![]() ![]() It was about 150 pages before she realised what she was, and all that time was spent in a state of desperate perplexity which was shared by the reader. I think part of the reason I didn't enjoy this book so much is because Hardinge had created the protagonist's confusion and distress so effectively. Believing that she was Triss, she couldn't understand why she was so hungry all the time (later revealed to be a typical trait of changelings), or why she kept finding dead leaves in her hair (also a feature of changelings) or why she had no memories of the fateful night when all this began (the night when she and Triss were swapped). For a significant number of chapters, the changeling was unaware that she was a changeling. It was about a family whose daughter Triss is swapped for a changeling - and it is told from the perspective of the changeling. Having said all that though, Cuckoo Song was probably my least favourite of all the Hardinge books I've read. ![]()
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