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melbsreads's review against another edition
3.0
Trigger warnings: war, Holocaust, death, antisemitism.
I love a good timeslip novel, and I honestly think middle grade is the PERFECT readership for timeslip novels so I was excited to read this one, because the timeslip part is a) set in Hungary and b) set during World War II, where a lot of timeslips I've read (like Australian classics Playing Beatie Bow and Merryll of the Stones) tend to feature the characters staying in the same place but going much further back in history.
I definitely enjoyed the part set in 1944, and I liked that the kids were trying to uncover the secrets their grandparents won't tell them. But the pacing of this was peculiar - the book was almost half over before the actual timeslip happened, and as a result the Hungary parts felt like they were rushed. So all in all, this was fine but not as good as I was hoping it would be.
I love a good timeslip novel, and I honestly think middle grade is the PERFECT readership for timeslip novels so I was excited to read this one, because the timeslip part is a) set in Hungary and b) set during World War II, where a lot of timeslips I've read (like Australian classics Playing Beatie Bow and Merryll of the Stones) tend to feature the characters staying in the same place but going much further back in history.
I definitely enjoyed the part set in 1944, and I liked that the kids were trying to uncover the secrets their grandparents won't tell them. But the pacing of this was peculiar - the book was almost half over before the actual timeslip happened, and as a result the Hungary parts felt like they were rushed. So all in all, this was fine but not as good as I was hoping it would be.
thebookmuse's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
5.0
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