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silver_valkyrie_reads's review
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This was entertaining, a great kid's version of some of the classic time travel tropes, but with it's own twists. Plus a bit about mind palaces and memory tricks!
I was prepared to LOVE this book at the beginning, since I love a competent, prepared protagonist, and those traits are especially rare for middle grade books. I'm not sure where the LOVE dropped to like. Maybe the odd threads of Hinduism put me off? Or just the book didn't quite go where I was expecting it to, and I wanted more of the time travel parts? Whatever it was, I ended up a little disappointed that it didn't follow through on all the awesome I was hoping for, but still glad I read it.
I was prepared to LOVE this book at the beginning, since I love a competent, prepared protagonist, and those traits are especially rare for middle grade books. I'm not sure where the LOVE dropped to like. Maybe the odd threads of Hinduism put me off? Or just the book didn't quite go where I was expecting it to, and I wanted more of the time travel parts? Whatever it was, I ended up a little disappointed that it didn't follow through on all the awesome I was hoping for, but still glad I read it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Grief
Minor: Child death and Death of parent
There is a reference to listening for 'noises' from the adults' bedroom, implication of the adult nature of the noises, but not directly stated.
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