{"id":2252,"date":"2013-10-30T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2013-10-27T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T22:47:16","slug":"mark-reads-untold-chapter-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2013\/10\/mark-reads-untold-chapter-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads ‘Untold’: Chapter 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the eighth chapter of Untold<\/i>, Kami and her family learn the true scope of Rob Lynburn’s power. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Untold<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Chapter Eight: Past Hearing<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Seriously, y’all, this<\/i> is brilliant writing.<\/p>\n
I think it’s a bold choice for Sarah Rees Brennan to reveal so much this early into the novel, and I also believe that this story will be all the better because of it. This is a demonstration of Rob’s power on the one hand; it’s also a neat way of not portraying Claire Glass as simply losing her sanity; it’s also an empowering moment for Kami. It’s layered<\/i>. It ups the risks involved, it heightens the stakes, and it builds dread beautifully.<\/p>\n
Oh my god, the entire Glass family knows about magic and sorcerers, y’all. AND WE AREN’T EVEN A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH UNTOLD<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Can we discuss all the little things in this chapter that are just too much to deal with?<\/i><\/p>\n
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I think it is important to note that Claire went to great lengths to conceal her magical history from her family, and yet, in a matter of minutes, she spills everything<\/i> to her whole family, including her young sons. You know what this speaks of? Fear. It made me<\/i> scared because things had to be truly awful for Claire to do something like this.<\/li>\n
“I’ve been dreaming too long,” she said. “Now we have to survive.” OH MY GOD, JUST JAB THE KNIFE FURTHER IN WHY DON’T YOU, SARAH REES BRENNAN.<\/li>\n
Kami refuses to leave her brothers’ sides. I love Kami so much<\/i>. I adore what she does for Ten and Tomo in this chapter, y’all.<\/li>\n
WHEN DID ROB TELL CLAIRE THAT THE LINK BETWEEN JARED AND KAMI WAS BROKEN?<\/li>\n
Oh my god, is Kami going to tell her father about the link?<\/li>\n
Oh my god, this chapter is so ridiculous<\/i>.<\/li>\n
HELEN’S PHONE CALL. EVERYONE. CALL ME AN AMBULANCE. I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS. Initially, I was so confused by what was going on that I was convinced I’d missed something in my reading. Was Helen being watched? Why would she have such a disproportionately joyous response to what Claire told her? Was she trying to hide the truth from Jon Glass?<\/li>\n
IT HAD TO BE SPELLED OUT FOR ME. ROB PUT A SPELL ON THE ENTIRE TOWN TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO CONTACT OUTSIDE PEOPLE FOR HELP<\/li>\n
Y’all, do you realize what this novel has become???<\/i> It’s like the very best kind of thriller: the closed room scenario. Except it’s a whole town that, ostensibly, no one can escape from. I’m so interested to see what other things Rob thought of and used to continue to keep Sorry-in-the-Vale in fear of him. I mean\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 holy shit, I still can’t wrap my mind around this. In just a single chapter, this man has taken control of a whole town, and this book became HORRIFYING.<\/li>\n
Just\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 how is Kami’s dad going to cope with this? What did Claire show Jon to prove to him that everything she was saying was real???<\/i> I NEED TO KNOW THIS.<\/li>\n
Lillian has less than a dozen people. God. HOW?<\/i> How are they going to fight back against over twenty powerful sorcerers???<\/li>\n
At the very least, this chapter ends on an empowering note. Again, Kami’s treatment of her brother Ten is just stupendous. Through this, though, she realizes that she does<\/i> have power of her own: the power to write. Initially, she uses this to help Ten understand what’s going on, but this morphs into something else. Knowing that she’s been cut-off from the outside world, Kami believes that there’s still a power in her written word. Oh god, she’s going to publish something in the paper, isn’t she??? I’m so into this.<\/li>\n
Bless this book. Eight chapters in, and it’s already a good time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Please note that the original text and the video contains the words “crazy” and “mad.”<\/p>\n
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