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A review by thepiqht
The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
5.0
Blog post titled 'You Are Too Young for The Girl of Ink and Stars' to come! Look out for it in the next month or so.
The art of buying books has become a hesitant action of mine while I wait for the $50 all-you-can-into-a-box book buffet that’s about to arrive. It’s a once in a year thing for my entire country, and so I don’t want to be wasting my money on just any old book. So I cajoled my mum into buying this for me, secondhand mind you, instead. Thanks mum!
However, despite the somewhat negative connotations that both the title of this post and the implication that I didn’t buy this myself might give you, this book was a little gem in it’s own right. The content matched the cover; gorgeous both inside and out. Not only that, but the pages were printed with orange stars, compasses and carefully coloured maps that are supposed to resemble the ones that are described within the pages. Even if I hadn’t enjoyed the story, I’m sure that the beautiful designs would have earned it at least an extra star on goodreads.
I debated on what to give this. While it was a wonderful story and I enjoyed it quite a great deal – I do think that it has been marketed incorrectly. Skeletons and beloved pets almost being eaten don't seem all that appropriate for middle graders (who I am assuming are 9-13). I also really didn't like the first chapter, in fact, I almost put the book down because of it. So I've settled on:
4.5 stars
The art of buying books has become a hesitant action of mine while I wait for the $50 all-you-can-into-a-box book buffet that’s about to arrive. It’s a once in a year thing for my entire country, and so I don’t want to be wasting my money on just any old book. So I cajoled my mum into buying this for me, secondhand mind you, instead. Thanks mum!
However, despite the somewhat negative connotations that both the title of this post and the implication that I didn’t buy this myself might give you, this book was a little gem in it’s own right. The content matched the cover; gorgeous both inside and out. Not only that, but the pages were printed with orange stars, compasses and carefully coloured maps that are supposed to resemble the ones that are described within the pages. Even if I hadn’t enjoyed the story, I’m sure that the beautiful designs would have earned it at least an extra star on goodreads.
I debated on what to give this. While it was a wonderful story and I enjoyed it quite a great deal – I do think that it has been marketed incorrectly. Skeletons and beloved pets almost being eaten don't seem all that appropriate for middle graders (who I am assuming are 9-13). I also really didn't like the first chapter, in fact, I almost put the book down because of it. So I've settled on:
4.5 stars