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A review by ewein2412
Caddy's World by Hilary McKay
Ahhhhhh…. A book that has NOTHING TO DO WITH PILOTS, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, WORLD WAR TWO, OR MY BOOK GROUP!!!!
Hilary McKay is my favourite contemporary children’s author. I’ve said this before and I’ll probably say it again. Her prose is effortless and timeless, and I can gloss over things like the mention of Harry Potter and Dr. Who in 1996 because really, we know, these are contemporary children, and it doesn’t matter what year it was set in.
Another book about the Cassons is kind of like fanservice at this point… and you know what? I am that fan. In Caddy’s World McKay goes back to a pre-Rose time that doesn’t actually have a lot of room for plot, since we KNOW what’s going to happen, but it’s fun anyway. It’s so nice, in a self-indulgent kind of way (I say this as a reader!), to see Bill and Eve in a relationship that still works, to bask in the smug knowledge that the Firework Baby isn’t going to die, and to smirk at the prequel-world-segue into a recognizable child-Rose, The First Hamster, and the Arrival of Michael.
Sara’s comment: Hilary McKay seems to have forgotten about their granddad. And it is true that Caddy was the only one who remembered him properly, in [b:Saffy's Angel|324377|Saffy's Angel (Casson Family, #1)|Hilary McKay|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173756975s/324377.jpg|2998976], and it would have been nice if he’d had some small role or even a mention in Caddy’s World. Sara also wished, and I agree, that we’d get a story featuring Eve and … um, I forget Eve’s twin sister’s name, but her. Possibly as teens. It would mean going back in time even more, but it would at least give McKay the opportunity to break out of the eternal round of Banana House domestic disasters (enjoyable though they are)—I love the Cassons and don’t mind more of them, but I think that as a writer it may be time for McKay to move on.
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BTW Oh Mysterious Publishing Gurus: Both Sara and I really dislike the new covers.
Hilary McKay is my favourite contemporary children’s author. I’ve said this before and I’ll probably say it again. Her prose is effortless and timeless, and I can gloss over things like the mention of Harry Potter and Dr. Who in 1996 because really, we know, these are contemporary children, and it doesn’t matter what year it was set in.
Another book about the Cassons is kind of like fanservice at this point… and you know what? I am that fan. In Caddy’s World McKay goes back to a pre-Rose time that doesn’t actually have a lot of room for plot, since we KNOW what’s going to happen, but it’s fun anyway. It’s so nice, in a self-indulgent kind of way (I say this as a reader!), to see Bill and Eve in a relationship that still works, to bask in the smug knowledge that the Firework Baby isn’t going to die, and to smirk at the prequel-world-segue into a recognizable child-Rose, The First Hamster, and the Arrival of Michael.
Sara’s comment: Hilary McKay seems to have forgotten about their granddad. And it is true that Caddy was the only one who remembered him properly, in [b:Saffy's Angel|324377|Saffy's Angel (Casson Family, #1)|Hilary McKay|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173756975s/324377.jpg|2998976], and it would have been nice if he’d had some small role or even a mention in Caddy’s World. Sara also wished, and I agree, that we’d get a story featuring Eve and … um, I forget Eve’s twin sister’s name, but her. Possibly as teens. It would mean going back in time even more, but it would at least give McKay the opportunity to break out of the eternal round of Banana House domestic disasters (enjoyable though they are)—I love the Cassons and don’t mind more of them, but I think that as a writer it may be time for McKay to move on.
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BTW Oh Mysterious Publishing Gurus: Both Sara and I really dislike the new covers.