In the fifth chapter of\u00c2\u00a0Briar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book<\/i>, Tris tries to help Niko with a dire problem. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Circle of Magic<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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HA HA, EVERYTHING GOT WORSE.<\/p>\n
This chapter focuses entirely on Tris, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an interesting and necessary perspective at this point. I love that she tries so hard to tell herself that she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really care all that much about her housemates when SHE TOTALLY DOES, SHE LOVES THEM, IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S GREAT. Her inner monologue is so absolutely unlike anyone else\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, too, though I still maintain that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a lot in common with Briar. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re both fairly cynical, and you can see that cynicism within her thoughts in this chapter. She snaps at Little Bear and Briar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0shakkan<\/i> for missing him, despite that she, too, wishes her friend was still around. I get the sense that Tris is not particularly\u00c2\u00a0used<\/i> to caring about anyone, you know? She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s used to being on alert, certain that the people in her life will mistreat her or insult her for a number of reasons. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even a little moment here where she thinks about how often people consider it perfectly fine to comment on her weight after she climbs the stairs to the wall. You know what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good time to comment on someone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weight and give them unsolicited advice?<\/p>\n
N e v e r.<\/b><\/p>\n
Anyway, this brief chapter covers a rather disturbing set of developments within the story, namely that the oncoming storms headed for Winding Circle may complicate matters. That storm is both a literal existence\u00c2\u00a0and<\/i> a metaphor. I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fathom a reason why Niko would tell Tris to go against her teaching in order to stop a storm, and neither could Tris:<\/p>\n Tris stared at him. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You just asked me to meddle with the weather.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He evaded her eyes, staring out at the dark landscape.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But you threatened dire things if I used my power like that. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not allowed to muck with nature.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is different.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How do you know\u00c2\u00a0your<\/i> telling me to do it won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t turn out as badly as if I did it on my own?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she demanded.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was the flat reply. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I feel it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important enough to try, though, or I never would have brought it up.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n WELL, THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S ABSOLUTELY UNNERVING. Why? Why send Tris into a storm if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so dangerous? WHY IS IT WORTH IT FOR HER TO TAKE A RISK LIKE THIS??? But hey, I got to enjoy Pierce\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s writing for the scene where Tris entered the storm, searching for a way to turn it off course.\u00c2\u00a0I love how poetic and smooth it reads, particularly when read aloud. And, as I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve said many times before, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel lost reading the action. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not easy to describe something that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so metaphysical and strange, but Pierce does a fine job with it.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing good that comes of Tris\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exploration. With miles upon miles of storms stacked up, ready to dump rain all over Winding Circle, Tris has to admit that any meddling would be pointless. Another storm would roll in behind it. At best, she could\u00c2\u00a0delay<\/i> the next storm by a day, and what would that do?<\/p>\n It would give the city a day to protect themselves, given that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s now highly likely that the blue pox spreads by water. WATER. That essential thing that LITERALLY EVERYONE needs to survive. Water!!! Oh, and if this reveal isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bad enough all by itself?<\/p>\n The guard took a deep breath, and straightened. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the blue pox, Master Goldeye,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said, his eyes haunted. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Inside the city wall.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n THIS ISN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T OKAY.<\/p>\n http:\/\/youtu.be\/nPkFdM8HA1c?a<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n -\u00c2\u00a0Please support the CrossingsCon IndieGogo to help get a Young Wizards convention started in 2016<\/b><\/a>! If the fundraiser reaches $7,000, I’ll be the Guest of Honor. FOR REAL. In the fifth chapter of\u00c2\u00a0Briar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book, Tris tries to help Niko with a dire problem. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Circle of Magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,478,477],"tags":[482,250],"class_list":["post-3142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briars-book","category-circle-of-magic","category-emelan","tag-mark-reads-emelan","tag-tamora-pierce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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