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A review by aradhnak
The Time of Green Magic by Hilary McKay
4.0
Oh this was sweet and fun and magical.
To be edited.
*EDITED*
It took me longer than I liked to finish this book, not because it was not a good book. No, it was great and cute and well-crafted, and the few times I picked it up, I flew through chapters. No, it was just because I have been busy with other things.
But I finally finished it and I loved it so much! This was written really well, and writing child characters can be very difficult, but I thought it was done amazingly. All three main characters - Abi, Max and Louis - are different ages, but they are very distinct, and come across very much as the age they are said to be.
Abi and her love for reading clicked with me the most, because I am like that. Getting lost in the book and the way the author wrote it was very magical. Which added to the mystery of the story, and whether or not Abi was imagining actually getting lost in her books.
Louis was adorable and stubborn, and he reminded me so much of the nephews I have at his age. He felt things so much, and loved so fiercely, and his emotions were so strong, and I loved that he was the first of the three kids to want them to actually be a family. Blended families can be difficult, but Louis really embraced it, and his confusion as to why Abi was not doing the same was sweet and sad in the same moment.
Max was a very well-written and well-fleshed out teenager. He came across as young and yet wanting to be older at the same time. He was ready to be treated as an adult, even as he was experiencing growing pains - the first real crush, the fight with his friends, the newness of his mother’s marriage to Abi’s father. It was all done very well.
And the way the three learned to come together as siblings slowly over the book was unfolded very nicely. I really enjoyed it, and will be recommending this to all the young readers I know.
To be edited.
*EDITED*
It took me longer than I liked to finish this book, not because it was not a good book. No, it was great and cute and well-crafted, and the few times I picked it up, I flew through chapters. No, it was just because I have been busy with other things.
But I finally finished it and I loved it so much! This was written really well, and writing child characters can be very difficult, but I thought it was done amazingly. All three main characters - Abi, Max and Louis - are different ages, but they are very distinct, and come across very much as the age they are said to be.
Abi and her love for reading clicked with me the most, because I am like that. Getting lost in the book and the way the author wrote it was very magical. Which added to the mystery of the story, and whether or not Abi was imagining actually getting lost in her books.
Louis was adorable and stubborn, and he reminded me so much of the nephews I have at his age. He felt things so much, and loved so fiercely, and his emotions were so strong, and I loved that he was the first of the three kids to want them to actually be a family. Blended families can be difficult, but Louis really embraced it, and his confusion as to why Abi was not doing the same was sweet and sad in the same moment.
Max was a very well-written and well-fleshed out teenager. He came across as young and yet wanting to be older at the same time. He was ready to be treated as an adult, even as he was experiencing growing pains - the first real crush, the fight with his friends, the newness of his mother’s marriage to Abi’s father. It was all done very well.
And the way the three learned to come together as siblings slowly over the book was unfolded very nicely. I really enjoyed it, and will be recommending this to all the young readers I know.