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The Stones Of Ravenglass (2012)

by Jenny Nimmo(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0439846749 (ISBN13: 9780439846745)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Scholastic Press

series

Chronicles of the Red King

review 1: Jenny Nimmo's stories are raw, spontaneous imagination. The storytelling is not seamless, but that is not a flaw. Rather, the imperfections of story and character allow the reader room to wonder and space to enter a rich and often dangerous world--a world, upon further reflection, not unlike our own. This is the second in the Chronicles of the Red King. I had to start with it because, for some reason, I missed the first one when I suggested our library purchase Ravenglass! But I think the story stood well on its own. Looking forward to the first and third in the series. Those who have read The Charlie Bone books will love the backstory this supplies. The Chronicles of the Red King grow the overall story even more.
review 2: This quick read takes us a bit farthe... morer into how the Red King becomes the Red King. Most of the book dragged a bit for me and I'm still having trouble remembering whose name is whose (particularly when nicknames are involved), but I'm not ready to give up on the series quite yet. I'm hoping once Nimmo gets more established and finds her footing in this series that it will live up to the Charlie Bone books where there was nary a misstep. This one was really more of a 1 1/2 star than a 2 star for me. less

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