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A review by novelinsights
Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
4.0
This is a middle grade sci-fi/fantasy novel about a girl who is suspected of possessing a clock that can control time. Two different antagonists are after her, one who uses magic and another who uses science.
I thought the ideas present in this book were very imaginative. I was somewhat frustrated that a lot of the scientific concepts shown didn't really make sense. There was some basic logic behind them, but it felt like the kind of thing that was still kind of vague and not fully explained or explainable, though I think that was largely to do with the fact that the book is middle grade and that the intended audience would be too young to notice holes in the logic or even really want to read full explanations if they were given.
All that said, I thought the writing in this book was very good. I don't really like middle grade that much (I'm just working my way through a couple of middle grade novels I found that I had never gotten around to reading when I was in the proper age bracket) but there were still a few points throughout the book when I found myself impressed by a piece of prose. I probably would have really been in love with this book when I was younger, and I am definitely interested in reading this author's adult work now.
I thought the ideas present in this book were very imaginative. I was somewhat frustrated that a lot of the scientific concepts shown didn't really make sense. There was some basic logic behind them, but it felt like the kind of thing that was still kind of vague and not fully explained or explainable, though I think that was largely to do with the fact that the book is middle grade and that the intended audience would be too young to notice holes in the logic or even really want to read full explanations if they were given.
All that said, I thought the writing in this book was very good. I don't really like middle grade that much (I'm just working my way through a couple of middle grade novels I found that I had never gotten around to reading when I was in the proper age bracket) but there were still a few points throughout the book when I found myself impressed by a piece of prose. I probably would have really been in love with this book when I was younger, and I am definitely interested in reading this author's adult work now.