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ganzfeldstate's review against another edition
4.0
So creepingly haunting and unsettling the more you realise what is really going on. Absolutely my kind of book!
mehsi's review against another edition
2.0
I was excited when I read the blurb of this book, it sounded exactly like the kind of book I would love to read. Sadly.. I didn't really like the book.
It wasn't the setting, I really loved that, it felt like you where there in the house with her, or on the grounds.
The old words used were something I really liked too. Though I had to search for some of them on the internet because I never heard about them.
I didn't like the characters, especially Florence. At first I thought she was just a lovely little girl, trapped in a big house with a bunch of servants and in the first part with her brother Giles.
Sadly while reading the book I began to doubt the girl. The first governess dies while she is there, then a new governess comes and the girl starts to doubt that one. Eventually killing her. In the end she does nothing for Theo and lets him die and even thinking oh hey this wasn't part of the plan.
I am not sure what part of the book is real and what is just the fantasy of a girl who really hates her perfect little world being invaded.
Maybe the second governess was really a witch, an evil being, maybe even Whitaker.. But again, Florence is the only one who ever sees everything that is wrong. And after the suspicious death of the first governess, I am not sure what to believe.
There are signs that point to the evilness of the woman, but again, who says mrs Grouse didn't just fall down because she was on the first step.
I would have loved a bit more story with the first governess, she only gets like what 2 pages and she is killed off. After that a time skip.
Also what bothered me was the language used by Florence. Her nouns to verbs/verbs to nouns. It distracted me from the story, I had to double or even triple read the sentence before I finally thought ah that is what she meant. And I can tell you that is highly annoying, especially with the rare good parts in the book.
I had expected a lovely ghost/horror story. Instead I got a little girl desperate to keep her perfect little world consisting of her, her brother and her library in perfect shape without any disturbance.
I feel sorry for the next governess (if she ever comes), after all we have seen what Florence will do for the perfect world.
And lastly, poor Theo. Sure I didn't always like him, but I found his adoration for Florence cute, and I had actually hoped they would become real friends. I didn't expect him to be killed of like that.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. It is a nice story at times, but most of the times it was boring and in the end I was glad it was done. It will go in the box with books I won't read again.
It wasn't the setting, I really loved that, it felt like you where there in the house with her, or on the grounds.
The old words used were something I really liked too. Though I had to search for some of them on the internet because I never heard about them.
I didn't like the characters, especially Florence. At first I thought she was just a lovely little girl, trapped in a big house with a bunch of servants and in the first part with her brother Giles.
Sadly while reading the book I began to doubt the girl. The first governess dies while she is there, then a new governess comes and the girl starts to doubt that one. Eventually killing her. In the end she does nothing for Theo and lets him die and even thinking oh hey this wasn't part of the plan.
I am not sure what part of the book is real and what is just the fantasy of a girl who really hates her perfect little world being invaded.
Maybe the second governess was really a witch, an evil being, maybe even Whitaker.. But again, Florence is the only one who ever sees everything that is wrong. And after the suspicious death of the first governess, I am not sure what to believe.
There are signs that point to the evilness of the woman, but again, who says mrs Grouse didn't just fall down because she was on the first step.
I would have loved a bit more story with the first governess, she only gets like what 2 pages and she is killed off. After that a time skip.
Also what bothered me was the language used by Florence. Her nouns to verbs/verbs to nouns. It distracted me from the story, I had to double or even triple read the sentence before I finally thought ah that is what she meant. And I can tell you that is highly annoying, especially with the rare good parts in the book.
I had expected a lovely ghost/horror story. Instead I got a little girl desperate to keep her perfect little world consisting of her, her brother and her library in perfect shape without any disturbance.
I feel sorry for the next governess (if she ever comes), after all we have seen what Florence will do for the perfect world.
