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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i vividly remember thinking about this a lot after having read it
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A wonderfully tender story about a boy who finds friendship after moving to a new home.
love this weird little duology to my core. i am so happy that david almond gives kids the chance to read these beautifully written, fantastical, intelligent books in amongst all of the repetitive celebrity-written cash grabs/side hustles stocking the shelves. i first read skellig when i was the target audience and i loved it. i loved reading something that was just as weird as i felt at the time. i think they still hold up!!
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Didn't realise it was a children's book until I finished reading itπ also why would you feed an old, weird and random man you don't know and is LIVING IN YOUR BASEMENT? WHAT? π
Mysterious enough to entertain me, and slightly spooky- a fun read aloud book for October in 4th grade.
This is a slow-moving, meditation of a story dwelling on the essential earthy and heavenly aspects of humanity.
Or it's a story about a boy and a home-schooled girl who find an angel in the boy's dilapidated garage.
Just possibly it's the story of a family slowly disintegrating into a grey no-man's land of sadness over the slow dying of their baby girl until a supernatural presence brings healing.
Regardless of what the story is, it has lots of quotations from William Blake, the POV of a young boy who sometimes has trouble distinguishing dream from reality, and a kind of touching innocence and naivete that doesn't find it strange at all that a pale stranger would demand chinese food and beer and yet be so clearly in need of care that the boy doesn't tell anyone about him.
This is billed as a children's book-- and yes, in the innocent, straight-forward narrative, and especially the parts about the young main character being teased by his buddies after he befriends the homeschooled girl, and how he's managed and kept in the dark by his parents, and how he has nicknames for teachers-- this is a children's book. But the quiet, undeniable presence of Skellig himself and the kind of hope he stands for makes this a much deeper-reaching book emotionally then I think children might understand.
Or it's a story about a boy and a home-schooled girl who find an angel in the boy's dilapidated garage.
Just possibly it's the story of a family slowly disintegrating into a grey no-man's land of sadness over the slow dying of their baby girl until a supernatural presence brings healing.
Regardless of what the story is, it has lots of quotations from William Blake, the POV of a young boy who sometimes has trouble distinguishing dream from reality, and a kind of touching innocence and naivete that doesn't find it strange at all that a pale stranger would demand chinese food and beer and yet be so clearly in need of care that the boy doesn't tell anyone about him.
This is billed as a children's book-- and yes, in the innocent, straight-forward narrative, and especially the parts about the young main character being teased by his buddies after he befriends the homeschooled girl, and how he's managed and kept in the dark by his parents, and how he has nicknames for teachers-- this is a children's book. But the quiet, undeniable presence of Skellig himself and the kind of hope he stands for makes this a much deeper-reaching book emotionally then I think children might understand.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
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