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ruthie_the_librarian's review against another edition
4.0
Read & reviewed for The Bookbag: http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=The_Midnight_Hour_by_Benjamin_Read_and_Laura_Trinder
allreads's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
spellboundchapters's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
booksandpops4000's review against another edition
3.0
* I got this book for review from the publisher*
I really wanted to love this book. I found this book to have a super fun concept and really loved he setting. But I felt like the pacing of this read, along with the world building did confuse me. I really liked the main character. I felt like there was less side characters to expand the world and that made me enjoy it less. But overall it was enjoyable read! I just wanted the world to be a tad clearer.
I really wanted to love this book. I found this book to have a super fun concept and really loved he setting. But I felt like the pacing of this read, along with the world building did confuse me. I really liked the main character. I felt like there was less side characters to expand the world and that made me enjoy it less. But overall it was enjoyable read! I just wanted the world to be a tad clearer.
lunarchar_'s review against another edition
4.0
(4.5). I listened to this on Audible and I LOVED it so very much - I definitely think I’m learning to love middle grade fantasy. And the narrator of this was incredible and I’m definitely keen to listen to other books she’s read.
spookyreader's review against another edition
3.0
I have a very divided opinion on this book. The beginning was slow, which I'm never a fan of, and I don't think works in a middle grade. 50 pages in and nothing had really happened yet and I wasn't enjoying it. The second half of the book was far better. The world building was rich and you really feel like you're in this world with Emily.
For the most part I liked the writing style, but I felt it was trying too hard at times to be 'youthful' and it just didn't work given it wasn't written in first person. I could have understood the word choices more if it had been.
Then there's the playing up to Irish stereotypes
For the most part I liked the writing style, but I felt it was trying too hard at times to be 'youthful' and it just didn't work given it wasn't written in first person. I could have understood the word choices more if it had been.
Then there's the playing up to Irish stereotypes
clairee3's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
lukeisthename34's review against another edition
5.0
Our first nightly family book of the quarantine is done! This is just such a super fun book with a lot of great writing. If you're doing it as a read aloud, it's even more fun because lots of great accents and voices and monsters to be acted out. The writing flows very easily and it's great for everyone.
okiecozyreader's review against another edition
4.0
“Little things she’d thought were glass she now could see were diamonds.” P 195
This book kind of reminded me of Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer Bell. My son compared it to Harry Potter with her secret abilities, she was visited by mysterious people at her home, and magic.
This story creates another world existing in London, hidden within a secret entrance, only reachable in the midnight hour. Within this world, magic exists, that was separated from the world we know it, based on the London Tower clock chimes. In this world, there everyone has magical abilities - from people who change into animals, to flying bicycles and witches, to the magic night post. Emily learns about her family secrets and works to free her parents.
I enjoyed this quick, spooky story.
This book kind of reminded me of Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer Bell. My son compared it to Harry Potter with her secret abilities, she was visited by mysterious people at her home, and magic.
This story creates another world existing in London, hidden within a secret entrance, only reachable in the midnight hour. Within this world, magic exists, that was separated from the world we know it, based on the London Tower clock chimes. In this world, there everyone has magical abilities - from people who change into animals, to flying bicycles and witches, to the magic night post. Emily learns about her family secrets and works to free her parents.
I enjoyed this quick, spooky story.