The Sisters Grimm.

Serie/Series: Nej/No.
Författare/Author: Menna van Praag.
Genre: Fantasy.
Språk/Language: Engelska/English.
Sidor/Pages: 482.

(English below)

Handling: Goldie, Bea, Scarlet och Liyana har alla något gemensamt - de är nämligen systrar utan att veta om det. De har alla olika mödrar men föddes på samma dag och när de växte upp kunde de besöka en konstig plats i sina drömmar. Det var där de möttes för första gången. Men så fort de fyller 13 år kan de inte längre återvända förrän på sin 18 årsdag då de kommer få möta sin pappa och slåss för sina liv. Under de 5 åren då de inte kan återvända till drömlandet börjar minnena sakta försvinna och snart har de glömt allt, både systrar och sina egna magiska krafter.
Samtidigt kan pojkar från 13-årsåldern börja besöka drömlandet och träna på att bli soldater. Deras enda uppgift är att döda "Grimmflickor", annars dör de. Tiden börjar rinna ut för systrarna, de måste snabbt återfå sina minnen och krafter innan det är för sent.

Min åsikt om boken: Jag är lite kluven till vad jag egentligen tyckte om boken. Å ena sidan tyckte om författarens språk, för det var väldigt målande och nästan poetiskt. Men å andra sidan tyckte jag det var rätt störigt att hoppa mellan 5 olika personer i varje kapitel, det förstörde läsflödet en del. Hade nog hellre föredragit att varje kapitel handlade om 1-2 personer istället för flera stycken.
Berättelsen i sig var ganska originell och intressant men samtidigt kändes vissa andra element rätt onödiga, de tillförde inte så mycket. Så ja, svårt att säga om boken var bra eller dålig. Den är lite mittemellan. Den var inte tråkig men den var inte häpnadsväckande heller.
Den får 3 av 5💀 i betyg.

Mitt favoritcitat ur boken:

"You think of Everwhere. You wonder if you'll ever go back. You want to but, for not at least, longing is trumped by fear. You try to forget, but every time you wander past a particularly ornate gate, you wonder if - so long as you arrived on the correct night, at the correct time - it might just take you back to Everwhere. You carry on past these gates, knowing you won't return on that particular night, at the precise time. You're too scared of what happened the last time and whether it might happen again. Still, the question of what might happen if you did lingers long after the gate has gone."
- Sid 293.

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Story: Goldie, Bea, Scarlet and Liyana all have something in common - they are sisters without knowin it. They all have different mothers but were born on the same day and growing up they used to visit a strange place in their dreams. That's also where they first met. But as soon as they turn 13 years of age they can no longer return, until their 18th birthday and that's when they'll meet their father and fight for their lives. During the 5 years they cant visit the dream place the memories slowly begins to fade and soon they've forgotten everything, both their sisters and their own magical powers.
At the same time there are boys who can begin visting the dream place once they've turned 13 and train to become soldiers. Their only purpose is to kill "Grimm girls" or they die. Time is running out for the sisters, they need to regain their memories and powers before it's too late.

My opinion of the book: I am a bit uncertain about what I think of this book. On one hand I really liked the author's storytelling, it was very vivid and almost poetic. On the other hand I thought it was annoying to jump between 5 people in each chapter, it disrupted the flow of reading. I had prefered if each chapter was about 1-2 people instead of multiple characters.
The story itself is pretty original and interesting but at the same time it felt like some elements were pretty unnecessary, they didn't bring much to the story. So yeah, it's hard to say if the book was good or bad. It's somewhere in between. It's not boring but not spectacular either.
I give it 3 out of 5💀. 

My favorite quote from the book:

"You think of Everwhere. You wonder if you'll ever go back. You want to but, for not at least, longing is trumped by fear. You try to forget, but every time you wander past a particularly ornate gate, you wonder if - so long as you arrived on the correct night, at the correct time - it might just take you back to Everwhere. You carry on past these gates, knowing you won't return on that particular night, at the precise time. You're too scared of what happened the last time and whether it might happen again. Still, the question of what might happen if you did lingers long after the gate has gone."
- Page 293.