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A review by mppilk
A Short Walk Through a Wide World: A Novel by Douglas Westerbeke
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I’m finding it difficult to gather my thoughts on this book. I’m willing to suspend belief and dapple in magical, mystical even Sci-fi genres and am often pleasantly surprised. This book however brought me on a roller coaster.
9 yr old Aubrey finds a magical puzzle ball and then refuses to sacrifice it a well. She then develops a strange illness that causes to to constantly move from place to place around the world. What follows is a summary of those travels with visits to strange libraries along the way.
I really feel there was a message somewhere in the middle of all this but I just couldn’t grab hold of it. The stories meandered at times and I found it difficult to hold my attention to it but then it would bounce back and the ending left me feeling glad I had stuck with it.
A solid 3.5 ⭐️ but not quite the 4.
Thanks to Netgallry.co.uk and the publishers for this digital ARC.
9 yr old Aubrey finds a magical puzzle ball and then refuses to sacrifice it a well. She then develops a strange illness that causes to to constantly move from place to place around the world. What follows is a summary of those travels with visits to strange libraries along the way.
I really feel there was a message somewhere in the middle of all this but I just couldn’t grab hold of it. The stories meandered at times and I found it difficult to hold my attention to it but then it would bounce back and the ending left me feeling glad I had stuck with it.
A solid 3.5 ⭐️ but not quite the 4.
Thanks to Netgallry.co.uk and the publishers for this digital ARC.