[Series Overview] The Gifts - Caroline O'Donoghue

I started this series on: December 3, 2023
I finished this series on: December 5, 2023
Cover editions here updated on: January 6, 2025
Written content here updated on: July 22, 2024

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts As I struggled to decide which book series to cover overviews for, it dawned to me that I'd never get started at this rate. It became clear to me that, it's rather unlikely for me to use this blog as my "main" reviewing spot since I have Goodreads for that, and chances of someone miraculously stumbling across this blog out of the countless ones out there, is just rather slim, therefore, I'd put up links to my GR reviews (in English,) and this post would be in Chinese for people who are curious about the series but either aren't comfortable with or just don't prefer reading in English. Please also note that, sometimes I don't have time to write actual reviews, HOWEVER, I do always put down thoughts when I document my reading status updates, so for GR desktop users, remember to scroll down if it appears to contain little, it'd be under the quotes I liked from that book (when applicable lol;) for mobile app users, remember to switch to "Reading Activity," which would not be the default as "Review" is.

The actual review is, as usual, WIP, but like I said above, getting the post out there first.

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Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts The following section, basically a gallery of editions around the world with different book cover art, is largely inspired by treatments of fellow blogger Amethyst, who unfortunately hasn't done those types of blog posts for a while. Please DO NOT mistaken the following to be all existing editions; I'm only including completed sets with matching designs. All clickable images are linked to respective editions on GR; people, shelving correct editions ain't that hard. Highly recommend accurate shelving. =D

English | 愛英英文

英版（亦販售於愛爾蘭？）封面由Helen Crawford-White^[官網]繪製。我愛死但感覺其實很多封面都長這樣Orz。   

American English | 美式英文

美版的封面繪師我是在封底看到解答的，由美漫/插畫家Lisa Sterle^[官網]繪製（官網上完全沒有囧）。後來發現作者其實算是有提這件事^{[作者Goodreads答覆]}，但也沒有很明顯，是說美版有她畫的圖（沒有直接說封面也是她畫的😅），有點好奇美版會找她，是不是就是因為她有出一套塔羅牌（對，這個系列塔羅牌是重點）。（這版內部的插畫由他人繪製，詳見烏克蘭版的敘述。）

Deutsch | German | 德文


украї́нська | Ukrainian | 烏克蘭文

烏克蘭文版我超高興會出完❤️ 第三集沒等到GR有頁面，看到出版社有資訊就迫不急待分享了哈哈哈。（我網誌放上半個多月後GR上也有了，已替換連結跟圖源。）封面由烏克蘭文籍繪師Анастасія Стефурак (Anastasia Stefurak)^{[繪師Tumblr][Bēhance]}繪製。我覺得這個版本，尤其是第一集，真的是結合了英（愛）美兩版的精髓，莫名的女校壓抑感（？）（喂）造就出的女學生（喂），而且單色系所以可以專心欣賞插畫本身。

比較有趣的是，烏克蘭文版出版社有特別標負責插畫的為Stefanie Caponi^[Instagram]，我本來以為是這版特別找來的，但這位繪師的相關團隊頁面介紹裡，是直接大方寫說她有幫這系列畫插畫（沒有特別提到烏克蘭）^{[About – Moon Void Tarot]}，我才，嗯...？？？ 發現，美版的出版社頁面都有credit她啦（但封面卻不是她畫的😅），我因為看的是英（愛）版，真的沒有她的插畫，所以才會一直沒有發現她的involvement。查了資料才看到，跟美版負責封面的插畫家一樣，Caponi本身就也是專攻塔羅牌的，就突然覺得美版頗用心的（只是我晚了幾年才發現，笑死）。

上面那段會寫在這邊，是因為我覺得烏克蘭這樣做也蠻聰明的，封面跟內頁插圖畫風不同，插圖是塔羅牌，我不太會形容啦，就是有種看到「書裡世界的物品」的感覺，可以跟封面（「書外的元素」）區分。（看不懂我在講什麼真的沒關係哈哈哈，反正就是一種很微妙的感覺。）

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Cover editions update log:

• 2025/1/6: Ukrainian