The Wish List
Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. After a botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat, Meg, along with her partner in crime, Belch, ends up in a sticky situation. Her soul is up for grabs as the divine and the demonic try every underhand ploy to claim it. Her only hope is the Wish List.
Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. After a botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat, Meg, along with her partner in crime, Belch, ends up in a sticky situation. Her soul is up for grabs as the divine and the demonic try every underhand ploy to claim it. Her only hope is the Wish List.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780862786588 (0862786584)
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
The Wish List is no Artemis Fowl but, damn it, if I didn't love it!For a long time now I've had a dislike to heaven/hell - angel/demon books. I can't quite explain why but from all paranormal books I dislike books about that certain topic the least. However, Eoin Colfer shows with The Wish List how ...
This was published a year before Artemis Fowl and was reprinted after Artemis became a great hit, for which I can't blame the publishers. It is a story about the Christian afterlife as propagated in story and tale in Ireland for centuries. It has a minion of the devil and a minon of God fighting f...
Funny, upbeat story about a girl who after dying, is half-way between spending eternity in heaven or hell. She gets another chance on earth to hopefully send her heaven ward. Funny and sweet.
Such a stunning idea, and done in such a lovely way. I really miss having new Eoin Colfer books to read.
Loved it. I love Colfer's standalones, I wish he'd write more of them. This book had it all; two lovable MC's, warm fuzzies, the lot. Wish they'd make it into a movie.
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