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A review by emmalthompson85
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
4.0
This is one of those books that, in my childhood, I read again and again and again. What's relevant about that is that when I came back as an adult to read it again I couldn't remember anything about it other than it involving an alternate world.
Now, don't get me wrong, this is a fun, absorbing and light book that's great to read and the cracks on the spine tell you how much I enjoyed it as a kid, but there's nothing here that's deeply enduring. No characters who are deeply memorable, no plot twists that will shock you. It's a comfortable kind of book, like pjamas, and it would be excelent for a child who needs something quick and easy with emotional payoff, but it's not the best book ever.
Now, don't get me wrong, this is a fun, absorbing and light book that's great to read and the cracks on the spine tell you how much I enjoyed it as a kid, but there's nothing here that's deeply enduring. No characters who are deeply memorable, no plot twists that will shock you. It's a comfortable kind of book, like pjamas, and it would be excelent for a child who needs something quick and easy with emotional payoff, but it's not the best book ever.