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sarahlouise1700's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
One of the best children’s books I’ve read in a long time. As a teacher, I would recommend this book for 8 years and up (with parent support for 8-10 years with some content).
Hope is a brave girl of color who is a great role model for children. This book has fantasy, adventure, morals, diverse characters, empathy for characters and readers, and well written. A hopeful story for the upcoming generations.
Hope is a brave girl of color who is a great role model for children. This book has fantasy, adventure, morals, diverse characters, empathy for characters and readers, and well written. A hopeful story for the upcoming generations.
saccalai's review
4.0
Imagine the entire world in black, white and grey, imagine not even knowing what colour is. But the world wasn't always like this. Years ago, a prince was born without colour and when he grew up, he used a spell to remove colour from everywhere, so he wouldn't have to be the only one without it.
How awful it would be to have a world without colour! The descriptions by the older people who can still remember it are really amazing, I wouldn't have known where to start. The magical way colour is described, how it warms and lights up the world, it's so evocative. I also loved all the fantastical elements in the book, Sandy's magic caravan and all his potions. The author has also managed to make a fantastic Death character who almost rivals the Discworld character.
After loving Nowhere Emporium trilogy, I was very happy to find the author had this new book coming, I love his writing.
How awful it would be to have a world without colour! The descriptions by the older people who can still remember it are really amazing, I wouldn't have known where to start. The magical way colour is described, how it warms and lights up the world, it's so evocative. I also loved all the fantastical elements in the book, Sandy's magic caravan and all his potions. The author has also managed to make a fantastic Death character who almost rivals the Discworld character.
After loving Nowhere Emporium trilogy, I was very happy to find the author had this new book coming, I love his writing.
abigailwantstoread_01's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
4.5
Thank you to Netgalley for the Earc in exchange for an honest review
This was a very fun and colourful book. Hope was the perfect main character who was full of life and just wanted to save the world. The writing was amazing and I was never drawn out of the story and I didn't want to put it down at any point. My favourite character had to be Oliver the talking dog, he was so fun and interesting to read about and was definitely something new.
This was a very fun and colourful book. Hope was the perfect main character who was full of life and just wanted to save the world. The writing was amazing and I was never drawn out of the story and I didn't want to put it down at any point. My favourite character had to be Oliver the talking dog, he was so fun and interesting to read about and was definitely something new.
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