The use of the Crystilleries in the story
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The use of the Crystilleries in the story
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Without the crystilleries Velerian would not have been able to manipulate Frankenstein, Will and Peter would not have figured out how to enter Pellucids restricted section in the library, they wouldnt have figured out how to enter Olam Shone without it, etc.
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I completely agree with this. I haven't found many other books with such a unique plot/setting device as the crystilleries, and I liked how they represented the duality of good memories and danger/evil.Kro92813 wrote: ↑03 Sep 2019, 04:39 The crystilleries were a little confusing to me at the beginning, but once I grasped the concept of what the author was trying to portray, they did drive the story forward. They were invented to hold happy memories, but then became illegal and were all collected and cast into the lake which caused a lot of deaths by people trying to find the treasure (the floating bodies under the lake).
Without the crystilleries Velerian would not have been able to manipulate Frankenstein, Will and Peter would not have figured out how to enter Pellucids restricted section in the library, they wouldnt have figured out how to enter Olam Shone without it, etc.
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I thought they were confusing at the beginning too. It was hard for me to picture what the author was trying to portray. By the end I got the idea behind them but I was still a bit confused on the details of them/how they looked with the red yellow and blue stones inside. I had a hard time picturing some of the descriptions of them.
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This is a good point! I hadn't thought of that! Maybe because "The Shekel of Echoland" sounds sort of leprechaun-esque lolHelene_2008 wrote: ↑09 Sep 2019, 20:45 I thought they were an interesting concept and instantly liked them. I think it's interesting that they made the title though. While I think they are important to the novel, I feel like the royal shekel seemed more important.
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I agree I think the descriptions were a bit confusing! It also seemed as if Will had a natural gift at knowing how to use them, yet at some points during the story they made it seem as if reading a crystillery was an art that not everyone could master. Granted he couldnt choose which memory to see, but still.RoxieReads wrote: ↑10 Sep 2019, 17:06 Like a couple people have mentioned above, I was very confused with exactly what crystilleries were and how they worked at first. However, once I got a grasp for what they did, I thought that they were unique in the sense that they give objects a great deal of meaning throughout the book.
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Another Harry Potter parallel! I hadn't thought of this one, but yes! The pensieves keep memories tooKCWolf wrote: ↑11 Sep 2019, 13:17 I loved the Crystilleries, and how they were used to reveal different things in the story. I loved the way they were described, with the beautiful star-shaped gemstones floating inside. They were also a great plot device, and I loved the way they fit within the story. They reminded me of magical snowglobes combined with the pensives from Harry Potter.
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I agree! It took me a little bit to fully grasp what she was describing