El primero me llego a lo que me compone como persona, me gustó mucho. Este me ha gustado igual o más.

Quizá no me ha llegado tanto a nivel emocional, pero si que es más solido e incluso más entretenido. La narración casi como si fuera un cuento explicado al borde de la chimenea me ha absorbido las pocas horas que he tenido para leerme el libro.

Ojala traduzcan más libros de la autora, mientras creo que voy a buscar las secuelas en su edición original porque quiero ver más de este universo que esta componiendo Seanan.
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While I loved the creepy, atmospheric vibe of this one, it definitely has a few pacing issues that makes it more difficult to enjoy. I felt like way too much time was spent at the beginning delineating all the differences between Jack and Jill; the tone got quite preachy at times, especially about raising children and subjecting them to certain roles. It's not that I disagree with it, but the message (?) just got far too repetitive for my liking. Also, because so much time was spent on that at the start, I think it took away from moments we could have had later on that would have made the book hit harder. More Jack/Alexis would have been great, or even just seeing more interactions between the girls and each of their mentors!
Other than that, I still enjoyed this: Jack and Jill are incredibly interesting characters and I liked spending time in their heads and world. And again, the atmosphere of this book is very immersive, like a dark fairytale version of Frankenstein/Dracula (it would make an excellent Halloween read!)
I'm definitely going to be continuing the series still, and hope we get to see more of these two. ( )

Down Among the Sticks and Bones is a beautiful book. The cover is beautiful, the writing is beautiful, the heartbreak is beautiful. It made me thrilled for Jack and Jill in parts, creeped out, angry, happy, sad, all in different ways. It smells beautiful (yes, I am a book smeller). The Moors were, to me, a liminal space that resonated very strongly with places I carry in my own head. As afraid as I am of the deep sea (thalassophobia, I has it; reading Into the Drowning Deep when it comes out will be an exercise to be carried out in the broadest of daylight, also possibly in a desert if I can manage it), I think I would have turned towards the ocean.

And that is all I will say for fear of spoilers. ( )

It was interesting to see Jack and Jill's story after meeting them in the first book. This series continues to be short and to the point. Which is great except that I liked the Moors and I wish we could've spent more time there! It feels like there's so much more story that could be told about this world. ( )

This explains soooo much. I feel like I need to reread EVERY HEART with these new hindsights.

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In [b:Every Heart a Doorway|25526296|Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)|Seanan McGuire|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1431438555s/25526296.jpg|45313140] we were introduced to Jack and Jill, twins so polar opposite that even knowing they are related is at times hard for the protagonist Nancy to believe. Jill was fragile and dreaming with a decidedly looser grasp on any form of reality. Jack was rooted in the here and now, in science and what she could take apart and inspect. Throughout EVERY HEART Nancy observes some tension between the two, but their story was not the one she was chasing so she did not dig into it or judge (a very important lesson taught by the school).

Throughout both speak of the Moors as this terrifying and beautiful place. A harsh place with even harsher rules. Both girls long for it however, or for the lives they lived and the world that accepted and freed them.

With the ending of EVERY HEART we see Jack depart with her sister and sort of finality that left the impression that come what may, the choice she made was the best for them both.

With DOWN AMONG THE STICKS AND BONES we see why both of them were so enchanted by the place. Why for Jack it was a place of exploration, science and answers that led to more questions and more tests. Why for Jill it was a place she could indulge her whims in, free from consequence largely.

The book begins much earlier in their timeline than Nancy’s did in EVERY HEART. We see the twins born, we see the parents make a decision of who they would be and how they would act very early on in their lives. We see what influences caused Jack to be loyal and protective of her sister despite everything as well what ultimately became a wedge between them so that by the time their door opened very little was similar about the two indeed.

In EVERY HEART Jack was one of my favorite characters. Really they were all my favorite to some degree or another, but Jack in particular…her worldview made sense. Whereas Nancy was my mirror in terms of not understanding why I could not just be (and why others insisted on trying to shove me into spaces I was not “for my own good”), Jack very much embodied who I wished I could be. And this book gave me some insight into the fact that Jack didn’t start out as who she wanted to be either.

That certainty of purpose, that assurance of knowledge – she fought for that. She bled for that. She gave up a lot for it and it was hers. Nothing could take it from her…except Jill.

Jill who never quite caught up to Jack. Jill who, not maliciously or cruelly, wanted Jack to put her at the center of her world. Jill sort of…broke I guess. The world went topsy-turvey for her before they ended up in the Moors and just grew more and more confusing as she acclimated to a life that got her in over her head too quickly.

I can understand why Jack felt responsible for her. Why she felt guilty even. While Jack was off finding a life that she was comfortable in, Jill was trying desperately to find what she was suited for. What they were before the Moors could no longer help her because for the first time Jack was the brave one. Jack who rooted around in cadavers and blood and weird potions in a dusty laboratory. Jack found kinship with her teacher and with others in the village. Jill meanwhile was learning all the wrong lessons while trying desperately to prove she was learning all the right ones.

STICKS AND BONES is heart breaking, especially at the end when because of Jill another choice has to be made for Jack that involves putting her loyalty to her sister at odds with her happiness. It also makes what happens at the end of EVERY HEART bittersweet. ( )