First of all I wish to say... First Fruits is a very slow book and honestly quite boring book. When it said "a phychological thriller" I imagined some thrilling events, building up a suspense and in the end make me too afraid to sleep. After all, I've managed to read thrillers like that. But that was not what I got. At all.
First Fruits is about a girl whose father is a priest. A very successful priest at that. One day a new girl starts in this girls class, but that actually has nothing to do with anything really. Or well... It actually has, but I have to say quite bluntly that the new girl (whose name I forgotten by now, as well as all the rest of the characters, I'm afraid) just could be left out. The book was, as mentioned slow, and a lot of the events just felt unnecessary. I can, without further ado say that this book, I just didn't like and in the end I'm not nice enough to at least give it a proper review. Reviewing is hard when I read the books in Swedish though. Some of the English gets lost, after all.
Second I wish to state that the animated series Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a definite must-watch whether you like magical girl shows or not. In short it's your average magical girl show, which you have out in a washing machine, taken it out to dry, then thrown it into a dryer for way too long. When you take it out you throw it in the mud and have a dog chew on it. You take it up and surprisingly, it's a masterpiece.
Madoka is the main character, though when I finished the story, I would have stated differently. I will keep saying Madoka is the main character to anyone who haven't seen the show but in my heart I will always consider another character, though that specific character as well is very important.
In the first episode Madoka meats Kyuubei in a dream, wish she later rescues from Homura - a magical girl who Madoka found chasing Kyuubei. Madoka is joined by her friend Sayaka and not too long after, another magical girl appears. Homura backs off and it appears Kyuubei will make a wish come true, if you in return become a magical girl to fight witches.
But in reality, things aren't just that easy and fluffy. The reality is much darker and deciding on a wish is really hard. Madoka doesn't, in other words, become a magical girl immediately, but sees her senior magical girls be scared, fight each other and even die. And Homura keeps telling Madoka not to become a magical girl, while Kyuubei states Madoka would be possibly the strongest magical girl ever.
Finally I would just like to add that I finished Howl's Moving Castle and it's a very fun book to read. I read it in it's first translation in Swedish, wish also means many names are lost or changed to a more Swedish equivalent. This results in me not reviewing the book, but I definitely recommend it.
