mat_tobin 's review for:

The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo

4.0

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I thoroughly enjoyable adventure which has at its heart, is a story of how a folktale or myth embedded within its landscape can bring a rather beautiful sense of peace and acceptance to an unexplainable loss. To go further would be to spoil the story but Gwyn's story here, of how he inherits the magical powers of his ancestors and uses them to try and bring back his sister who went missing on the mountains year before is well done. Although I felt it rushed a little at the end, there is enough nodding here to the structure of fairy and folk tales which is to be admired. I found the relationship between Gwyn and his parents, who both grieve for the loss of their daughter in very different ways, powerful and ripe for discussion. I thought of the book as much like Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising books but for slightly younger readers. This would make for an excellent read aloud.