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A review by kairin16
Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep by Liz Kessler
5.0
I am absolutely in love with this book. It's a fun and easy ready full of magic and adventure.
The main characters, Emily, is a realistic tween girl with as many troubles of world-magnitude as those more personal. She's worried about having friends in a new place, about her relationship with a father she just met and about the safety and happiness of her mom in a completely new place. And then, trying to solve one of those, she does something very dangerous and wakes up the kraken.
The book is split into two point of views actually: every other chapter is Emily's and the rest of them belong to Mandy - a girl Emily knew in her previous home and who bullied her. We find out Mandy has a not-so-great life with her parents who tend to ignore her at best and scapegoat their problems at her at words and the bullying she did was mostly because she thought Emily was happier than her and she was jealous of it.
Honestly, this book has shown a deeper understanding of how children think and act that some of the 'real life' fiction I've read before.
There is something to be said when even the most unlikable characters in the book end up sparking sympathy in the reader and Liz Kessler has talent to write those books.
This is the first book in the long time that I have really enjoyed start to finish and that really sparked joy and made me eager to read. I didn't expect it when I picked it up, but I am so happy that it ended up on my shelf. Thank you, Liz.
The main characters, Emily, is a realistic tween girl with as many troubles of world-magnitude as those more personal. She's worried about having friends in a new place, about her relationship with a father she just met and about the safety and happiness of her mom in a completely new place. And then, trying to solve one of those, she does something very dangerous and wakes up the kraken.
The book is split into two point of views actually: every other chapter is Emily's and the rest of them belong to Mandy - a girl Emily knew in her previous home and who bullied her. We find out Mandy has a not-so-great life with her parents who tend to ignore her at best and scapegoat their problems at her at words and the bullying she did was mostly because she thought Emily was happier than her and she was jealous of it.
Honestly, this book has shown a deeper understanding of how children think and act that some of the 'real life' fiction I've read before.
There is something to be said when even the most unlikable characters in the book end up sparking sympathy in the reader and Liz Kessler has talent to write those books.
This is the first book in the long time that I have really enjoyed start to finish and that really sparked joy and made me eager to read. I didn't expect it when I picked it up, but I am so happy that it ended up on my shelf. Thank you, Liz.