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A review by partly_stars
The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I could give it a solid 4 stars as a childrens book.
It's interesting to see a children' s book that tackles climate change which becomes more and more real concern for a lot of us. The way it is set both in a near future britain and in the 50s also creates space for conversation about diplacibg people byvthe government to create a water reserve.
I found the chracters lovable and ibtetesting and I was curious both about Molly and what happens with her brother and Nelly. In many ways Nelly's story is the main plot in the book (the past) and Molly is mostly framing it
I am a bit on the fence about the story about an orphan having a surpise father revealed at the end like it seems to be a common thing in stories of orphans, but I liked the conclusion of Nelly wanting to stay with the family that took her in and she felt more connected to them and it wasn't an immidate connwction, suggesting that the father needed to work on tge rwlationship with her later in tehir lives.
I think that different charcters gave an opporubity to touch upon many diffetent issues, of course boy in depth since its children's book but enough for the reader to get the picture and start asking questions
Also not a story I would bornally pick up, i thought it would be more of a magical adventure but it ended up being a dual realistic story with the only magical rlement being Molly seeing the past. It was quite fun to listen while doing chores though, especially since my brain is quite numb recently
It's interesting to see a children' s book that tackles climate change which becomes more and more real concern for a lot of us. The way it is set both in a near future britain and in the 50s also creates space for conversation about diplacibg people byvthe government to create a water reserve.
I found the chracters lovable and ibtetesting and I was curious both about Molly and what happens with her brother and Nelly. In many ways Nelly's story is the main plot in the book (the past) and Molly is mostly framing it
I am a bit on the fence about the story about an orphan having a surpise father revealed at the end like it seems to be a common thing in stories of orphans, but I liked the conclusion of Nelly wanting to stay with the family that took her in and she felt more connected to them and it wasn't an immidate connwction, suggesting that the father needed to work on tge rwlationship with her later in tehir lives.
I think that different charcters gave an opporubity to touch upon many diffetent issues, of course boy in depth since its children's book but enough for the reader to get the picture and start asking questions
Also not a story I would bornally pick up, i thought it would be more of a magical adventure but it ended up being a dual realistic story with the only magical rlement being Molly seeing the past. It was quite fun to listen while doing chores though, especially since my brain is quite numb recently