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tempestades_y_belleza's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kaypat23's review
5.0
Rating: 5 shining, beautiful stars crackling with electricity
Summary: Henry lives in a rundown house rented out by his grumpy Aunt Agatha. Henry lost his parents at a young age and misses them badly. The arrival of a mysterious electrician named Harvey Angell shakes up the house and he returns much-needed joy to Aunt Agatha and the tenants but even though Harvey uses 'sparky' lingo and is a dab hand with a pair of pliers, but Henry's got a feeling he's no ordinary electrician. Henry is determined to find out just exactly who he really is.
Pros: Quirky characters, message of love, a likable protagonist, mysteries
Cons: It’s too short!
My thoughts: I AM NOT PREPARED FOR SUCH A GOOD NOVEL. The first book is heavier than the third book. It is also more poignant and gorgeous. It made me cry in a good way. It makes the third book even more poignant than before because it sheds so much light on Aunt Agatha's past. It would explain her behaviour in the third book and just overall help us understand her as a person.
There is love, lost, death and grief in this book. And these themes were handled so beautifully. The talk of energy fields and connecting the living and the dead felt somewhat neo-spiritual but in the best possible way because its message can be appreciated by everyone.
It is a loving, sharp, beautiful and quirky book. I am not even prepared to review it. I don't understand why it's so underrated.
The illustrations done by Mark Beeth looked like Quentin Blake so i thought it was a Roald Dahl book at first. And this book can certainly hold its own against Roald Dahl because it has that magical mix of poignancy, heartbreak, innocent wonder and love which we all know make a classic children's novel.
Quotes: But Harvey Angell laughed. "No," he said. "Not the sort of electric current that makes the fridge or the radio or the lights work. What I mean is an energy. Energy in people is - well - it's the same as love. It can't turn on radios and cookers, but it can make people light up. It can make homes and churches. It can make paintings and poems and music."
Summary: Henry lives in a rundown house rented out by his grumpy Aunt Agatha. Henry lost his parents at a young age and misses them badly. The arrival of a mysterious electrician named Harvey Angell shakes up the house and he returns much-needed joy to Aunt Agatha and the tenants but even though Harvey uses 'sparky' lingo and is a dab hand with a pair of pliers, but Henry's got a feeling he's no ordinary electrician. Henry is determined to find out just exactly who he really is.
Pros: Quirky characters, message of love, a likable protagonist, mysteries
Cons: It’s too short!
My thoughts: I AM NOT PREPARED FOR SUCH A GOOD NOVEL. The first book is heavier than the third book. It is also more poignant and gorgeous. It made me cry in a good way. It makes the third book even more poignant than before because it sheds so much light on Aunt Agatha's past. It would explain her behaviour in the third book and just overall help us understand her as a person.
There is love, lost, death and grief in this book. And these themes were handled so beautifully. The talk of energy fields and connecting the living and the dead felt somewhat neo-spiritual but in the best possible way because its message can be appreciated by everyone.
It is a loving, sharp, beautiful and quirky book. I am not even prepared to review it. I don't understand why it's so underrated.
The illustrations done by Mark Beeth looked like Quentin Blake so i thought it was a Roald Dahl book at first. And this book can certainly hold its own against Roald Dahl because it has that magical mix of poignancy, heartbreak, innocent wonder and love which we all know make a classic children's novel.
Quotes: But Harvey Angell laughed. "No," he said. "Not the sort of electric current that makes the fridge or the radio or the lights work. What I mean is an energy. Energy in people is - well - it's the same as love. It can't turn on radios and cookers, but it can make people light up. It can make homes and churches. It can make paintings and poems and music."
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