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A review by vermidian
Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton
3.0
This had a really cool concept, though I don't think it was my particular cup of tea. A book being told in two distinctly different time periods simultaneously, it surrounds the stories of two young boys who come across a strange book and are tasked with its safe keeping.
There were things about it I really liked. For instance, one of the main characters has a learning/reading disability which makes school work hard for him while the other is mute. Neither of these conditions are magicked away out of convenience, which was really great. Too often, I find books like to fix their characters with disabilities rather than showing them as being great characters who happen to have a disability. The main character Blake is also a child who is dealing with parents who are separated, which is a familiar struggle for some. Some might like that, some might find it stressful - so fair warning either way.
This also has the added benefit of teaching you about the early printing press and Gutenberg in specific, though the plot of it is somewhat fictionalized.
I wish I had connected to the characters and the story more. It was interesting, but I never found it as engaging as I wanted it to be. It was no fault of the book's, more just a difference in taste. I can see now why some really loved this book while others didn't like it much at all. All in all, not a bad book, but not one I am likely to reread.
There were things about it I really liked. For instance, one of the main characters has a learning/reading disability which makes school work hard for him while the other is mute. Neither of these conditions are magicked away out of convenience, which was really great. Too often, I find books like to fix their characters with disabilities rather than showing them as being great characters who happen to have a disability. The main character Blake is also a child who is dealing with parents who are separated, which is a familiar struggle for some. Some might like that, some might find it stressful - so fair warning either way.
This also has the added benefit of teaching you about the early printing press and Gutenberg in specific, though the plot of it is somewhat fictionalized.
I wish I had connected to the characters and the story more. It was interesting, but I never found it as engaging as I wanted it to be. It was no fault of the book's, more just a difference in taste. I can see now why some really loved this book while others didn't like it much at all. All in all, not a bad book, but not one I am likely to reread.