Annals of the Western Shore: Voices (Paperback)

from MyopicBookworm

I read this without realizing it was the sequel to another book, but it didn't matter at all. The interplay betweeen the cultured, gently polytheistic people of Ansul and their self-confident, often brutal, monotheistic and grapheclastic* conquerors is nicely drawn. The Alds share many of the typ...

from nkmunn

a city under occupation must learn to live without books and becomes increasingly illiterate until special circumstances arise. I loved the portrayal of how learning to read empowers individuals and how the preservation of the written word can help a culuture survive oppression.

from MyopicBookworm

I read this without realizing it was the sequel to another book, but it didn't matter at all. The interplay betweeen the cultured, gently polytheistic people of Ansul and their self-confident, often brutal, monotheistic and grapheclastic* conquerors is nicely drawn. The Alds share many of the typ...

from devilish2

I didn't realise that this was a sequel. It didn't read like one. I loved the depth to this, ostensibly, children's novel. There is a deep message about peace and respect for religion that I found not at all intrusive or didactic, just entirely natural in the story.

from Erratic_Charmer

A fantasy story set in a city, Ansul, that has been brutally subjugated by an army of foreigners known as the Alds, who believe the written word to be sacrilege and consider owning a book a crime punishable by death. The narrator is a 17-year-old girl named Memer who lives in the household of the...