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Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
2.0
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This had so much potential from the concept, and yet the execution was not up to McCaughrean's usual finesse. The characters lacked any real depth and the plot had no momentum. After some consideration, I think this is due to how it was all presented. The third person narrative made it a little detached and there was no emotive element to the story - it was as if McCaughrean was trying to retell events without any dramatic flair, and thus dragged the suspense, joys and shocks from the lot. In total, this made it dry and what felt like a never-ending list of bird catching, boy drama, bird catching, boy drama... As soon as the afterword appeared, however, McCaughrean's beautiful writing was back and I was absorbed. Such a shame that the actual novel wasn't so finely executed...
This had so much potential from the concept, and yet the execution was not up to McCaughrean's usual finesse. The characters lacked any real depth and the plot had no momentum. After some consideration, I think this is due to how it was all presented. The third person narrative made it a little detached and there was no emotive element to the story - it was as if McCaughrean was trying to retell events without any dramatic flair, and thus dragged the suspense, joys and shocks from the lot. In total, this made it dry and what felt like a never-ending list of bird catching, boy drama, bird catching, boy drama... As soon as the afterword appeared, however, McCaughrean's beautiful writing was back and I was absorbed. Such a shame that the actual novel wasn't so finely executed...