A review by gschwabauer
Binny Bewitched by Hilary McKay

4.0

More of a 3.5, actually.

McKay's writing is lovely, as usual, but I felt this book needed a little more time and space than it was given. Nonetheless, it's always a pleasure to spend time with the Cornwallis family. They feel just as vivid in this book as they have in all the others. Plus, Binny's friendship with Gareth is my favorite part of the Binny books, so I was glad to see him get a bit more page time in this installment.

My biggest complaint was
Spoilerthe weirdness with the "bare lady" tin. I understand children are fascinated by the forbidden, often in an innocent way, but it was an uncomfortable addition, particularly when Dill seemed to be taking a kind of perverse pleasure in the images and trying to get James to do the same. The throwaway line about the calendar he liked looking at left a bad taste in my mouth – I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to find it funny or just sad.