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A review by susana82
The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Parry
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Such a nice, cosy, magical book!
It includes a hidden island, an ellusive magician, his familiar rabbit, and his adopted daugher, it includes magic, but so scarce. And it includes other magicians, and 1910's London and with its niceties and its hardships.
We follow Biddy, a 16 year old, that has become restless, feeling trapped in an island, but eager to see the world. She has been kept safe in that island, despite the young girl's frustrations, but her foster dad will have to let her out in the world at some point. And so it happens when one night he doesn't return home. This is when he tells her more about her past and they travel to London to set some things right. They end up facing the old Council of magician's, which includes some old friends of him.
The story is kept at a good pace, with different sets with proper world building. The story focuses a lot more on Biddy's thoughts and feelings than the world building, but there is enough of ut for us to enjoy the story. In the end, all the ends are properly tied up, perhaps a bit too much. We didn't need to have confirmation with so many pages after things were solved, and a little could have been left to the imagination, but there is still plenty to imagine after the story ends.
It was a nice, cosy reading.
It includes a hidden island, an ellusive magician, his familiar rabbit, and his adopted daugher, it includes magic, but so scarce. And it includes other magicians, and 1910's London and with its niceties and its hardships.
We follow Biddy, a 16 year old, that has become restless, feeling trapped in an island, but eager to see the world. She has been kept safe in that island, despite the young girl's frustrations, but her foster dad will have to let her out in the world at some point. And so it happens when one night he doesn't return home. This is when he tells her more about her past and they travel to London to set some things right. They end up facing the old Council of magician's, which includes some old friends of him.
The story is kept at a good pace, with different sets with proper world building. The story focuses a lot more on Biddy's thoughts and feelings than the world building, but there is enough of ut for us to enjoy the story. In the end, all the ends are properly tied up, perhaps a bit too much. We didn't need to have confirmation with so many pages after things were solved, and a little could have been left to the imagination, but there is still plenty to imagine after the story ends.
It was a nice, cosy reading.