I read to page 122. I really tried. It started out so uniquely and then it never went anywhere. I hear it gets better but my attention span is pretty much nil these days and so I have to put it down for now. Someday I may return to it because I appreciated the ideas. They were original. But way too ...
Rating: 4.5 StarsIt always pains me to have to write a review for a book that I know very few others will truly come to love. I don't deny that there are those who will pick up A Corner of White and persevere on through its slow start to eventually like this book, but the amount of readers who will ...
I really hate that I don't like this book. Based on the summary alone, this is such a "Me!" book. I love when parallel worlds collide or when a book has a really quirky and entertaining plot, but this one just didn't do it for me.I decided to not finish this one because at 30% in, I still couldn't c...
The front cover of the book quoted Markus Zusak, “Perfectly strange, and absolutely comical and heartfelt… Jaclyn Moriarty is one of the most original writers we have.” And I completely totally 100% in agreement with Zusak right there.It is one of the strangest books I’ve read but in a good appeali...
An unexpectedly sweet and riveting read, A Corner of White follows two teenagers in vastly different worlds, who find solace and comfort in one another amidst their problems. The book is a rich, comforting blend of superbly written contemporary fiction and well realised fantasy – resulting in a uniq...
‘A Corner of White’ by Jaclyn Moriarty is the first in ‘The Colours of Madeleine’ series (also known as ‘The Kingdom of Cello’.) Not her first series, Moriarty is already known for her award winning ‘Feeling Sorry for Celia’ and is the younger sister of well-known author Liane Moriarty.‘A Corner of ...
The Book Twins | YA & Adult reviews I would like to thank Pan Macmillan for giving me this chance to review this book. I admit, I never had heard of this author before, so I was going into this book blindsided and didn't know what to expect. I was interested and intrigued by the plot that I was wil...
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