A review by diana_eveline
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard: A Peter Nimble Adventure by Jonathan Auxier
4.0
“The real world. The very notion is absurd. Worlds and everything in them are made real by the stories that inhabit them.”
After many adventures with Sir Tode, Peter Nimble finds himself playing a part in someone else's adventure. Sophie Quire is the daughter of Bustleburgh's infamous bookmender. Peter brings her a book that the professor asked him to have mended. Sophie agrees to mend it but is meanwhile dealing with the very real danger of storybooks being destroyed in her town. Inquisitor Prigg is doing whatever he can to rid Bustleburgh of all its nonesense, which in his mind also include fantastical story books that fill people's minds with rubbish. Sophie and Peter get caught in a complicated quest of saving the storybooks.
This has to be one of the best childrens/young adult books about storytelling and why we have to keep sharing stories. Of course there are still the elements of a childrens' stories that won't really interest an adult reader but I loved it. The beginning was a lot stronger than the end, I loved the emphasis on why we read and how precious books can be. I'll be saving these books for little munchkins in my life, for when they are old enough to enjoy it. Props to Auxier, he knows how to tell a good story and talk about what matters without making it feel like a lecture.
After many adventures with Sir Tode, Peter Nimble finds himself playing a part in someone else's adventure. Sophie Quire is the daughter of Bustleburgh's infamous bookmender. Peter brings her a book that the professor asked him to have mended. Sophie agrees to mend it but is meanwhile dealing with the very real danger of storybooks being destroyed in her town. Inquisitor Prigg is doing whatever he can to rid Bustleburgh of all its nonesense, which in his mind also include fantastical story books that fill people's minds with rubbish. Sophie and Peter get caught in a complicated quest of saving the storybooks.
This has to be one of the best childrens/young adult books about storytelling and why we have to keep sharing stories. Of course there are still the elements of a childrens' stories that won't really interest an adult reader but I loved it. The beginning was a lot stronger than the end, I loved the emphasis on why we read and how precious books can be. I'll be saving these books for little munchkins in my life, for when they are old enough to enjoy it. Props to Auxier, he knows how to tell a good story and talk about what matters without making it feel like a lecture.