Then, one day while jogging, a man deliberately hit her sister to incapacitate her for raping purposes but she died. She had an older sister who suffered men’s attention even as a teenager. Taryn’s family history is not limited to essential world-building. I gained the impression her characters are as diverse and historically accurate as prescribed by the most awesome history lesson I ever experienced: The History of the World In 100 Objects. Knox does not make a huge song-and-dance about ethnicity of various characters. When police discuss policing, one makes the acerbic observation that Shift’s appearance factors in to the decision to keep him under observation. A key character – Shift – has an Arab-like appearance. A story steeped in history revels in this setting with a protagonist whose family history connects them to the Sidhe over centuries. The Absolute Book is mostly set in the UK and in the Sidhe (Irish and/or Celtic fairy) realm. Knox is a New Zealand author with, I believe, a UK heritage. Taryn wants libraries to prosper and stop destroying irreplaceable artefacts in the name of “efficiency”.Īnd this is just the bare bones of an epic – an ABSOLUTE – plot involving the death of a sister, revenge, grief, and so much more. A footnote about a box dubbed “the Firestarter” included in her book sets events in motion. A fairy tale unfolds in contemporary England… Taryn Cornick wrote a book about library fires, burnings and conversion to toilet paper.
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