{"id":2195,"date":"2015-10-06T13:44:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T20:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2015-12-26T16:43:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T00:43:39","slug":"a-thousand-nights-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2015\/a-thousand-nights-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thousand Nights &#8212; teen review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Review by Kara,\u00a0teen reviewer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2209\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/10\/a-thousand-nights-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"a thousand nights\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/10\/a-thousand-nights-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/10\/a-thousand-nights.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-field\">\n<h2 class=\"title-text\"><em>A Thousand Nights<\/em> by E.K. Johnston<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-field\">\n<div class=\"author-text\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1600\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/03\/four-stars-300x87.png\" alt=\"four-stars\" width=\"210\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/03\/four-stars-300x87.png 300w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2015\/03\/four-stars-1024x297.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-field\">\n<div class=\"review-text\">A retelling of A Thousand and One Nights, the classic story of how Shahrazad escaped death by weaving and sculpting stories for her homicidal husband. There is not much deviation from the original tale. The setting is very similar (if not the same), the king is still killing his wives, and stories are still being told. The only twist being that the king is possessed by a demon who feeds off of the fear of his people and the death of his wives.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review-text\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"review-text\">The narration for A Thousand Nights is pretty cool. The narrator (she\u2019s annoyingly never given a name) tells her story in a way that makes you feel like you\u2019re all sitting around a campfire. The author gives the demon a few turns to narrate, making the story quite a bit creepier. The predator and his prey are given a voice. Throughout the book, the narrator also gives anecdotes, giving us some insight as to why she is so attached to her sister or why she thinks a certain way.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review-text\">The characters, while unique, sometimes act in ways that aren\u2019t believable. Although the narrator always claims to absolutely adore her sister, there wasn\u2019t very much justification for it, despite her various anecdotes. The fact that I don\u2019t know how to how to empathize\u00a0with a demon who likes to kidnap people and kill them might also contributes to the detachment.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review-text\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"review-text\">The book is a lot of slow build up. The big confrontation comes after a bunch of much smaller confrontations that don\u2019t really get dissolved. This is not to say that the book is slow. The entire story was intriguing, making it so that you could barely wait for the big battle. I, for one, ended up reading A Thousand Nights instead of studying for finals.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review-text\">\nOverall, this is a book for someone who wants a book that has the feeling of a dark fairy tale, but not for those who are looking for a thriller. 4 stars. &#8211;Kara, teen reviewer<\/div>\n<div class=\"review-text\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"review-text\">\u00a0Thank you to the publisher for providing an Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review-text\">Find this book in our library: A Thousand Nights<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review by Kara,\u00a0teen reviewer A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston \u00a0 A retelling of A Thousand and One Nights, the classic story of how Shahrazad escaped death by weaving and sculpting stories for her homicidal husband. There is not much deviation from the original tale. 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