It was very fun! Not quite as intense as I usually get from reading de Lint, but very pleased all the time. I'm surprised that I actually guessed correctly on the ending! I don't normally do that.. So that's I think why it wasn't quite as intense toward the end. Usually it's one of those times where you're like "What the HELL is going to happen next?!" but this one for me was "Ooh, I bet they're gonna..." but it was still a really fun ride. I'm glad I finally finished it! I took a few months break from reading cuz I couldn't find my eBook charger, but I found it during the packing and I'm back in the full swing of it. Some place to be flying is next!

Has anyone else read this?



I have to say that though I feel a bit enlightened by a certain part of this book, it also saddens me quite a bit. It talks about how humans would much sooner believe in evil than they would in good, and that's why Seelie is dwindling while unseelie is growing and thriving... and that the unseelie feeds on our fears, negative energy, etc... then talks about how (in the book) because of this the seelie hide on Samhain from the unseelie because they're just too powerful for them to fight off.

I've been thinking about this for several days now, and a couple days ago we headed to Target to get some plastic bins, and I said "Ooh! let's check out the halloween stuff!!!", halloween being my favorite holiday. I went through the isles, hearing plastic skeletons singing stupid songs and the occasional really loud scream from various battery-operated toys. It occurred to me that we really are feeding the energy of very negative things, and that usually, very happy and positive people, things, and events are considered not normal or unrealistic. I'm very sad to admit that Halloween is very close to plunging from the top of my list of favorite holidays. :\