Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie
by Holly Black
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Author: Holly BlackEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-26
ISBN: 0689868235
Number of pages: 320
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Book Reviews of Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie
Book Review: Improves With Age
Summary: 4 Stars
Like a fine wine. Sort of.
The first time I read Valiant, I liked it but didn't love it, but this is because I loved Tithe so much, Valiant had a lot to live up to. I couldn't stand Lolli or Dave and was luke-warm about Val. I did like the progression of the book, however, and the twists and turns it took. Black's faerie characters are infinitely interesting, and there is never room to get bored with them.
Anyway. I read the book again recently and liked it even better the second time. I was less emotionally attached to her Tithe characters and could fully devote myself to Valiant. I found I liked Val better and especially loved Ravus. I love that the "ugliest" character in the book turns out to be the most beautiful, and not because he transforms into a pretty little prince. I still can't stand Dave, but love the way his brother feels eternally responsible for him, no matter how terrible Dave acts.
One the the fabulous things about Black is that she writes a book that appears to be fantasy, yet its human elements are more realistic than any non-fantasy fiction I've read. Some people were appalled at Val's life on the streets, and disliked the book because of it. I think they reacted to the book that strongly because life on the street was written so realistically, unforgivingly. Black makes no apologies for her flawed characters and she shouldn't - to do so would take away that which makes them so human.
Summary of Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie
When seventeen-year-old Valerie runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system.But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. And when one talks Val into tracking down the lair of a mysterious creature with whom they are all involved, Val finds herself torn between her newfound affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming.
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