Ordinary Magic
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781619631250 (1619631253)
Publish date: July 22nd 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
adorable. Obviously a metaphor for being diabled and how to deal with that, but its not a perfect metaphor and the author never lets her metaphor dictate the story. really enjoyable and a light read. I'm looking forward to the sequel.
It started off with family. So many books skip all the family aspect, most by completely writing out a family but the ones that annoy me the most are the ones where the main character has a family to be with and interact with and the reader gets short-changed by the author never bringing them up bes...
One of those books which divide me in response. "Ordinary Magic" has a lot going for it - it's fast-paced with a fascinating premise, a really strong sense of place and a more-ish voice. I think a lot of people would like it.However, I found the huge amount of snappy patter conversation a bit like...
This was really cute and I passed it on to my 13y/o when I was done. He just finished, and he really liked it.I see a lot of comparisons to Harry Potter in other reviews (just reversed), but it felt more like the Chrestomanci books to me (that's a good thing, btw).I'll be reading the next one with ...
I really enjoyed this - it took a popular trope that we're seeing in books as of late and flipped it around. The characters are engaging, the world is interesting. :D
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