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A La Recherche De La Plume D'os (2014)

by Carole E. Barrowman(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

2226255109 (ISBN13: 9782226255105)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Albin Michel jeunesse

series

Hollow Earth

review 1: Great sequel to the first novel, Hollow Earth. The action continues non-stop as Matt & Emily's powers continue to develop and they race to save their family and stop Hollow Earth from being opened. Good pace and a good story, full of a literal appreciation of art and time travel of all things. The only negative is that it was shorter than the first book. Still, I'm waiting with baited breath for the next installment, as the ending definitely leaves you hanging.
review 2: I am sad to say Bone Quill didn't excite me as much as its prequel. At times I quite enjoyed it but not once I felt like I couldn't put it down and had to know what would happen next. This was mostly because I found Emily and Matt quite annoying. Matt is obviously written to be a 'typical' teen... moreager: never listens to anyone, especially his mother, always thinks he knows better, etc. I might have lived with that, but Em magnified all the other problems I might have with him. As a 20 year old, I still remember quite well what I was like at the age of 12, and while I was as sensible and careful, I feel like in her all the traits of a typical girl, as perceived in the 1950s, have been thrown in and magnified.I had a small problem with this in Hollow Earth already, but I wrote it down to it being a children's book. Reading Bone Quill I realized, children are not supposed to think that it's all there is to girls and boys. I may be a bit too harsh about this, but if I read this at the age of 12... I wouldn't have been satisfied with Emily. That's why I'm writing this now.In my review of Hollow Earth I compared it to the works of Enid Blyton. Now I have to say it again, because of how the roles of girls and boys are portrayed. (And also women and men, because of how their mother is treated, but I won't even go into that.) less

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