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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Xenophobia
Moderate: Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The writing voice is SO unique. I’m still not sure if I like it or not, but the voice and the story were intriguing enough that k wanted to finish the book and I plan to finish the trilogy as well. A very unique read!
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
En Los secretos de Heap House nos adentramos en la historia de los Iremonger en un Londres distópico, oscuro y muy muy original.
De lectura fácil y narrado a dos voces, con toques de Dickens mezclado con fantasía gótica, steampunk y época victoriana. Bajo el lema "Las cosas no son lo que parecen, nunca confíes en las cosas" conoceremos la historia de la peculiar familia Iremonger que ha construído su imperio entorno a la basura.
Primero Clod nos contará entre otras cosas su peculiar don y cómo funcionan las cosas en su endogámica familia y luego llegará Lucy, una huérfana que es llamada a ser Iremonger, solo "Iremonger", y servir en Heap House.
Con ellos veremos reflejada una fuerte crítica social ya que Clod empieza a cuestionarse lo impuesto y Lucy desde el primer momento demostrará que ella es Lucy Pennant.
Todo esto con mucho misterio que nos tendrá pegados al libro, yo solo quería saber más del don de Clod o de Lucy.
Recomiendo leerlo sin ver la sinopsis y dejarse llevar, es una lectura muy amena y divertida que si la llevan a la gran pantalla espero que colaboren Tim Burton y Wes anderson. Hay un momento en el libro que pensé, a este me lo imagino casi como Jack Skellington!
De lectura fácil y narrado a dos voces, con toques de Dickens mezclado con fantasía gótica, steampunk y época victoriana. Bajo el lema "Las cosas no son lo que parecen, nunca confíes en las cosas" conoceremos la historia de la peculiar familia Iremonger que ha construído su imperio entorno a la basura.
Primero Clod nos contará entre otras cosas su peculiar don y cómo funcionan las cosas en su endogámica familia y luego llegará Lucy, una huérfana que es llamada a ser Iremonger, solo "Iremonger", y servir en Heap House.
Con ellos veremos reflejada una fuerte crítica social ya que Clod empieza a cuestionarse lo impuesto y Lucy desde el primer momento demostrará que ella es Lucy Pennant.
Todo esto con mucho misterio que nos tendrá pegados al libro, yo solo quería saber más del don de Clod o de Lucy.
Recomiendo leerlo sin ver la sinopsis y dejarse llevar, es una lectura muy amena y divertida que si la llevan a la gran pantalla espero que colaboren Tim Burton y Wes anderson. Hay un momento en el libro que pensé, a este me lo imagino casi como Jack Skellington!
Meh, I couldn't really get into this, although I really wanted to. It was so odd and quirky and interesting but it was just too much for me and too confusing. I gave up halfway through. Maybe I'll try again at another time.
If you like Lemony Snicket and/or Edgar Allen Poe you will like this book. It was a little slow at first but once it got started it was excellent. Quite postmodern for a children's book. Not for everyone.
I saw Edward Carey read from Heap House at a book festival. He is a brilliant reader of his work and gave us a great foundation for the book which I think helped me going into it. It's the story of the Iremonger family who live in a giant house above a heap of trash outside London. Each family member is assigned an object at birth that they must keep with them their entire lives. The birth objects helped them to ward off sickness. The story starts as one of the aunts loses her birth object and then their whole system starts to crumble. It is incredibly imaginative and quite macabre. It was a little difficult to keep track of all the names and it was so rich in details that I'm sure I missed a lot. I would say it's definitely for the upper middle grade reader. I would say 5th grade would be the youngest I would recommend it.
Odd and dark yet also whimsical and childish, with some of the best quirky dialogue I've read in a long time.