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El Imperturbable Hans (2011)

by Helen Grant(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Editorial Planeta

review 1: As good as I expected, based on how much I enjoyed Grant's Forbidden Spaces books. This one is aimed a little younger (although I'd hesitate to call it a children's book), but if anything it's even more atmospheric and creepy than the Belgian thrillers.Characters are well drawn, and local myths and legends are well integrated into the story, informing Pia's view of events. It's a real page-turner, especially towards the end, although the ending is a little strange, with the climactic scene deliberately leaving out some explanatory detail that a more conventional storyteller might have included in order to tie up all the loose ends with a neat bow. But in a way that's more interesting than spelling everything out, and perhaps is a more accurate reflection of the point of vi... moreew of a ten year old protagonist who has already admitted earlier in the book that she often doesn't understand adults' motives and behaviour.I just wish I had the edition pictured here. I ended up with a more recent Penguin edition which is covered with inappropriate pink and silver sparkles, as if this were a book about fairies or ponies or something.
review 2: I had a hard time getting into this book, but once I did I quite enjoyed it. It's very strange in that it is quite literary (Testified by the fact it says "A Novel" on the front cover)but features a pair of children as the protagonists.If it weren't so literary it would be a good children's book. As it is it's just confusing. I don't think that every book with a child as a main character is a children's book is one but this kind of came off that way to me. Anyway it was a good read. less

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