![]() ![]() Having listened to this more than once (first time to listen, second time to review), I am now ambivalent over whether I want to continue with the series. This audiobook was a free download from, and being free (as well as recognizing the author), I thought, why not? This is my first (I think) introduction to the author, and I was interested in learning this was a prequel to a series I had been eyeing for some years now. I hope the series gives me ANSWERS, and soon. How exactly was this entire harvest moon thing working? What were the people doing with the childs? What happened to the rest of their organization? Who’s the Barrani Arcanist that was talking to Teela? How did Kaylin get into the Hawk Lord’s office? ![]() There was a lot of information and way too many lose threads… ![]() The names Kaylin and Caitlin might look different in print, but they’re incredible alike when you’re listening, so it can be difficult to differentiate at first who the author is talking about. There’s no mention about a prostitution ring in the novel or about Kaylin being bait… WTF? All of which make her perfect bait for a child prostitution sting in the city of Elantra” She also has a smart mouth, sharp wits and mysterious markings on her skin. ![]() “Kaylin Neya is a thief, a fugitive and an attempted assassin. The blurb has absolutely nothing to do with the novel. I can't think of a movie in recent memory that puts loneliness and anguish on screen more effectively than "Moonlight." It's a movie that asks us to see life from the perspective of a very specific individual but then draws universal conclusions from it that makes the superficial differences between him and the viewer (I'm not black, I'm not gay, I didn't grow up in a poor urban environment) melt away until you feel deep compassion and sympathy for a fellow human being who is doing what we all are - navigating the complexities of living on this world and making the best of it we can.This was stupidly difficult to find as audio in the UK, but in the end I prevailed! And I wish I hadn’t bothered… This entire sequence is directed, written, and acted with utmost delicacy. In the film's final and most breathtaking sequence, we follow Chiron as a man in his twenties to a reunion with a high school friend who gave him his first gay experience and whom he's never been able to completely move on from. The middle section depicts Chiron as a young man navigating his emerging homosexuality and the high school bullying that goes along with it. In a Dickensian twist, this person happens to be a drug dealer who nevertheless offers him sympathy and understanding not to be found anywhere else. As a little boy, he struggles with loneliness and neglect thanks to a crack-addicted mom (played by Naomie Harris) and takes to the first person who offers to be a father figure to him. His name is Chiron, and the movie shows him to us at three stages of his life, portrayed by three different but wonderful actors. He doesn't fit into any of the categories available to him, so he sets out to force himself into one that seems like the best option. The main conflict at the heart of "Moonlight," a beautiful movie about a young black man's coming of age in poor and drug-afflicted Miami, is our protagonist's inability to define himself in terms that his environment will allow. If it can't be easily categorized, it's either frightening and something to be opposed to, or it's abnormal and therefore something to be marginalized. "Moonlight" may very well be a breath of fresh air to others who are tired to death of our culture's obsession with labeling and categorizing everything in an attempt to understand it. ![]()
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