The real scoop on the Geomancer's Compass

Two weeks ago I talked about a book named Geomancer's Compass by Melissa Hardy. In the Geomancers compass The main characters go on an adventure to destroy the feng-shi of there great grand uncle and move his bones to a better burial site. On this quest Hardy has designed great characters and a great not so futuristic world. To top it off Hardy made the story line very interesting.

In the Geomancer's Compass almost all of the characters are deep and have something interesting to do with them. Like Brian and Miranda, both of them have traits that help define their personality. Brian has A.D.H.D. and dyslexia, according to the book this makes him "look at problems in more creative ways" and it made him a leader and it made it humble and kind. Miranda on the other hand is germaphobic and according to the book this makes here "well... clean". The grandmother in the beginning is heavily experienced and religious. These are only a few examples of characters and you can already see how Hardy helped make the traits for the characters.

Also in the book the main characters go through many historical monuments of Chinese Vancouver, such as old opium stores that had been vacated for decades. They also visit places like an old Capone hideout. Later in the book they even go to a golf course. While being sometimes random the places they go to are beautifully described, Hardy even goes into what texture the grass was or the smoothness of a rock and the sounds of a spirit. These settings and there detail just suck you in.

The story though is the best part. A brief summary of it is simple, when Chinese immigrants came to Canada they settled down and were abused and attacked. They were hardly thought of as human, so when a Chinese man and an Canadian woman were lovers the Canadians killed him off and buried him and walked away. Over the years his body was moved and then his spirit was so mad it became a daemon and brought wreckage to the Lui family. I really found this interesting and had to keep reading.

Over all I really liked this book. It had great characters that had there traits defined by their past or a disability. The settings in the book were both interesting and detailed. The story was just an amazing sample of what could happen in the world today(other than the ghost part which is obsurd.) I think it was well written. So it is an 8.5/10.