{"id":373,"date":"2013-07-06T20:38:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T20:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annetarsia.com\/?p=373"},"modified":"2013-07-06T20:39:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T20:39:02","slug":"an-entertaining-yarn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/07\/an-entertaining-yarn\/","title":{"rendered":"An Entertaining Yarn"},"content":{"rendered":"

I reached the end of The Broken Circle<\/span><\/a> today.\u00a0 It is Book One of the Potluck Yarn Trilogy by Cheryl Potter.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been reading it for awhile now, which is unlike me in two ways.\u00a0 Normally, I wait until all of the books in a series are at hand, and read them all at once.\u00a0 Not fond of cliffhangers, here, and series always have them.\u00a0 Also, once I get going I usually finish a book really fast. Again, not fond of not knowing the ending and I don\u2019t like to stop in the middle.\u00a0 But I couldn\u2019t put off reading this book because I got to hear bits of it read aloud while she was writing it, and I was hooked.\u00a0 And once I started, I was held up because 1) I don\u2019t have a life outside of work and the Book that I am writing, and 2) I didn\u2019t want to get to the inevitable cliffhanger and not be able to start Book Two.<\/p>\n

Everyone knows that trilogies have a set formula.\u00a0 Book One sets up the world, its rules, and the characters.\u00a0 This can take a long time if the world is complex, and it usually is or what is the point? In Book One, the Conflict is made clear, and there is usually some type of journey.\u00a0 Book One is where the action is, and there is lots of peril involving the characters.\u00a0 The good guys and bad guys don\u2019t often directly engage until Book Three, where the Conflict is resolved.<\/p>\n

The Broken Circle does a good job of setting up the more than a dozen major characters, and the history and customs of the world.\u00a0 The characters are mostly seen separately, and don\u2019t meet up until the very end.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t very happy when I was deeply involved in a character and their circumstance, and then they disappeared for a few chapters. Fortunately, the characters are all very memorable and different, with compelling stories, so I fell into the author\u2019s rhythm fairly quickly.\u00a0 There are lots of twists and turns in the plot, and I don\u2019t want to spoil any surprises, so I am not even going to tell you the characters names, which are very descriptive and definitely part of the story.\u00a0 There is so much detail in this book it is astounding, and every little thing has meaning.<\/p>\n

It helps to understand the vernacular if you are a fiber artist and have some understanding of dyeing, knitting, and fiber types.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t, the text won\u2019t be quite as layered, and you will miss some of the jokes, but it still works as the language of the world.<\/p>\n

I generally see things coming, but the ending caught me totally by surprise, because Ms. Potter doesn\u2019t subscribe to the Trilogy rules, apparently.\u00a0 The set-up is so careful that the last chapter really packs a punch.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait for Book Two, and can only speculate that it has more action in it.\u00a0 Not sure my rule book applies to the Potluck Yarn Trilogy.<\/p>\n

The Broken Circle<\/span> is being marketed for the Young Adult audience, and I can understand why.\u00a0 The Harry Potter series was wildly popular, and kids obviously buy books.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t see why a well-written book can\u2019t be for all ages.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t a book just for kids, or knitters, or fantasy readers.\u00a0 This is a really good story, which requires a bit of patience and thought to appreciate.\u00a0 I would recommend this book to anybody, and if it gets them interested in the meaning and magic of fiber and dyeing, so much the better.\u00a0 Dyeing seems like a perfectly reasonable thing for a witch to do with a cauldron, and it is definitely a type of magic.\u00a0 That is the type of connection that the author plays with in the text, making the Fantastic seem completely believable.\u00a0\u00a0 Now that I have finished The Broken Circle<\/span> I eagerly await Book Two!<\/p>\n

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