A review by robynmaire
The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman
4.0
*3,5
“Maybe art itself was a kind of voodoo, possessing you, giving you supernatural power, letting you see in the dark’’.
Ginny is a 16-year-old biracial girl whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she has a half brother. She is sent on a mission to find out everything that doesn’t add up from her past.
Even though this book was published in 1990 there were multiple mentions of climate change and I love the way race was handled in this book. Ginny knows she is different because she’s one of the only black people in her Welsh town. There are some interesting conversations about heritage like: ‘’All that ancestor stuff … I mean, I’ve got English ancestors too, haven’t I? It’s no good saying like my ancestors were African, so I’ve got to go back to my roots …. It was my English ancestors who sold my African ancestors into slavery. Where does that leave me? Am I innocent or guilty or what? ‘’‘You can’t go back’’ Stuart said. ‘’You can only go forward. You can’t forget either. You have to use everything you know.’’
I love the way Pullman writes conversations and it made the relationships even more enjoyable. I especially loved Ginny’s relationship with her best friend Rhiannon.
Ginny is sometimes kinda irrational, but in a way that is believable and suits her age. The people felt very real while I was reading it – way past my bedtime may I add.
It was maybe a bit too short to really stick with me but it was an enjoyable light read.
“Maybe art itself was a kind of voodoo, possessing you, giving you supernatural power, letting you see in the dark’’.
Ginny is a 16-year-old biracial girl whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she has a half brother. She is sent on a mission to find out everything that doesn’t add up from her past.
Even though this book was published in 1990 there were multiple mentions of climate change and I love the way race was handled in this book. Ginny knows she is different because she’s one of the only black people in her Welsh town. There are some interesting conversations about heritage like: ‘’All that ancestor stuff … I mean, I’ve got English ancestors too, haven’t I? It’s no good saying like my ancestors were African, so I’ve got to go back to my roots …. It was my English ancestors who sold my African ancestors into slavery. Where does that leave me? Am I innocent or guilty or what? ‘’‘You can’t go back’’ Stuart said. ‘’You can only go forward. You can’t forget either. You have to use everything you know.’’
I love the way Pullman writes conversations and it made the relationships even more enjoyable. I especially loved Ginny’s relationship with her best friend Rhiannon.
Ginny is sometimes kinda irrational, but in a way that is believable and suits her age. The people felt very real while I was reading it – way past my bedtime may I add.
It was maybe a bit too short to really stick with me but it was an enjoyable light read.