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I told you I’d give a review of the book I was reading (Abarat by Clive Barker) when I finished it. I know, I know… it’s been a month. So shoot me…
Anyway! This was such an Alice In Wonderland story, where Candy, the main character, runs away from a bad home life and ends up in an alternate world where she meets all kinds of bizarre characters. And she may have magical powers. We’re not sure yet, but you can kind of guess…
The dialogue often felt disconnected and flat, but the imagery was unusually dark (clowns with rotating faces and a grandmother who sews the skin of soldiers together to create an army that never needs to eat or sleep). It was a strange combination to have, since the imagery indicated a more mature readership, but the dialogue suggested a children’s story.
Oh! And this is the first book in a series. Which I didn’t know before I started reading it. I probably won’t read the next book, because it wasn’t compelling enough to go on. Here’s how the report card reads:
Imagery: A
Dialogue: C-
Story-line: B
Overall: B
