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The Dyerville Tales (2014)

by M.P. Kozlowsky(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061998710 (ISBN13: 9780061998713)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Walden Pond Press

review 1: Vincent was an orphan--or at least that is what everyone said. His parents died in a fire, but Vincent thinks his father might have escaped. His only living relative, his grandfather, dies in a nursing home in Dyersville. Upon his death, Vincent receives a gift from him. It is a book of fairy tales with his grandfather as the hero. Reading the book is comforting as he runs away from the orphanage to attend his grandfather's funeral. But the closer he gets to Dyersville, the more real the tales become.....
review 2: So sad. I really wanted to get into this one. I've heard such lovely things about Juniper Berry that I jumped all over the chance to read this one early. It's one of those odd cases where I can see the recipe, and all of the necessary ingredi... moreents for a book I'd love are there, but it just doesn't come out quite right. It felt too much as if Kozlowsky was checking off boxes as he went through this. I loved the unique and creative tale of the main character's grandfather that was created, but yet couldn't bring myself to really care about the overarching plot of the frame story. There was a disconnect between me and the characters that I just couldn't break through. less

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