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annevw16's review against another edition
3.0
I've read it in Dutch, where it's called 'De Tijdhoeder'. Quite liked it :)
nola1222's review against another edition
4.0
This is a very interesting and complex, but yet entertaining book. I love how Silver travels through time to uncover all sorts of mysteries and even travels to some random planet in the middle of the universe. This book is full of crazy stuff but super fun to read!
dayoldtea's review against another edition
4.0
An engaging young adult novel that kept me from beginning to end. A great intro for tweens into SF and fantasy! :)
feedyourreadinghabit's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
lsparrow's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this story. Something completely unexpected from what I know from the author but I loved it. From a similar genre of Neverwhere, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe or Wrinkle in Time. a perfect mix of science fiction and magic.
lanica's review against another edition
2.0
It was interesting, but really seemed disjointed and...simple. I'm pretty sure the author didn't start out trying to rewrite His Dark Materials series, but there were a lot of similarities. As with that series, this book ended with a simper instead of a bang. Good build up - then...nothing. Bleh. Frustrating.
esshgee's review against another edition
2.0
Quite a convoluted storyline, a lesser version of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series. Bit of a disappointment
zoe_94's review against another edition
2.0
A lot of confusing parts in this book. And the strange this is, I can't even remember much of the story!
bluestarfish's review against another edition
5.0
Big, ambitious, crammed full of ideas, fun... I liked this book a lot. This story deals with time and power and doesn't shy away from the ugly things people will do for power, particle physics and wave theory, belief, responsibility, and love. And mammoths. This is an action-packed novel about Silver and Gabriel and had the usual lovely use of language to be expected from a Winterson book.
colltheresa's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not a fast reader, but I'm a persistent reader, and I finished this entire book on a 7 1/2 hour bus ride from NY to VA. I don't normally read children's books, but literally every other book I wanted to read was either checked out, or not available on my library app, plus Jeanette Winterson is my all time favorite author, so it wasn't exactly a hard sell.
We start out with an 11 year old Silver and find out she's living in a fantastically old house, full of history with her Aunt Rockabye after her parents and older sister went missing four years earlier. If you've read any of Winterson's other works and you're anything like me, you've come to anticipate her magical realism, and this book did not disappoint! She has this nearly tangible relationship with the house, named Tanglewreck, as if it's alive, and the two of them take care of each other. The second Aunt Rockabye is introduced, you will love to hate her!
Taking place in modern day London, strange things have been happening to time; sometimes it stands still, other times the past catches up to the present, but most worrying of all are the time tornadoes. A time tornado is essentially a vortex between two different time realities or dimensions, and anyone/thing who gets caught in its path is picked up and inexplicably goes missing, never to be seen again. One day a mysterious man shows up at Tanglewreck asking about a very particular clock called the Timekeeper, offering an enormous sum of money for it. This clock has been in Silver's family for hundreds of years, and was thought to have vanished along with her father all those years ago. Silver doesn't know where the Timekeeper is, or why it's so important, but she knows she can't let this man find it first. Silver embarks on a journey to save time itself, with the help of some some peculiar friends, and finds some answers along the way.
It was obvious that it was a children's book in the sense that there were clear cut good guys and bad guys. I won't say there was no dimension there, but not much which is to be expected. Being only 11 years old, Silver is an incredibly brave and determined young girl, she makes for quite the heroine! She radiates purity, and that extends into everything she touches, especially her relationship with the boy she had a crush on!
This was a very sweet book, and if you're looking for something just light and fanciful enough to make you wonder about the world again, I highly recommend this book!
We start out with an 11 year old Silver and find out she's living in a fantastically old house, full of history with her Aunt Rockabye after her parents and older sister went missing four years earlier. If you've read any of Winterson's other works and you're anything like me, you've come to anticipate her magical realism, and this book did not disappoint! She has this nearly tangible relationship with the house, named Tanglewreck, as if it's alive, and the two of them take care of each other. The second Aunt Rockabye is introduced, you will love to hate her!
Taking place in modern day London, strange things have been happening to time; sometimes it stands still, other times the past catches up to the present, but most worrying of all are the time tornadoes. A time tornado is essentially a vortex between two different time realities or dimensions, and anyone/thing who gets caught in its path is picked up and inexplicably goes missing, never to be seen again. One day a mysterious man shows up at Tanglewreck asking about a very particular clock called the Timekeeper, offering an enormous sum of money for it. This clock has been in Silver's family for hundreds of years, and was thought to have vanished along with her father all those years ago. Silver doesn't know where the Timekeeper is, or why it's so important, but she knows she can't let this man find it first. Silver embarks on a journey to save time itself, with the help of some some peculiar friends, and finds some answers along the way.
It was obvious that it was a children's book in the sense that there were clear cut good guys and bad guys. I won't say there was no dimension there, but not much which is to be expected. Being only 11 years old, Silver is an incredibly brave and determined young girl, she makes for quite the heroine! She radiates purity, and that extends into everything she touches, especially her relationship with the boy she had a crush on!
This was a very sweet book, and if you're looking for something just light and fanciful enough to make you wonder about the world again, I highly recommend this book!