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A Great and Terrible Beauty

By Libba Bray

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It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is Continue


It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's being followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls - and their foray into the spiritual world - lead to?

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  • A Great and Terrible Beauty By Libba Bray

    It's the summer of 1895, and 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is bored and impatient. Tired of her life in Bombay, India, she's indignant that her mother continually rebuffs her requests to move to London. But Gemma's teenage angst is quickly forgotten when s ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY

    The year is 1895. Raised in colonial India, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle wants nothing more than to leave the hot, sticky atmosphere for the civilized world of England, with its temperate climate, good education and bustling social scene. To her surp ... (read full critics)

    teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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    Four downcast young women, each with their own affliction find their way into a realm where wishes can come true. When Gemma, the chosen one, learns that her mother was not who she said she was, she hastily brings the magic into her home realm. Here, for every wish there is a consequence and where t ... (continue)

    Four downcast young women, each with their own affliction find their way into a realm where wishes can come true. When Gemma, the chosen one, learns that her mother was not who she said she was, she hastily brings the magic into her home realm. Here, for every wish there is a consequence and where there is magic things are not always what they seem...

    I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I agree that it reminded me a bit of a Harry Potter 'type' of story which takes place at a boarding school for girls.

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    Angie said on Jun 3, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Awful, couldn't even finish it. Stereotyped, derivative, bad portrayals of women, shallow, unlikeable characters, and just not interesting at all. I think I'm done with the YA genre geared towards teen girls because I've tried out many of them and they are just bad.

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    Moirne Stark said on Feb 16, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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    Strange book

    Good idea. But I still don't understand how could she continue to be friends with girls who have commited such things.

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    Sense361 said on Jul 23, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • AWESOME!!

    Totally awesome book!! Loved it from start to finish. Usually i dont read turn-of-the-century novels and books, but this is just a really good read. I would recommend this book (and series) to anyone who loves fantasy with a twist! Can't wait till the movie comes out! xD

    EDIT: I meant based aroun ... (continue)

    Totally awesome book!! Loved it from start to finish. Usually i dont read turn-of-the-century novels and books, but this is just a really good read. I would recommend this book (and series) to anyone who loves fantasy with a twist! Can't wait till the movie comes out! xD

    EDIT: I meant based around those times. I'm not stupid.

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    Nabzilla said on Oct 11, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • very good book, I put it down at the beginning: there was so much more to read, but when I couldn't get my hands on any other books, I picked it up again. the beggining is a little boring (the reason I put it down) but it builds in the middle to the end. great book for young adults, though some peop ... (continue)

    very good book, I put it down at the beginning: there was so much more to read, but when I couldn't get my hands on any other books, I picked it up again. the beggining is a little boring (the reason I put it down) but it builds in the middle to the end. great book for young adults, though some people don't like it. Try it out, see if it's to your taste

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    Waiverly Feess-Armstrong said on Apr 13, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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