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A review by ameserole
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
4.0
Am I worried that I dove into a kids book all by myself? Nope. Does it matter that I'm not a kid? Also - nope!
It might be weird that I dove into The Secret of Platform 13 while I'm in the middle of re-reading Harry Potter though. Mostly because I was looking at the reviews before I decided to write mine and many people mentioned Harry Potter lovers loving this book. So, yeah, it might be a coincidence.. or I might just be weird for randomly finding this book to read for a certain challenge.
In the end, all that matters is that I enjoyed the book. It honestly didn't faze me that people could steal children and then raise them as their own. I mean.. we live in this real world where that does happen. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing since I just went with it all. Then again, it is a book.
Back to the book though. Right from the very start, things start happening. We get introduced to a world where it didn't matter what magical creature was taking care of a baby. They just were. So every nine years, for about nine days, a doorway is open. The adventure this time around is to save the prince and trust me, it was a lot of fun to read about.
In the end, can I take a quick vacation to this wonderful island?
It might be weird that I dove into The Secret of Platform 13 while I'm in the middle of re-reading Harry Potter though. Mostly because I was looking at the reviews before I decided to write mine and many people mentioned Harry Potter lovers loving this book. So, yeah, it might be a coincidence.. or I might just be weird for randomly finding this book to read for a certain challenge.
In the end, all that matters is that I enjoyed the book. It honestly didn't faze me that people could steal children and then raise them as their own. I mean.. we live in this real world where that does happen. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing since I just went with it all. Then again, it is a book.
Back to the book though. Right from the very start, things start happening. We get introduced to a world where it didn't matter what magical creature was taking care of a baby. They just were. So every nine years, for about nine days, a doorway is open. The adventure this time around is to save the prince and trust me, it was a lot of fun to read about.
In the end, can I take a quick vacation to this wonderful island?