![]() ![]() I have to give this book five stars because that's how good I remember it being!Įvery now and then I return to Robin Jarvis' work like somebody finding dry land after weeks at sea. Perhaps these books are darker than most aimed at children, or perhaps adults are having darker experiences of them because we have had darker experiences, and forget that children can handle more than we think they can and we want to preserve their innocence. ![]() ![]() I also think that imagery in books is only as dark as you have the ability to imagine, so is often more of a reflection of yourself. I am keen to address this, but am worried that I won't have the same love for these books if I was to re-read them. I am now a library manager and am disappointed that we don't seem to have any Robin Jarvis on our shelves. As a result, it's one of those books that still conjures the feelings and imagery of a unique world, perhaps 15 years later. Reviewers talk about it being 'horrifically dark', while this was one of my favourite books at around the age of 11, which I read again and again (along with its sequels). Having had a quick look at some of these reviews, I think I must have been a very strange child. ![]()
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