And lastly, poor Theo. Sure I didn't always like him, but I found his adoration for Florence cute, and I had actually hoped they would become real friends. I didn't expect him to be killed of like that.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. It is a nice story at times, but most of the times it was boring and in the end I was glad it was done. It will go in the box with books I won't read again.
gnothiseauton's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
sea_caummisar's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 rounded up. I listened to this story and absolutely loved the voice. The made up words didn't start bothering me until around Chapter 17. It was cute at first, but then got old.
The story overall was just okay. The ending left me with more questions than answers
The story overall was just okay. The ending left me with more questions than answers
livres_de_bloss's review against another edition
4.0
3.5
The ending really made this, in my opinion.
The beginning of the book was a bit tedious and the made-up words got tiresome early on but there was enough to like about this that I’m rounding it up instead of down. This was a unique book in its execution and it’s storyline. The ending was excellent.
The ending really made this, in my opinion.
The beginning of the book was a bit tedious and the made-up words got tiresome early on but there was enough to like about this that I’m rounding it up instead of down. This was a unique book in its execution and it’s storyline. The ending was excellent.
sarahsindorf's review against another edition
5.0
Resenha do blog Sincerando.com, escrita por Sarah Sindorf
"Na tradição de Henry James e Edgar Allan Poe, uma história incrível sobre uma menina e o poder de sua imaginação."
No interior da Nova Inglaterra em 1891, Florence, de 12 anos, e seu irmão caçula, Giles, moram numa grande casa com alguns funcionários, sustentados por um tio que se tornou seu tutor, uma vez que os dois são órfãos. O tio, mora em Londres, e permanece afastados dos dois, que nem o conhecem. Passam o dia brincando pela casa, até que um dia Florence descobre uma enorme biblioteca atrás de uma porta desconhecida.
Giles não se interessa por aquele amontoado de papel com símbolos desconhecidos, salvo por ver alguns com figuras grandes. Florence, por sua vez, fica deslumbrada, e quer mais que tudo, descobrir como ler tudo o que se encontra ali. Uma coisa a impede: ela não sabe ler e seu tio não quer que ela aprenda.
Em outro foco, a casa é dita como mal-assombrada e Florence tem sonhos tenebrosos com uma mulher que ameaça seu irmão. Sua educação não é importante, mas seu irmão precisa de uma perceptora. Uma mulher misteriosa aparece para o cargo, e se torna perturbadora para a menina, que começa a se preocupar em proteger seu irmão e seu segredo.
O livro me tocou de várias maneiras. O amor de Florence pelos livros me levou a ver uma realidade que felizmente não enfrentei: como somos sortudos por sabermos ler, e como fazemos tão pouco disso às vezes. O analfabetismo é uma realidade para várias pessoas atualmente, assim como o analfabetismo funcional, e mais triste ainda o que vemos com uma frequência perturbadora: os que sabem ler e não sabem interpretar. Um grande número de pessoas que não conseguem entender o que está escrito ou não conseguem ultrapassar as palavras e ver o que existe por trás delas.
O livro se desdobra em outro assunto também. Florence desconfia da perceptora e entra numa guerra contra esta. Mas coisas do passado e atitudes da menina nos confundem. Será que suas preocupações são reais, ou ela tem uma imaginação muito grande? É um grande suspense, cheio de descobertas, reviravoltas e desconfianças.
O desfecho do livro é surpreendente e perturbador. Traz um grande mistério e questionamento. Mas vale muito a pena. O livro é de tirar o fôlego, roubando os minutos até o final. É o tipo de história que não se consegue largar. Os personagens são cativantes, e a trama é densa.
Link da resenha: http://www.sincerando.com/2013/03/a-menina-que-nao-sabia-ler-promocao.html
"Na tradição de Henry James e Edgar Allan Poe, uma história incrível sobre uma menina e o poder de sua imaginação."
No interior da Nova Inglaterra em 1891, Florence, de 12 anos, e seu irmão caçula, Giles, moram numa grande casa com alguns funcionários, sustentados por um tio que se tornou seu tutor, uma vez que os dois são órfãos. O tio, mora em Londres, e permanece afastados dos dois, que nem o conhecem. Passam o dia brincando pela casa, até que um dia Florence descobre uma enorme biblioteca atrás de uma porta desconhecida.
