A review by pwbalto
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz

5.0

I finished this book last night teetering on the verge of tears. Not because it's a sad ending, although there is sorrow, and not because it's a happy ending, although there's a lot to be glad about. But because I LIVED with these children (and their holy dog) through 368 pages of fear and hardship and friendship and doubt and certainty and at times it was hard to tell whether or not things were going to turn out ok - this is, after all, an author who feels free to kill and (sometimes) resurrect child characters - and so the TENSION was just about KILLING ME.

And now all I want to do is read it again, for the beauty and the tragedy and the Talmudic wisdom and the monastic scholarship. And the cheese. Mustn't forget the cheese. Sigh.