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Ophelia And The Marvelous Boy (2014)

by Karen Foxlee(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0385753543 (ISBN13: 9780385753548)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

review 1: Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard doesn't think she's very brave, but she's very very curious. Her mother has just died and her father is pre-occupied planning an exhibit of swords in a museum far from their home. Ophelia is left on her own and when she explores the museum she stumbles on a locked room with a strange boy trapped inside. The boy begs her to help him escape and in the process find a magical sword and save the world. Ophelia is a very scientific-minded lady and doesn't believe any of it at first. When she finds herself faced with menacing wolves, huge scary Misery Birds, and the evil Snow Queen herself, she begins to change her mind. A creative take on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen."
review 2: I loved the story line right up unt... moreil the end. The ending seemed to be a ending in which the author just gave up and put down a conclusion that had no relevance to the story. Also the book was leading up to the fight between Ophelia and the Snow Queen but it felt like a five second fight. The Snow Queen was supposed to be powerful, and why does Ophelia have to say sorry when she defeat her? there was no point in having her say "sorry" it really took away from the intensity of the fight, and the lack of intensity ruined the book for me. I think that if the book is leading up to a great fight, there should be a great fight! other than that, I liked the mystery of the story until the last few chapters. less

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