The Spindlers
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781444723120 (144472312X)
Publish date: September 13th 2012
Publisher: Hodder
Pages no: 246
Edition language: English
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Item: A Middle-grade BookI think this book would have made a very good Jim Henson movie. Its strongest point is the strange, surreal, and dream-like world Oliver creates in the "below," where rats wear lipstick, keepers of dreams fly around, and "Spindlers" feast on...
This is a middle-grade book that feels like a middle-grade book. That is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. It did mean I had to keep the target age in mind as I was reading it, because it never really engaged my adult-side brain. But as a children's fairy tale, it's sweet and simple and occasion...
Finally had a chance to read the book. And I can tell you, it is absolutely beautiful, stunning and wonderful.Though the only minus point would be Liza and her attitude at times. She is a sweet girl, but sadly she kept fuzzing over Mirabella, how she was a rat and ugly and such. I found it sad that ...
Finally had a chance to read the book. And I can tell you, it is absolutely beautiful, stunning and wonderful.Though the only minus point would be Liza and her attitude at times. She is a sweet girl, but sadly she kept fuzzing over Mirabella, how she was a rat and ugly and such. I found it sad that ...
So I usually don't follow-through with the Goodreads rating system (my 2 star ratings regularly means I didn't enjoy it), but just this once I'm going to go along with the GR rating system and say The Spindlers was OK, nothing special. I felt Lauren Oliver tried a bit too hard with creating a fantas...
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