by Helen Dunmore
Oh, Ingo. You had such potential. The first half was awesome. I liked Sapphire, and her close relationships with her mom, her dad and her brother. The world of Ingo was simply splendid. I devoured it. And the writing... Well it was nothing amazing but pretty decent.And then... The first half ended. ...
Sapphire and her brother Conor live in Cornwall beside the sea and tragedy starts the story with the disappearance of their father, when he goes out in his fishing boat. Then the story takes a stranger twist when the two children start meeting with Merrows or Merpeople, who take them to explore the...
One of my favourite books from when I was younger. A lovely heroine, a beautiful setting. Just perfect.
I haven't finished this yet, but I think Ingo has an interesting plot. This is the first novel about mermaid that I read and I enjoy it this far.Luckily, the rest of the Ingo series have been translated to Indonesian so I don't have to wait :) beside, looking for the original version (in English) is...
I love mermaids, but I'm having some trouble finding a really good mermaid book. This one was especially disappointing since a friend and fellow mermaid fan recommended it to me. Sadly, it just didn't work, although it's really not a bad book.I'll do the good first. The basic plotline itself was int...
Enjoyable, but definitely a YA feel too it. The main character's abrupt turnabout in attitude in the last 1/4 of the book isn't well conveyed, but overall a good lead-in to the rest of the series. (Will be adding to my tbr as soon as I finish writing this.) Nice environmentally-conscious message, to...
Enjoyable, but definitely a YA feel too it. The main character's abrupt turnabout in attitude in the last 1/4 of the book isn't well conveyed, but overall a good lead-in to the rest of the series. (Will be adding to my tbr as soon as I finish writing this.) Nice environmentally-conscious message, to...
The writing was too slow and languid to hold my attention, the plot too meandering. It had more to do with the young girl's missing father than the mermaids and their culture and why their family is so intimately connected to the realm of Ingo. That would be fine if it were merely a book about loss ...
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