What a jumbled mess. A very pretty jumbled mess... but a jumbled mess all the same. Mantchev's "Eyes Like Stars" is the story of a teenage orphan named Bertie who has been raised in a magically theater where the characters from every play ever written live and interact with her on a daily basis. How...
I decided to take a break from my usual genres and venture in to a new territory. I loved the premise of Eyes Like Stars when I first saw it mentioned months ago. I thought, "Hmm, sounds intriguing. Perhaps I'll read it one day."Eyes Like Stars is one of the most creative stories I've read in a long...
The story is highly original and includes likable characters. I like the four fairies best. Their demeanor reminds me strongly of Jenks, my favorite fairy of all. Inspite of that I rushed through the chapters somewhat impatiently. I've crammed my brain with the books I had been given at Christmas th...
Kudos for imagination and scope, but slaps with a wet noodle for execution. The plot and writing just didn't stand up to the richness of the setting and the background works of theater. The deepest flaw was the protagonist -- "I am a teenager so I am rebellious and mouthy" is not a personality, it i...
Beatrice Shakespeare Smith is a denizen of the magical and mysterious Theatre Illiminata, a unique institution whose origins are left unrevealed. Every play written is somehow a part of this enchanted building. But although the Players, the Choruses, and the heads of Sets, Props, Scenery and Wardrob...
I read about five reviews of this by various book bloggers before I was finally convinced to read it. And, would you believe, not one of those reviews mentioned that THIS BOOK DOES NOT END?! It's apparently a trilogy, so it's not meant to end, but after last summer's "SURPRISE! You'll be writhing ...
I'm going to be brutally honest here. I didn't really like this book. It's hard to have existing characters in a novel and make them your own version. This book took me forever to read, mostly because I wasn't interested in it, and I honestly had better things to do at the time. It just didn't do an...
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