Book #52: Warbringer, Leigh Bardugo
Aug. 10th, 2017 09:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
You know how you liked the Wonder Woman movie, but it was super white and didn't really deconstruct anything because it didn't have time? Let me tell you about WARBRINGER, the non-movie related YA novel about Wonder Woman that Leigh Bardugo wrote for DC.
It took me a while to get my hands on this ARC, but enough of my friends read it and said things like "You know how the movie reached? The book landed." that I was very excited. And it totally lived up to my expectations. WARBRINGER was brilliant, insightful, and FUN, and I loved every moment of it.
Pitch: After Diana rescues a human girl from a shipwreck, the island begins to suffer and the girl begins to die. Diana has to choose, and decides to take the girl to safety, even though it will likely mean her exile. Eventually, she learns that she has rescued a Warbringer, a mortal girl who unwillingly channel Nemesis and brings discord to humans, a legacy that has plagued the world since Helen of Troy. They must work together to break the cycle...or die trying.
God, I loved it. I love the whole premise. We put SO MUCH SHIT on teen girls, and then turn around and blame them for it, and I loved how WARBRINGER dug into that. It was really, really good. And Diana had friends who were girls! AND IT WAS THE GREATEST.
WARBRINGER comes out on August 29th.
It took me a while to get my hands on this ARC, but enough of my friends read it and said things like "You know how the movie reached? The book landed." that I was very excited. And it totally lived up to my expectations. WARBRINGER was brilliant, insightful, and FUN, and I loved every moment of it.
Pitch: After Diana rescues a human girl from a shipwreck, the island begins to suffer and the girl begins to die. Diana has to choose, and decides to take the girl to safety, even though it will likely mean her exile. Eventually, she learns that she has rescued a Warbringer, a mortal girl who unwillingly channel Nemesis and brings discord to humans, a legacy that has plagued the world since Helen of Troy. They must work together to break the cycle...or die trying.
God, I loved it. I love the whole premise. We put SO MUCH SHIT on teen girls, and then turn around and blame them for it, and I loved how WARBRINGER dug into that. It was really, really good. And Diana had friends who were girls! AND IT WAS THE GREATEST.
WARBRINGER comes out on August 29th.