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This book, while imminently readable as a stand alone novel, is actually part three in a series that features Aud (rhymes with "crowd") Torvingen. Aud is a complex protagonist: equal parts damage and strength, silence and emotion. She haunts me, as she will haunt you. In ALWAYS, Aud, expert in self-defense if little else, is transplanted from Atlanta (her current home) to Seattle. Seattle is a city of cosmopolitan chic as well as sinister underpinnings, and Griffith presents it well as a backdrop to Aud's run-in with a myriad of unexpected events: poisoning, real estate racketeering, and some emotional upheaval. Equal parts mystery, suspense and drama, ALWAYS is a who-done-it mixed liberally with empowering themes of self-reliance and emotional vulnerability.
All of Griffith's books are outstanding, especially those in this series; whether you read ALWAYS first or after THE BLUE PLACE and STAY, you will feel you have known Aud personally and can't wait to see her again.
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Nicola Griffith's "Aud (Rhymes with Shroud)" is memorable and haunting. She has a past the beckons with its damage and its mystery, and she's the coolest 6-foot literay badass you'll ever met. Griffith lushly portrays the mountains around Asheville, North Carolina, moving deftly from rural to urban settings and their associate moods/dangers. Reading "Stay" will make you want to read the preceding novel to this book "The Blue Place" as well, because Aud has a lot going on. She's lost her lover, she's almost lost her mind. Convincingly narrated, you will want to be very deep under Aud's skin by the conclustion. I read this book in one long, single day. First rate fiction!
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Always by Nicola Griffith
DG, July 3, 2007
This book, while imminently readable as a stand alone novel, is actually part three in a series that features Aud (rhymes with "crowd") Torvingen. Aud is a complex protagonist: equal parts damage and strength, silence and emotion. She haunts me, as she will haunt you. In ALWAYS, Aud, expert in self-defense if little else, is transplanted from Atlanta (her current home) to Seattle. Seattle is a city of cosmopolitan chic as well as sinister underpinnings, and Griffith presents it well as a backdrop to Aud's run-in with a myriad of unexpected events: poisoning, real estate racketeering, and some emotional upheaval. Equal parts mystery, suspense and drama, ALWAYS is a who-done-it mixed liberally with empowering themes of self-reliance and emotional vulnerability.All of Griffith's books are outstanding, especially those in this series; whether you read ALWAYS first or after THE BLUE PLACE and STAY, you will feel you have known Aud personally and can't wait to see her again.
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Stay (Vintage Crime/Black Lizaed) by Nicola Griffith
DG, April 12, 2007
Nicola Griffith's "Aud (Rhymes with Shroud)" is memorable and haunting. She has a past the beckons with its damage and its mystery, and she's the coolest 6-foot literay badass you'll ever met. Griffith lushly portrays the mountains around Asheville, North Carolina, moving deftly from rural to urban settings and their associate moods/dangers. Reading "Stay" will make you want to read the preceding novel to this book "The Blue Place" as well, because Aud has a lot going on. She's lost her lover, she's almost lost her mind. Convincingly narrated, you will want to be very deep under Aud's skin by the conclustion. I read this book in one long, single day. First rate fiction!(7 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)