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Poison

by Chris Wooding

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Poison is quite possibly the holy bible for writers. The story itself is pretty gripping but it's almost as if the book has segmented itself into two seperate things, the story, and the end. It set my mind reeling at the sheer magnitude of the idea that Mr. Wooding managed to carry across in print.
You know your writing is good when the characters don't need you to finish the story anymore.
The title is pure genius and could not have possibly been anything else.
One of my all time favourites, second only to one. If you don't read this book before you die...well, I'm sorry for your loss. ( )
  AgentBookworm | Jul 31, 2009 |
I'm using this for a mother/daughter book discussion. I like the main character. She's not the sweet, fairy tale princess or the good, loving daughter of traditional fairy tales. Lots of violence and adventure in this book. No sex at all. I'm using it for a joint summer book discussion of several grade levels and I think this will appeal across several grades. ( )
  maryphillips | Jul 20, 2009 |
A wonderfully semi-adult fairy tale. The older I get, the more I seem to enjoy the books I would have read as a Young Adult. ( )
  edecklund | Jul 15, 2009 |
A wonderfully semi-adult fairy tale. The older I get, the more I seem to enjoy the books I would have read as a Young Adult. ( )
  dw0rd | Jul 15, 2009 |
Poison, by Chris Wooding, is a gothic phaerie tale of the adventures of a violet eyed girl named Poison.Poison is sullen, moody and stubborn girl, but you have to be to survive in the Black Marshes where she lives. Although she has never been to the outside world, she dreams of something more than the life she lives. Poison’s sister Azalea is stolen in the night by phaeries and a changeling left in her place. When Poison wakes to discover her sister is gone she sets out into the unknown world to retrieve her.Poison’s one friend and confidant Fleet equips her with the knowledge and money she will need to make it to the Phaerie Lords Realm.By the time Poison confronts the Phaerie Lord she has assembled a group of friends that have helped her through the already complicated journey. The plot twists and turns to reveal a surprising ending that Poison herself has a hard time believing.Chris Wooding transports his readers outside the Realm of Man and into the unpredictable Realms of beyond. You will relish in the adventures of Poison and come to understand the Poison is the hero in her own phaerie tale. ( )
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Poison has always been a willful, contrary girl, prone to being argumentative and stubborn. So when her sister is snatched by the mean-spirited faeries, she seeks out the Phaerie Lord to get her back. But finding him isn't easy, and the quest leads Poison into a murderous world of intrigue, danger, and deadly storytelling. With only her wits and her friends to aid her, Poison must survive the attentions of the Phaerie Lord, rescue her sister, and thwart a plot that's beyond anything she (or the reader) can imagine. . . .

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