jenlabrador 's review for:

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel

4.0

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I admit I was attracted to this book because of the cover. Illustrated by Jon Klassen, his pictures wrap a spell around you that make this tale even creepier. I do not like horror or scary stories. But The Nest has an eerie quality, like an old fashioned ghost story, subtle and suggestive, enough to keep you intrigued with that feeling that something is just not right. Woven through this book is the idea of being "normal" both physically and mentally and the secret desires we harbor to try to make things perfect.

I have no idea what child or age I would recommend this book to. There is a dark morality side to this story that while many scary popular stories deal with death, The Nest's approach is a little different. I guess if you knew of a little 6th grade goth-er who can see thestrals and is OK with that, this would be a great book for them.