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A review by gabrielleragusi
Uncle Vampire by Cynthia D. Grant
5.0
I read this book when I was in elementary school and I never really understood what it was about; I remember that I liked it at the time, with the innocence of the child that I was (I picked it up on a school trip to the town's library).
Now I can't help but ask myself: who could have placed this book (amazing, one of my favourite, as it is) in the children's section? I don't think my parents would have let me read it knowing what it was about.
Anyway, overlooking this, back to the book. After forgetting about it over the years, there still was this title, "Uncle vampire", nagging in the dark recesses of my brain, until I looked up for it on Google and bought it.
Reading it again broke my heart, but still, in the eyes of the adult I am today, I can't not like this book. It's surreal and real at the same time, it's dark and the stark reality.
While reading it for the second time (more like the first, really), I remembered nothing about the twins, who they really are, and maybe that's why it was another shock.
The book itself is far from perfect, the writing is somehow aimed to children's reading, but the story makes up for it in my opinion. It's not one of those books you read, finish, discard on your bookshelf and entirely forget about it.
As I couldn't forget its title for fifteen years, I know I won't forget this story for the rest of my life.
Now I can't help but ask myself: who could have placed this book (amazing, one of my favourite, as it is) in the children's section? I don't think my parents would have let me read it knowing what it was about.
Anyway, overlooking this, back to the book. After forgetting about it over the years, there still was this title, "Uncle vampire", nagging in the dark recesses of my brain, until I looked up for it on Google and bought it.
Reading it again broke my heart, but still, in the eyes of the adult I am today, I can't not like this book. It's surreal and real at the same time, it's dark and the stark reality.
While reading it for the second time (more like the first, really), I remembered nothing about the twins, who they really are, and maybe that's why it was another shock.
The book itself is far from perfect, the writing is somehow aimed to children's reading, but the story makes up for it in my opinion. It's not one of those books you read, finish, discard on your bookshelf and entirely forget about it.
As I couldn't forget its title for fifteen years, I know I won't forget this story for the rest of my life.