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Lädt ... Shadow Wrack: The Eldritch Manor Seriesvon Kim Thompson
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Gehört zur ReiheEldritch Manor (2)
CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) -- Commended After defeating the forces of evil in Eldritch Manor, Willa must rebuild the manor -- and her family. Can Willa rally her supernatural friends to defeat an invasion from beyond? After battling and defeating the forces of darkness, Willa is looking forward to a little well-earned peace and quiet. Unfortunately, her recent adventures have given birth to new problems, not the least of which is the task of rebuilding Eldritch Manor, a retirement home for supernatural beings, from the ground up. And no one is behaving themselves: Mab's fairies have declared war on the dwarf construction crew, Willa's Mom and Belle are feuding, Baz is running amok, Horace is living in the woods, the phoenix squawks all night long, and there's never a dragon around when you need one. To be perfectly honest, Willa is starting to think the forces of darkness were easier to handle than her family and friends -- until those forces start to rise again! Trouble is definitely brewing, and the source lies very close to home, Who can Willa trust? Who will betray them? Who will open the door for the darkness to enter? Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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It's a fun idea: a young girl (twelve, I believe) finds herself in a position where she has to help a group of supernatural senior citizens, keeping the centaur hidden and so on, and keeping the fairies from starting a full-scale war with the dwarves who come to rebuild the home that burned down in the first book. I liked parts of that – Willa's calm and reasonable handling of a few situations was perfect for a tween book.
My … "discomfort" is too strong a word; it was more a sort of sad sigh … comes from the fact that Willa's intervention was so badly required. I don't know whether all of these beings are so fractious and childish because they're non-human fae-type persons, or whether it's because they're elderly – but it had better not be the latter, because – well, way to inculcate a fear of getting old in a kid. Their behavior is extremely erratic, and – "Stop! Stop! You’re acting like a bunch of kids! ..." Yes. Quite. Maybe this is why so many children's and young adult novels focus on situations where there are few or no adults: the young main characters have the opportunity to take responsibility and make decisions without grownups having to be depicted as idiots.
Of course another problem is that I just didn't like Willa. When a child – or any character – makes a major mistake in a story, I should be predisposed to be sympathetic with the impulse that caused it, and with her suffering through the results. Willa makes a huge misstep in the course of this story, and it just made me want to slap her.
It was the bit I quoted from above that made me shut the book and let my finger hover over "Delete" for a second; it was just so … much. I get tired when there's any group of people behaving as stupidly as some of these characters were behaving; if it's meant for comedy, then it completely misses my sense of humor, and if it's because it's a book intended for young readers then … in my opinion it's a terrible idea.
It was two simple words which pushed me to finally quit at about 70%. One was the "super" in "Willa found she was super-hungry". There are two speech tics which are more and more common in the recent past which I loathe – constant use of "like" and the use of "super" as a qualifier. Fingernails on a blackboard. I kept going because that's just me, just my personal button being pushed. What finally acted as the Last Straw to make me raise both eyebrows, close the book, and finally hit delete was -
“Jesus!” he exclaimed.
I guess this isn't considered swearing anymore? And blasphemy is just fine for a book aimed at tweens? How strange. I was surprised at how much this offended and disgusted me.
The usual disclaimer: I received this book via Netgalley for review.