Polly Shulman
Autore di The Grimm Legacy
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Polly Shulman/from agent's webpage
Serie
Opere di Polly Shulman
1996 Brain: Snooze Button 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 20th century
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Yale University
Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics - Relazioni
- Nahem, Andrew (husband)
Shulman, Alix Kates (mother)
Utenti
Discussioni
Found: Girl works at a library of the Brothers Grimm and finds loads of objects from the fairy tales in Name that Book (Aprile 2022)
Recensioni
Basically a YA retelling of the old "librarians" Tv show, but still; above average filler YA. I'd puck up other books by the author on purpose, having read this one more or lessby acident.
I enjoyed the old-school vibe of this story. Sweet and will keep you smiling. If you're in the mood for a lighthearted YA novel about friendship and romance, I recommend this one. There are a few lines toward the end that genuinely had me smiling and melting a little.
Liste
Books About Boys (1)
Best Young Adult (3)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 11
- Utenti
- 2,528
- Popolarità
- #10,153
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 160
- ISBN
- 59
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 1
It started out well enough. A young girl finds her way to a job at an amazing library, the New York Circulating Material Repository, which houses, among other things, magical items collected by the Brothers Grimm. There are all sorts of fun references to Snow White's magic mirror and Lincoln's Hat and the Table-Be-Set table. In that way, it reminded me a lot of Warehouse 13, which is probably why I stuck with it so long. At the end of the day, though, that sort of cleverness can only get you so far. The characters never really gained any real depth, nor did the story become anything more complicated than it first appeared. The good guys are the good guys; the bad guys are the bad guys; the couples form just as you would expect them to. Even for a middle school audience, I thought this novel fell flat. I know they're kids, but give them a little credit.
It held my attention early, largely because of the gimmick, but a general lack of pace and action started to grate on my nerves. Then the shrink ray happened. I won't go into it, because if you've seen Honey I Shrunk the Kids, you know all you need to know. Suffice it to say, there are better ways to spend your reading hours.… (altro)