I loved the depth of each and every character, the way Maas makes you feel every move, every bit of darkness, every bit of swoon and ship her characters like nobody else has the power to.
It isn't simple darkness, but darkness imbued with every dark fact she has elicited in conversation that day.
"In this book every time darkness fell, I thought 'oh, it's going to snow'.
For one hour every March since 2007, darkness has swept the globe as grassroots environmentalists, schools, offices and those responsible for some of the world's most iconic landmarks switch off lights in a symbolic call for more action on climate change.
"You had to live — did live, from habit that became instinct — in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized".
"You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized".--George Orwell, 1984.
George Orwell's description of the world of 1984 is as apt a description of today's world as I've ever seen: "You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized".
Such monitoring devices were scattered throughout society, and everybody knew about them: "You had to live--did live, from habit that became instinct--in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and except in darkness, every movement scrutinized". Fortunately, Orwell didn't conceive of infrared sensors, night-vision devices and GPS, or he might have become too terrified to sleep.
And as soon as the sun goes down nature spends every moment of darkness scrabbling, thumping, tramping, breathing, creaking and generally impersonating every possible type of assassin.
