Reviews

Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes

lizziepurpleserenity's review

4.0

This book was SO MUCH fun! A 'super' time and compulsive reading. You can tell Ali had great fun writing it. I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could but half a star off because it's not necessarily written that well in a technical sense. Just goes to show though, the most important thing - more important than grammar etc - is the story and characters, the believability and the authenticity of character (and narrator) voice, and so on. Ali's writing feels current, like a friend is telling you a story, rather than stiff and professional, and that was actually "jolly super fun"! As an Enid Blyton fan in my childhood, this was a great homage to such as the Famous Five.

adabel's review

4.0

4.3
I say- this book is jolly good!
(Literally. You’ll see when you read it)
An absolute page-turner!

curlyhairedbooklover's review

5.0

I loved this book so much when I was younger and read it countless times but it is still just as wonderful as it was then and I still love it to pieces.

poisoncourt's review

Awesome book...Good plot..

alwaysneedmorebooks's review

3.0

I read this book to my 10 year old boy. It took him quite a while to get into it - I enjoyed the 1950s language and the references to different cultures but that all went over his head but he enjoyed the action in the last few chapters of the book and couldn't wait for me to finish it. I don't think he would want me to read it again though and I don't think it is the sort of book he would have stuck with if he was reading it himself. I would say reading level is age 10+ but I think quite a bit would need explaining to the average 10 year old.