The Peculiar (4 books in series)
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review 1: KurzbeschreibungNachdem Hettie in die Feenwelt entführt wurde, beschließt Barthy Nägel mit Köpfen zu machen und seine Schwester schnelllst möglich zurück zu holen.Dabei bekommt er Unterstützung von Pikey Thomas der ihm eine große Hilfe ist und Mr. Jelliby.Denn Pikey hat ein beson...
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review 1: This was a surprise. I don't read a lot of children's fantasy, but the cover on this one intrigued me. The door between the faery world and our world opened up and it was devastating. Now faeries live side by side regular English people. Life is dangerous for those of mixed b...
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review 1: I liked the first novel a lot, but this one, while rich in world-building, had little else to it - flimsy plot, paper-thin characterization, haphazard momentum. A shame, because Bachmann is such an imaginative writer, and one who's very effective at immediately drawing the reader...
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review 1: It sickens me to my stomach that a nineteen year old can write a book that's this good. It's a brilliant story that combines dark fairie folklore, steampunk and a very Dickensian London to brilliant effect. The language and imagery is vivid, original and imaginative and the story...