World Famous Comics: Midnighters #2: Touching Darkness (Midnighters)
Midnighters #2: Touching Darkness (Midnighters)
By: Scott Westerfeld Publisher: Eos Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Format: Bargain Price Label: Eos Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 336 Publication Date: March 01, 2005
Great book! Probably my favorite of the series. While the first book really introduces the characters and blue hour, this book really introduces the plot of the darklings. It is a much darker read than the latter, and will have you drooling for the last in the series!
A better book than the preceding one I found this book to be more complex and mature compared to the first. There are additional characters, as well as fleshing out not only the five Midnighters, but also friends and family. Westerfeld introduces us to parents/families besides Jessica's, which is refreshing. Relationships and bonds are made, tested, and sometimes broken but it really moves the characters and story ahead. A good read before heading to bed.
Great Great book. An excellent sequal to the first. The characters have evolved and grown up so much. Its an excellent book for everyone.
Another Westerfeld winner, and not just for YA'a Review of Midnighters trilogy:
Yet another YA science-fantasy winner from Westerfeld, with appeal well beyond the target audience, if your reviewer is a fair guide.
"Jessica Day moves into the small town of Bixby from Chicago, and although she hits it off with the "in" crowd, she also falls in with a bunch of weirdos who don't like the daylight, wear black a lot and are covered in metal jewelry. In the middle of the night she wakes up and discovers the world asleep with the exception of her weirdo chums and weird black slithery things..." -- from the best online review I saw of vol. 1; google farah-sf[dot]blogspot[dot]com
I know, it sounds sort of hokey and comic-booky, but actually works pretty well. The kids are fun, the action is fast & furious, and the pages turn most satisfactorily. There's even a nice touch of moral ambiguity in the wrapup volume.
Note that this is really a single novel, split into thirds by the publisher. You'll know by the end of #1 if you want to continue. I'm betting you will. But do start with #1! Midnighters #1: The Secret Hour
The story is set in Bixby, Oklahoma, now a suburb of Tulsa. I grew up about an hour away, and the problem with Westerfeld's Bixby is, it doesn't much resemble the real eastern Oklahoma. Westerfeld has numerous references to desert and salt flats, but this part of Oklahoma is pretty well-watered -- the native vegetation is a scrub-oak & pine forest. This won't affect your enjoyment of the story, really, but I have no idea why Westerfeld used a setting that would fit better in west Texas or New Mexico. Curious, seemingly pointless, and annoying.
Happy reading-- Peter D. Tillman
Good book though I personally I like first one better. This is a very good book...a great second book in the series. I personally enjoyed the first one better, but the Midnighters series will hold you interest and entertain you from start to finish. I have only read this book once, but am planning on reading it again soon. I have read the first one about 8 times...Great read for people who have read the first one. If you haven't read the first one I recommend go read it before reading the second. But overall, a great book!
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