Giles não se interessa por aquele amontoado de papel com símbolos desconhecidos, salvo por ver alguns com figuras grandes. Florence, por sua vez, fica deslumbrada, e quer mais que tudo, descobrir como ler tudo o que se encontra ali. Uma coisa a impede: ela não sabe ler e seu tio não quer que ela aprenda.
Em outro foco, a casa é dita como mal-assombrada e Florence tem sonhos tenebrosos com uma mulher que ameaça seu irmão. Sua educação não é importante, mas seu irmão precisa de uma perceptora. Uma mulher misteriosa aparece para o cargo, e se torna perturbadora para a menina, que começa a se preocupar em proteger seu irmão e seu segredo.
O livro me tocou de várias maneiras. O amor de Florence pelos livros me levou a ver uma realidade que felizmente não enfrentei: como somos sortudos por sabermos ler, e como fazemos tão pouco disso às vezes. O analfabetismo é uma realidade para várias pessoas atualmente, assim como o analfabetismo funcional, e mais triste ainda o que vemos com uma frequência perturbadora: os que sabem ler e não sabem interpretar. Um grande número de pessoas que não conseguem entender o que está escrito ou não conseguem ultrapassar as palavras e ver o que existe por trás delas.
O livro se desdobra em outro assunto também. Florence desconfia da perceptora e entra numa guerra contra esta. Mas coisas do passado e atitudes da menina nos confundem. Será que suas preocupações são reais, ou ela tem uma imaginação muito grande? É um grande suspense, cheio de descobertas, reviravoltas e desconfianças.
O desfecho do livro é surpreendente e perturbador. Traz um grande mistério e questionamento. Mas vale muito a pena. O livro é de tirar o fôlego, roubando os minutos até o final. É o tipo de história que não se consegue largar. Os personagens são cativantes, e a trama é densa.
Link da resenha: http://www.sincerando.com/2013/03/a-menina-que-nao-sabia-ler-promocao.html
apolo_daughter's review against another edition
2.0
A book that completely deviated from what I thought it was going to be, unfortunately this deviation was not positive. At the beginning of the reading the story was already bored, then when she entered the fourth of Mr. Gouse I thought that finally my turn would happen! But no, it was only an eisódio that later had no importance in history, leading her to an even more boring mistake. The end of the book was the most regrettable part. It was terrible. He simply did not have suspicion, it was only prolonging a long plane that even he did not have emotion, a writing so frightful that it did not transmit anything. Not even that moment of revelation was emotional, it was just a short parenthesis and then forgotten. No regrets or anything. And that last sentence could have said such a big empacto, but since the story was already boring and then everything, in what Florence became... I didn’t understand why the ghosts, why that obsession, was nothing... was just to say that she had a vivid imagination and give her the "BIG SPOILER" (BIG SPOILER) that she had coldly murdered two people!
I think that from that episode in Mr.Gouse’s room the story could have been much more exciting and entertaining, without regard for ghosts or anything. Just Florence solving a mystery.
I do not know if after that I feel like reading the second, but the synopsis of this seems more promising.
I think that from that episode in Mr.Gouse’s room the story could have been much more exciting and entertaining, without regard for ghosts or anything. Just Florence solving a mystery.
I do not know if after that I feel like reading the second, but the synopsis of this seems more promising.
lurdes_oliveira's review against another edition
4.0
The beginning is a bit slow but after a while it gets dark and sinister and very gripping.
I enjoyed this book, sometimes I wasn't really sure where the story was going, but I loved it.
Part gothic horror, part mystery, the book was well written and it has a very creepy atmosphere.
The cover for the Portuguese version doesn't really feel like a gothic book…
I enjoyed this book, sometimes I wasn't really sure where the story was going, but I loved it.
Part gothic horror, part mystery, the book was well written and it has a very creepy atmosphere.
The cover for the Portuguese version doesn't really feel like a gothic book…