Tanglewreck

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crowyhead, February 4, 2008 (view all comments by crowyhead)
This children's fantasy started out strong, but peters out a bit in the end. The basic idea is that all over the world, people are being caught up in "time storms" that sweep them out of their appropriate time and scatter them through time and space. Somehow connected to these time warps is a rambling old house called Tanglewreck, where an young girl named Silver lives with her malicious old aunt, Mrs. Rockaby.

There are some really fantastically witty elements to this book, my favorite possibly being Mrs. Rockaby's unusual accomplice in evil, a large malevolent rabbit named Bigamist. Unfortunately, by the end of the book, all of the plotlines are in a somewhat incomprehensible tangle. I don't know if Winterson intends to write a sequel; the book certainly leaves things open for one, and that could help straighten some of the plot elements out. Overall, though, I can only recommend this with reservations, and I don't think it works particularly well for the age group it's intended for.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781582349190

Author:

Winterson, Jeanette

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Subject:

Action & Adventure

Subject:

Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic

Subject:

Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General

Subject:

Time travel

Subject:

Time

Subject:

Action & Adventure - General

Subject:

Fantasy & Magic

Subject:

Children s-Science Fiction and Fantasy

Copyright:

2006

Edition Description:

Hardcover

Publication Date:

20060731

Binding:

HARDCOVER

Grade Level:

from 3 to 7

Language:

English

Pages:

250

Dimensions:

7.96x6.32x1.35 in. 1.12 lbs.

Age Level:

08-12