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Jenna Hart, November 28, 2007 (view all comments by Jenna Hart)
In 1996 Newford, Canada cab driver Hank leaves his vehicle to stop a man beating up a woman in a nearby alley. The Good Samaritan takes a bullet in his shoulder for his efforts with the assailant apparently ready to kill him. Instead a girl comes off the roof and somehow kills the punk. She licks her fingers and touches Hank's wound with her moisturized fingers before running off. His shoulder immediately fully heals. Both Hank and the initial victim photojournalist Lily are stunned by the turn of events.

Hank and Lily have had their initial encounter with the immortal "First People," a hybrid human-animal mix. The two shocked humans soon meet other strange individuals like Jack and Kerry, who both differently shun the "normal" world. The humans soon join the hunt by members of the First People to find the object that created the world, "Raven's pot", for war is brewing and the winner is assured if they obtain possession of this magical artifact.

Newford fans of course will appreciate this fine urban fantasy, but so will anyone who enjoys a strong tale with intriguing characters regardless of whether they are human or out of mythos. Jack and Lily are fabulous opposites who come together in search of the First People and soon begin a quest to find the Raven's Pot so it does not get into wrong hands. Though allegedly targeting high school readers, Charles de Lint's latest tale is urban fantasy at is best that all genre fans will enjoy.

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Ana Q, June 13, 2007 (view all comments by Ana Q)
I will admit that this book was harder for me to get into then other books by De Lint. It just seemed a little disconnected for the first few chapters and I found myself going back and searching up character names to try and make any connections.
As I got more and more into the book not only did I wind up enjoying it immensely, but it donned on me that he might have purposefully written it that way. Instead of judging the first chapters as quickly and poorly written, I got the idea that he wanted the reader to be as lost as his characters.
Someplace To Be Flying is a book about self-awareness and rediscovery. I would be easy to see why Charles De Lint would want his readers to experience something along the same lines as the characters are.

Then again, I could be reading way too far into it. So what I know is this:
This book is amazing and by the end I couldn?t put it down to save myself.
And if you are struggling with the first few chapters, work through it. The book is definitely worth it and you will be glad you did.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780765307576

Author:

De Lint, Charles

Publisher:

Orb Books

Author:

de Lint, Charles

Subject:

Fantasy - General

Subject:

Animals

Subject:

Indians of north america

Subject:

Fantasy fiction

Publication Date:

August 2005

Binding:

Paperback

Language:

English

Pages:

380

Dimensions:

8.28x5.54x.94 in. .74 lbs.