SuitabookThe Sweet Far Thing
Libba Bray
- Reading
- As you read, keep track of who seeks control of the realms and what each group wants. This can help make sense of the conflict without assuming their aims are alike.
- Themes
- Power and responsibility: Gemma has bound magic to herself and must decide how to use it amid a struggle for control of the realms. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Friendship under strain: Gemma and her friends face a serious test, and Pippa is described as no longer the same. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Competing claims to the realms: The Order and the Rakshana are both described as grappling for control of the realms. The groups’ competing involvement is clear; their aims and the story’s judgement of them are not.
- Worth knowing
- The background includes Gemma’s mother having been murdered and her father’s laudanum addiction. Dark magic and peril in the realms are also part of the story.