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A review by abbynlewis
Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery, a Very Strange Adventure by Lissa Evans
5.0
This book was absolutely marvelous! I loved the fact that the book itself was tiny and portable, much like the protagonist, young Stuart. I simply adored his father and his witty yet counfusing statements that just had me smiling like an idiot because half the time I had no earthly idea what the man was saying, but I still found it vastly entertaining and educational.
The vocabulary is so vast, it's a wonder they even labeled it as a young adult novel. That's what I love about it though. Most of the time, the father would say something completely intelligent and the son would say "What?" and the father would translate. As simple as that, but that's what was so brilliant about it- it broadened the vocabulary of young readers in such a way as to not be boring.
It was an absolutely superb idea, and besides that fact, I quite enjoyed the plot of the book itself as well. The idea of the three identical triplets was shocking and intriguing. It was suspenseful and well written, and I just found the whole thing to be a delight.
The vocabulary is so vast, it's a wonder they even labeled it as a young adult novel. That's what I love about it though. Most of the time, the father would say something completely intelligent and the son would say "What?" and the father would translate. As simple as that, but that's what was so brilliant about it- it broadened the vocabulary of young readers in such a way as to not be boring.
It was an absolutely superb idea, and besides that fact, I quite enjoyed the plot of the book itself as well. The idea of the three identical triplets was shocking and intriguing. It was suspenseful and well written, and I just found the whole thing to be a delight.