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They can’t wait to meet the fandom of mega movie, The Gallows Dance. What they’re not expecting is to be catapulted by freak accident into their favourite world – for real. Fuelled by love, guilt and fear, can the friends put the plot back on track and get out? The fate of the story is in their hands ...
(402 pages)
I'm sure there are times we've all daydreamed about entering our favorite fictional universe. For me it's always been Hogwarts and Camp Halfblood; for you, it might be District Twelve or the Shire or any number of other fictional settings. We love our favorite books, we dream about our favorite characters, and we imagine what it would be like to be in their shoes.
I love this idea of seeing what that would really be like. Because, as Day's characters find out again and again, it probably wouldn't be nearly as glamorous as we like to think it would be.
Day does a fabulous job of thinking through the morals and the implications of bringing a fictional world to life. In a dystopian world, real people are really suffering–hundreds, thousands of them who may not have speaking parts but suddenly have feelings. The cruelty added to bring tension to the main character's surroundings is more inhumane when it's really happening. The romance which seems so sweet on the page becomes a lot more selfish in real life when it distracts from the life-or-death rebellion missions.
I love books that make me think about things on a deeper level, and The Fandom did just that. I do still have some bones to pick with it, though. For one thing, I think Violet had one too many friends. I got Alice and Katie mixed up more than once, and I didn't really see the purpose Alice served that couldn't have been fulfilled in other ways. I also thought that the bad language (swears up to and including the f-word) were unnecessary, forcing me to skip recommending it to people I otherwise would have handed it to. I also didn't really see the need for the romance subplot, though I suppose others might like it more than I did.
All in all, I liked The Fandom quite a bit but it still felt like something was . . . missing. I enjoyed the ride, though, and you may too–just remember that some of the language and violent content is not meant for younger readers!
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I'm sure there are times we've all daydreamed about entering our favorite fictional universe. For me it's always been Hogwarts and Camp Halfblood; for you, it might be District Twelve or the Shire or any number of other fictional settings. We love our favorite books, we dream about our favorite characters, and we imagine what it would be like to be in their shoes.
I love this idea of seeing what that would really be like. Because, as Day's characters find out again and again, it probably wouldn't be nearly as glamorous as we like to think it would be.
Day does a fabulous job of thinking through the morals and the implications of bringing a fictional world to life. In a dystopian world, real people are really suffering–hundreds, thousands of them who may not have speaking parts but suddenly have feelings. The cruelty added to bring tension to the main character's surroundings is more inhumane when it's really happening. The romance which seems so sweet on the page becomes a lot more selfish in real life when it distracts from the life-or-death rebellion missions.
I love books that make me think about things on a deeper level, and The Fandom did just that. I do still have some bones to pick with it, though. For one thing, I think Violet had one too many friends. I got Alice and Katie mixed up more than once, and I didn't really see the purpose Alice served that couldn't have been fulfilled in other ways. I also thought that the bad language (swears up to and including the f-word) were unnecessary, forcing me to skip recommending it to people I otherwise would have handed it to. I also didn't really see the need for the romance subplot, though I suppose others might like it more than I did.
All in all, I liked The Fandom quite a bit but it still felt like something was . . . missing. I enjoyed the ride, though, and you may too–just remember that some of the language and violent content is not meant for younger readers!
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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