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oliviamunrow 's review for:
The Emerald Atlas
by John Stephens
Picked this up after I found a set of promo cards at a movie theater, of all things-- had never heard of it before that but it sounded interesting. And it was!
The novel follows the lives of three children, who hop from orphanage to orphanage until they wind up in a mysteriously orphan-less orphanage in a strange, dilapidated town. The kids themselves are strong, well-written characters, as are the folks that surround them (even if the orphanage's owner, Doctor Pym, was clearly a student of the Dumbledore/Gandalf/etc. school of being an eccentric but ridiculously powerful wizard). The children also grow significantly throughout the book without there being any preachiness or awkward telling-not-showing moments.
All in all, definitely a fun one for anyone who enjoys YA or light fantasy. Although considering that the novel includes magical time-travel, it's disconcertingly unclear what time frame the main "present" of the novel takes place in...but it also doesn't seem to matter that much.
The novel follows the lives of three children, who hop from orphanage to orphanage until they wind up in a mysteriously orphan-less orphanage in a strange, dilapidated town. The kids themselves are strong, well-written characters, as are the folks that surround them (even if the orphanage's owner, Doctor Pym, was clearly a student of the Dumbledore/Gandalf/etc. school of being an eccentric but ridiculously powerful wizard). The children also grow significantly throughout the book without there being any preachiness or awkward telling-not-showing moments.
All in all, definitely a fun one for anyone who enjoys YA or light fantasy. Although considering that the novel includes magical time-travel, it's disconcertingly unclear what time frame the main "present" of the novel takes place in...but it also doesn't seem to matter that much.