The Inquisitor's Apprentice
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780547677798 (0547677790)
Publish date: February 26th 2013
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Paranormal,
Witches,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Jewish,
Steampunk
Series: Inquisitor’s Apprentice (#1)
Pro:Die Autorin schildert überaus dicht und lebendig die Atmosphäre, die im multikulturellen New York des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts herrschte. Besonders das jüdische Viertel, in dem unser jugendlicher Held Sascha ein karges aber glückliches Leben führt, kann man praktisch sehen, riechen, hören und sch...
2.5 stars.Yeesh. This one is gonna be hard to talk about for the simple fact that it was okay; it was actually a decent book, but I didn't care for it all that much, for reasons mostly unknown to me.
Alternate New York in the early 20th century, with magic! Sacha Kessler is a young Jewish boy who gets apprenticed to a New York Police Inquisitor. Fun period details, illustrations that reminded me strongly of the first All of a Kind Family book, and nice characters. I did wish at a certain point t...
This didn't work for me at all- from the cute, slightly changed names (VanderBilk, JP Morgaunt & etc.) to the almost claustrophobic Jewish arcana that filled every page- it simply didn't grab me, and I'm wondering how it is faring with the middle grade audience it's aimed at. I never quite got a se...
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