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A review by gbliss
The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
3.0
and a half stars.
It had charm. It had atmosphere. There are those Edward Gorey illustrations.
But it just didn't come together as a whole. There were bits and pieces -- the car ride/chase, the mean boy who proves to be a mean boy -- that felt incompletely developed. The sudden, simple Save The Day solution was also not very satisfying.
That said. I'll read book #2 and others by Bellairs out of curiosity.
It had charm. It had atmosphere. There are those Edward Gorey illustrations.
But it just didn't come together as a whole. There were bits and pieces -- the car ride/chase, the mean boy who proves to be a mean boy -- that felt incompletely developed. The sudden, simple Save The Day solution was also not very satisfying.
That said. I'll read book #2 and others by Bellairs out of curiosity.