The Sweet Far Thing

The Sweet Far Thing
by: Libba Bray
Delacorte Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition, 2009

As the third installment to what fans call "The Gemma Doyle Trilogy" you will find again, a world of magic, beauty, and horror. Now that Gemma holds all the magic she is forced to make important choices. Should she save the realms or the futures of her friends, Felicity and Ann? As Gemma begins to understand her visions and other horrors she sees she finds the truth and has little time to save not only the realms, but the mortal world. Find out how Bray ends her trilogy!

"Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World!
You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled
Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring
The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.
Beauty grown sad with its eternity
Made you of us, and of the dim grey sea.
Our long ships loose thought-woven sails and wait,
For God has bid them share an equal fate;
And when at last, defeated in His wars,
They have gone down under the same white stars,
We shall no longer hear the little cry
Of our sad hearts, that may not live nor die."

"The Rose of Battle"
W.B. Yeats

Personal Review: This is a beautifully written book but I was disappointed in it. I felt this book was a way for Bray to express her own opinions. This book is compelling and exciting just like the two previous books in the trilogy but it did drag on so that the characters could be fully developed, even a little too developed perhaps. This book will definitely spark some discussion. Warning: Topics in this book include: feminism, homosexuality, love, religion.

848 pages
Genres: supernatural, fantasy, love

Other books by Libba Bray:
Going Bovine, Vacations from Hell, A Great and Terrible Beauty, and Rebel Angels

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