Midwinterblood

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This is the story of the way Eric sacrifices himself for six generations until Merle sacrifices herself with him the seventh time, which is supposedly evidence of great love.

In The Airman they didn't even meet, Eric was married to some other woman he loved (so much for his everlasting love for Merle! Sedgwick claimed that his inspiration for Midwinterblood came from Carl Larsson's painting, Midvinterblot, a piece illustrating the sacrifice of the Swedish King Domalde to avert famine.Anyway, the other lives/stories have them reuniting or sort of reuniting but never actually being together. I don’t know if that was because of the writing style, the setting or both but I felt really relaxed after I had finished. It is new and different and fresh, it's beautifully written, and this isn't a book you can really bring yourself to DNF. Interesantna je priča i na neki način mi je postala draga, sviđa mi se kako je osmišljeno svo to preplitanje, ali moram da priznam da sam očekivala da me malo više pomeri. The one interesting thing is the way Eric and Merle's relationship changes in each generation, but this is something that weakens the book, too.

How exactly their stories play out and why they are chasing each other across different lives, of course, is the true heart of the book and I won’t spoil that for you. Across the different tales, the two souls appear as lovers, mother and son, brother and sister, and artist and child as they come close to finding each other before facing the ultimate sacrifice . The end was a bit abrupt, but for me, it worked quite a bit considering how Sedgwick crafted this book. He is discovered by a farmer named Erik, who cares for him, but dislikes having a soldier around—war just leaves a bad taste in Erik's mouth. I have never read anything like it and I think that is a small part of what made this absolutely fantastic to read!Other then this minor problem, however, Midwinterblood is a story which draws you in again and again, making you experience the dreamlike state of the novel repeatedly. It was hard to find their 'love' romantic or tragic when pretty much all the feelings involved were shallow and unbelievable. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It's been a while since I felt so completely swept away and consumed by a story, and here, Sedgewick is at his best.

De qualquer forma, é uma leitura rápida e vale a pena dar uma chance - tenho certeza de que muita gente vai gostar bem mais do que eu. Getting the little snippets throughout time meant you started to get an overview and started to see a pattern of the story as a whole. I’m not going to tell you what Midwinterblood is about because I think it’s a book you should go into blind. The only other book I can even compare to the two of his books that I've read might be Where Futures End by Parker Peevyhouse, another one that I loved.Now, that sounds a lot worse than it actually is: this story isn’t really about attachment to the characters but much more plot and theme driven. We're very pleased to be kicking off the official Midwinterblood Blog Tour next Monday, February 5th!