chirson's review against another edition
3.0
Weirdly enough, it felt longer than her adult books. Not so much YA as children's. I enjoyed the storytelling but I am not sure I felt the charm after the first 1/3. The ominous rabbit was the best part.
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.
thereadingsparrow's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement and Murder
Minor: Animal death and Abandonment
awall14's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
emilyos's review against another edition
3.0
Other reviews I have read compared this to Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy, but I don't think Tanglewreck it pretending to be anything other then itself. While it lacks the poetry typical of her works, and despite the static characters, this is a charming story.
georgiaand's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
toni_says_smile's review against another edition
2.0
Not her strongest work. It had a lot of interesting elements that could have gone somewhere, but the plot didn't quite manage to tie it all together.
Plus Winterson couldn't stop inserting her own experiences into what should have been a fun children's sci fi story. The main character is, of course, a girl with no parents and a difficult mother-figure who quotes the bible at her.
It felt like a lot of wasted potential. If someone else rewrites it, I'll gladly read it again.
Plus Winterson couldn't stop inserting her own experiences into what should have been a fun children's sci fi story. The main character is, of course, a girl with no parents and a difficult mother-figure who quotes the bible at her.
It felt like a lot of wasted potential. If someone else rewrites it, I'll gladly read it again.
daffodildyke's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
I am so confused by this book. There’s aspects I think were great, and the premise was really interesting, but I feel like I have read about three separate books in one go, and don’t feel like I know what happened in any of them. I simultaneously feel like I have read this book before, but I definitely haven’t, so that’s fun.
I really like the idea of the disruptions in time, of the Throwbacks, of the Einstein Line…. but somehow none of these felt fleshed out appropriately or concluded reasonably.
I cannot say I didn’t enjoy it, but equally I just desperately wanted to finish it to see if it got better, or if something happened that made me feel like it was truly worth my time.
I think the story containing Time Tornadoes is pretty fitting, because reading this has left me feeling like I have been swept up in a tornado of storylines and characters that don’t quite make sense… but also somehow do ???
I honestly cannot write more in this review, I have no idea what to say.
I have never read anything else by this author, and have no idea if I want to try to again. Maybe I liked this? Maybe I hated it? If anyone knows, feel free to let me know.
I really like the idea of the disruptions in time, of the Throwbacks, of the Einstein Line…. but somehow none of these felt fleshed out appropriately or concluded reasonably.
I cannot say I didn’t enjoy it, but equally I just desperately wanted to finish it to see if it got better, or if something happened that made me feel like it was truly worth my time.
I think the story containing Time Tornadoes is pretty fitting, because reading this has left me feeling like I have been swept up in a tornado of storylines and characters that don’t quite make sense… but also somehow do ???
I honestly cannot write more in this review, I have no idea what to say.
I have never read anything else by this author, and have no idea if I want to try to again. Maybe I liked this? Maybe I hated it? If anyone knows, feel free to let me know.
wyemu's review against another edition
2.0
The first of Winterson's young adult novels, while not the first children's book she has written, 'Tangelwreck' em-compasses many themes that readers of her adult novels will be familiar with, loss of nature, the mechanisation of every part of our lives leading to laziness and the forgetting of what it means to be human. At times these points became a little too laboured, although maybe not so for younger readers unfamiliar with her earlier, adult novels. However, that is not to say that the result isn't effective. One can see similarities to Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy with corporations trying to control Time, and through Time, the masses. A good concept and well executed.
silodear's review against another edition
3.0
Maybe, in general, I just don't love books about quantum physics? It was fine, but not my favorite.