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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
adventurous
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Gentle book full of many themes you might expect in a classic English children's book, but what ultimately resonated was the beautiful friendship.
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
a very light hearted read. became surprisingly insightful and philosophical towards the end. i like how it speaks of growing up.
One of my first proper novels ever read - truly amazing!
Sweet children’s book about a young boy,Tom, who magically visits the past each night and gets to know a young girl, Hattie. The nature of time itself is explored and pondered. Seemed a bit slow at times, probably because I am used to a more furious pace in my reading ( from all my thrillers!).
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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:
No
I picked this one up after seeing it mentioned on Fuse #8's Top 100 Children's Novels Poll (although it didn't actually make the top 100). The plot sounded eerily familiar, and I thought there might be a chance that it would turn out to be the time travel book I read as a child and haven't been able to find since. Sadly, I don't think this was the book, but the similarities in plot meant that it was still satisfying in some of the same ways.
For starters, it feels old-fashioned even before you hit the time travel element, with an original publication date in the 1950s. Tom is having a dull, isolated summer in quarantine with his aunt and uncle when he discovers a door that takes him into the past. This was the kind of thing that I dreamed would happen to me as a child - that doorway into the past, or into Narnia, or into somewhere thrilling. The story perfectly captures the ways kids feel bored and the way they approach adventure - for example, Tom tells everything in letters home to his younger brother, who never for a moment doubts the truth of Tom's adventures.
I'd definitely recommend this to kids who like time travel and/or old-fashioned stories.
For starters, it feels old-fashioned even before you hit the time travel element, with an original publication date in the 1950s. Tom is having a dull, isolated summer in quarantine with his aunt and uncle when he discovers a door that takes him into the past. This was the kind of thing that I dreamed would happen to me as a child - that doorway into the past, or into Narnia, or into somewhere thrilling. The story perfectly captures the ways kids feel bored and the way they approach adventure - for example, Tom tells everything in letters home to his younger brother, who never for a moment doubts the truth of Tom's adventures.
I'd definitely recommend this to kids who like time travel and/or old-fashioned stories.