Lily Clairet, Book 1 (Light Novel)

By: Kaye Ng

Narrated by: Savannah Gilmore

A young girl is arguing with a cherry tree. That's a new one for Lily, who's managed to reach the end of her first year at high school without too much weirdness. Unfortunately for her, it's not long after solving this odd mystery that her untroubled life begins to unravel. Discovering an abandoned room at the end of the music department corridor, she finds that aside from it being utterly run-down, it's also devoid of its sole occupant: Sonata Sonoda, the missing journalism club president.

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©2014 Kaye Ng (P)2019 Kaye Ng

Hyouka meets Monogatari feat Kyon

So. If you recognize those names in my title then you've probably already given this LN a go.

It's simple, but fun. it has a quick wit and charm about it with a MC that just can't be bothered and has some serious RBF that her friend felt the need to rehabilitate her image.

it's a mystery series that won't leave you reeling and it's really meant for you to solve ahead of time, but is interesting to see how all the pieces fit together at the end.

Much like the Monogatari series you learn about characters from the way they speak and interact rather than actions. So if you enjoy battles of wit and a heaping helping of sarcasm and apathy. Then you will most likely like this book.

One other thing about the narrator. She delivers in a very strange way from what I'd expect from a LN. it's not bad. Just different. It grew on me and I think it gives a unique life to all the characters rather than generic anime girl A, B, and C.

I enjoyed it.

There are some weird skips in the flow of the narration in the first or second chapter that thankfully don't happen in later chapters. The performance is good but there are some weird pronunciations for some words. Storywise its a lot like The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series. Lily feels a lot like Kyon being pulled around by her eccentric friends.

So much fun!

I loved this book! Savannah Rivers has such an amazing voice. Listening to this was a pleasure! Highly recommend!

So glad I took a chance with this one!

This took me by surprise, it really is a book/audible for young to old.
It follows a young girl in high with a typical character profile. But she becomes more a more interesting as the story goes on. If you can think of a high school (ish) Sherlock Holmes / Veronica mars, but much lighter.
Savanna Rivers does a phenomenal job reading and voice acting this book, and is worth listening too just to her acting!
Definitely a must light listen!!

Excellent Slice of Life

Lily Clairet is the epitome of what slice of life writing can be. The main character’s internal dialogue is hilarious, and the imagery used to describe her emotions and reactions to the world happening around her had me wanting to write down quotes constantly. There are some problems with the audio very early on (a little skipping), but they do not persist, and both the book and the performance made for a wonderful 9 hours. Absolutely incredible work. I will be buying the light novels to keep hearing about Lily’s exasperated waltz through high school immediately.