The Various
Steve Augarde
- Reading
- Check in after the first encounter with the Various: ask what feels most surprising or unsettling, and whether the book’s danger feels exciting or worrying.
- Themes
- A threatened fairy community: The Various’ livelihood and existence are threatened as their world clashes with the human one. This conflict is central to the premise, but the story’s judgement of the opposing sides is not established.
- Courage and loyalty: Courage and loyalty are identified among the story’s themes. Their presence is noted, but the specific choices or consequences associated with them are not described.
- Worth knowing
- The fairies are described as sometimes deadly, and their existence is threatened. How danger is shown, and how intense it becomes, is not established.