The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray


My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Conclusion to this young adult historical fantasy trilogy about the girl at the finishing school in 1896 with the magical powers and the alternate realms.

Meh. It would have been fine – well, I mean, too long and full of clichés and ridiculous historical anachronisms, but still cute and magic girls' finishing school pleasing – except.

Except it's all about a seventeen-year-old girl with nearly limitless magical power who does a series of appalling things. Like rearrange her relatives's personalities, alter their memories, oh and make boys kiss her (but it's okay, you know, because they clearly wanted to anyway). Things that a seventeen-year-old would do, but Bray doesn't actually seem to grasp just how disgusting her heroine's behavior is, and the vague 'growing up and learning better' arc is laughably shallow, with no real consequences or acknowledgement of wrongdoing. I would never recommend this book to a teenaged girl, is what I'm saying.

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