Review/recenzija: Sabaa Tahir: An Ember in the Ashes/�ar u peplu
Amazon named An Ember in the Ashes best young adult book of 2015, did you know that? I thought it would be a good post opener ;)
Film rights were optioned by Paramount Pictures in 2014, before the book was even published and Mark Johnson is to produce the film. Are there any more excuses not to read this book? I don't think so.
If you want to know and see more, visit the official website of the author Sabaa Tahir and look for the book trailer. Do you like the costumes and the weapons? I can't wait this movie to finally happen!
Oh, and don't forget to look for the sequel, A Torch Against the Night. It was published a few months ago.
Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother, until one day they get brutally murdered and her brother gets to be accused of treason and taken away. To survive, she has to run for her life, but to save her brother, she'll maybe have to sacrifice the last thing she has left: her life. She becomes a spy in the Empire's greatest military school, and is forced to act as a slave for its merciless Commander.
Elias, the school's finest soldier is plotting his escape. He is a soldier, but he's a slave. After years of trying to live with his guilty conscience, he's ready to sacrifice his life by betraying the Empire and run away. But destiny has its own plans for him and those include him staying inside the walls of his school.
There, Laia and Elias will meet, and put things in motion that will change the future of their empire.
This novel fits into the young adult genre, but don't let that make you think you're too old or too mature for it. It will face you with deep morally questionable problems that will make you think hard about your answers. Loyalty versus treason, fairness to others against endeavor to succeed in our own goals no matter the cost- there's no right answer in this novel. An Ember in the Ashes demands from its characters to show their humanity in times when cruelty is the only thing that can be forgiven.
If I were Laia, what would I do? If I were Elias, what would I do?
It will make you think about that.
This is a book about sacrifice and book about victims. About how to betray everything we care for to save ultimately it.
If you're like me and you love interesting and dynamic dialogues more than plane narrative, you'll love this one. The plot's nicely shaped through conversations and just a few necessary descriptions. Some reviews I've came across say that the small percentage of inner monologues and scene portraying could cost the characters their credibility, but I say they say just about enough about themselves by just talking. Who knew!
If you're a fan of The Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, make sure to look for An Ember in the Ashes. You won't be sorry.
Rose :*
Mislim da se ovoj knjizi do sad posve�ivalo premalo pa�nje nego �to zaslu�uje, pa �emo ovim postom poku�ati to promijeniti. Znate li da je �ar u pepelu progla�en najboljim romanom za mlade 2015. godine na Amazonu? Znate li da su prava za njegovu ekranizaciju otkupljena i prije nego �to je uop�e objavljen? Producirat �e ga Mark Johnson, a njega poznajemo po uspje�nicama poput The Breaking Bad-a i Narnijskih kronika. Na slu�benoj stranici autorice mo�ete pogledati i trailer za ovu knjigu. Niste li se naje�ili od ovih kostima i oru�ja? �elim taj film odmaaaah!
Na hrvatski nam ga je prevelo Lumen izdava�tvo (u Srbiji Vulkan). Drugi dio svjetski uspje�nog romana ve� je objaveljen (A Torch Against the Night), a mi nestrpljivo �ekamo da i on osvane na na�im policama.
Laia, mlada djevojka i pripadnica U�enjaka, jednog dana u iznenadnoj raciji pod no�em hladnokrvnog krabulje gubi jedino �to ima: obitelj. Kao pripadnica porobljenenog naroda jedino �to mo�e je pobje�i u poku�aju da spasi vlastiti �ivot. Ali i njega �e uskoro morati staviti na kocku. Jedini preostali �lan njene obitelji, njen brat Darin, zarobljen je u dubokim bojovni�kim zatvorima, a ako ga netko ubrzo ne oslobodi, crna sudba mu je zajam�ena. Da bi oslobodila brata, Laia pristaje na jedini plan koji je o�ajna skupina spremna na otpor mogla osmisliti: postaje uhodom zloglasne Zapovjednice vojne akademije Crna klisura, akademije koja odgaja i ukalupljuje najgore ubojice- ba� one koji su davno porobili njen narod.
Duboko ispod akademije Veturius se priprema na bijeg. Neposredno prije sve�anosti na kojoj �e dobiti najve�i mogu�i status, status krabulje, on jedva izlazi na kraj s vlastitom savje��u. Spreman je izgubiti �ivot u poku�aju bijega, spreman je ba� na sve kako bi mogao �ivjeti �ivotom koji od njega ne tra�i da svakodnevno ubija nevine du�e da zadovolji izopa�ene potrebe nemilosrdnog dru�tva.
Trenutak u kojem se Laia i Elias sretnu, promijenit �e sudbinu Carstva.
Iako ga slu�beno smje�taju u �anr romana za mlade, neka vas to ne zavara. Ovo je roman o temama koje ne poznaju dobnu granicu, a od nas tra�i da se, kao i likovi, borimo s dubokim moralnim dilemama poput lojalnosti i izdaje, pravednosti prema drugima i �elje za ostvarenjem vlastitih ciljeva. Tra�i od nas da poka�emo razinu na�e ljudskosti ba� onda kada se nas nemilosrdnost najvi�e o�ekuje. Nemogu�e je ne razmi�ljati o tome �to bismo mi u�inili na mjestu kojeg od likova, osu�ivati jedne, a stati na stranu drugih.
Ovo je knjiga o �rtvi. O tome kako izdati sve u �to vjerujemo da bismo to isto tom izdajom spasili.
Dovoljno je re�i: �ar u pepelu je jedna vrlo krvava knjiga.
Ova pri�a me ostavila nestrpljivu za sljede�im nastavkom i sa brdom pozitivnih komentara.
Ako ste poput mene, osoba koja vi�e voli u�ivati u dinami�nim dijalozima nego se utapati u opisima emocija i situacija, ovu knjigu �ete obo�avati. Skoro od samog po�etka, to je ono �to mi je najvi�e privuklo pa�nju: ovdje se radnja prvenstveno odvija kroz dijaloge, a opisi situacija i unutarnje monologiziranje svedeno je na minimum. Na po�etku sam se bojala da bi takav na�in pisanja mogao autoricu ko�tati vjerodostojnosti likova (vidjela sam �ak neke recenzije koje tvrde upravo to), ali njezin na�in pisanja opravdao je sam sebe. Likovi izra�avaju sve va�ne osobine vlastite li�nosti kroz razgovor i pona�anje, tako da su moje zamjerke sa svakom stranicom sve vi�e isparavale.
Ako ste obo�avatelj Prijestolja od stakla (Sarah J. Maas), budite sigurni da �e vas i �ar u pepelu odu�eviti. Svakako ovome romanu dajte priliku.
Va�a Rose :*
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