensaba que iba a leer, pero esto no.