D.M. Cornish
Hardcover | Pages: 434 pages Rating: 3.89 | 7460 Users | 695 Reviews
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| Title | : | Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo #1) |
| Author | : | D.M. Cornish |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 434 pages |
| Published | : | May 18th 2006 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Fiction |
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Set in the world of the Half-Continent—a land of tri-corner hats and flintlock pistols—the Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy is a world of predatory monsters, chemical potions and surgically altered people. Foundling begins the journey of Rossamund, a boy with a girl’s name, who is just about to begin a dangerous life in the service of the Emperor. What starts as a simple journey is threatened by encounters with monsters—and people, who may be worse. Learning who to trust and who to fear is neither easy nor without its perils, and Rossamund must choose his path carefully.Complete with appendices, maps, illustrations, and a glossary, Monster Blood Tattoo grabs readers from the first sentence and immerses them in an entirely original fantasy world with its own language and lore.
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| Original Title: | Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling |
| ISBN: | 039924638X (ISBN13: 9780399246388) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Monster Blood Tattoo #1, Terre des monstres / Monster Blood Tattoo #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Aurealis Award for Young Adult Novel (2006) |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 7460 Users | 695 ReviewsColumn Based On Books Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo #1)
I appreciated what the author was trying to do in the book, and some of the interactions and scenarios were mildly interesting in a broader perspective, but I was overall not captured by this book. Perhaps I am not the target audience for this book it is a young adult book and while this doesnt disqualify it from being a worthwhile read, it would be unrealistic to ignore this fact. Perhaps this book was not what I wanted (knowingly or not) to read at the time - if I wanted a much deeper bookMore like 312 pages of story and 136 pages of Glossary/Appendix that probably meant more to the author than the reader. I admit, I didn't read the Glossary/Appendix, I only skimmed through bits. Most items were already explained (or easily guessed at) in the story and the rest was a massive info dump of past events not worth talking about in the actual story because they were not really relevant except to maybe the author... So, no thanks. Cornish's sketches were interesting bit, but honestly
By this point I think the nation's readers of children's fantasy novels have hit a kind of boredom plateau. You get a new fantasy on your desk and you have to tick off the requirements. Alternate world? Orphaned hero or heroine? School for the extraordinary? To a certain extent, a lot of these tried and true stand-bys are essential to a good book. There's a reason they exist, after all. But after reading a bunch of them, reviewers like myself get a little jaded. Kids think everything's new, so
I am so happy to know there are two more books in this series. I cannot wait to read them. Not since Harry Potter have I been pulled into such a peculiar world filled with lahzars, fulgars, leers, bogles, and nuglugs. DM Cornish has created a magical place without having any mention of magic, wizardry, or dark arts. I highly recommend this book for those that like to escape into a fictional world of amazing complex characters and grand scenes. It is a must read!
Just as good the second time!
At first I thought this series was a joke. Something from McGee and Me or something. I'm not into horror and my assumption was that this wouldn't interest me in the least. (This is the same reason I hated "The Village" at first...) I won't spoil anything but it's not a blood-soaked tale that inspires kids to go get tattoos... Great story with teachable moments throughout. Maybe a little much for my 7 year old, but eventually I think it'll be a fun adventure book with good morals.
I'm not really sure waht to say about this book. It wasn't bad, really, but it wasn't very good, either. I think some of the ideas and people were interesting enough that it could've been better - even though there were some times where I was rolling my eyes because the conveniences and stupidity at times sort of strained credulity.One of the things I liked most about the book was (view spoiler)[the budding complexity of the nature of the monsters. In the beginning, it's a very basic "monsters =
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