Glass Wings
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (598 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 159816158X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Her ethereal soul mate, Ruri, promises devotion, despite being infected with Death Blood–a plot mention that is meant to add danger but only comes up once in a while. From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up–This collection of stories all touching on the power of love has promise but never really takes off. Sadly, the final author's note tells of an intriguing plotline involving the sorceress that is never even approached. In the title piece, readers meet a tiny waif who has just attempted suicide. The remaining pieces continue the strange theme of individuals falling for people who resemble their dead lovers, and then wanting to kill them. Scenery, never manga's strong suit, appears only as an afterthought, to the detriment of the story's pacing.–John Leighton, Brooklyn Public Library, NYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. In general the artwork is overdone
LOVE AND TRAGEDY Tim Janson Glass Wings presents three gothic, haunting tales of forbidden or unrequited love, rendered with beautiful artistry by Misuzu Asaoka. The three stories are almost Shakespearian in their tragic elements. In the first story, Hagane and Ruriha are brother and sister and both born with the `deathblood' which can infect and inflame all who come in contact with it. They are prisoners of a woman named Tsubaki, who loves Hagane and claims to have given birth to the pair, although it seems likely that birth may be in a sort of vampiric sort of manner as opposed to literally giving birth to the pair. The brother and sister merely want to live their. nonsensical elegance There are three stories in this single-book anthology. The first, and longest, is about two pretty teenagers whose diseased blood kills on contact. Thier greatest dreams are to live together and alone, happily in love and isolated from any people they could kill. To accomplish this, they ran away from a seductive woman who may or may not be thier mother, and may or may not want the boy to be her lover, and speaks of posessing him while torturing his sister and/or girlfriend. But they return to her, and go back to thier intial routine of being seduced and tortured until they aren't anymore. In the next story, a boy is being chased by someo. I liked it The stories were good liked the clothes and that it had three stories in one sucked me in the story really enjoyed it
Fragile souls and tragic fates collide in these haunting, gothic stories about the enduring power of loveIn this collection, a boy struggles with a dreaded affliction that comes between him and his true love; an orphan has the power to take on the sickness of others; a disfigured boy confronts the inner conflict between his need to survive and his desire to love.In an uncompromising blend of magic and realism, Glass Wings reveals love's capacity to overcome all obstacles and replenish the human spirit in the direst of times.