Amo leer a Cornelia Funke, es una autora que no puede escribir mal. Es bonito porque esta historia en particular junta 3 cosas en un mismo libro: lo dificil que es crecer, hacer amigos y madurar; una aventura fantástica y por último una narración histórica marcada por una investigación realizada por Cornelia en Inglaterra. Es de muy fácil lectura y te deja con un bonito sentimiento al terminarlo. I wanted to like this book so much more than I did that I'm really rather heartbroken. Jon, dealing with a lot of angst and resentment over his mother's newly-serious relationship, gets packed off to boarding school. Once he gets there he discovers that the challenge of meeting new friends is not nearly as pressing as the challenge to stay out of the clutches of a trio of vengeful marauding spirits that seem to have a personal grudge with him. Because this is Cornelia Funke, after all, the world of the book is highly developed, and it's actually loaded with history. Funke based some of the ghost stories on some real ghost stories and legends and you can tell that she has a real affection for the characters--the ghostly ones at least. I can't help but feel like something feels like it's missing with Jon and Ella, the children at the heart of the story. It feels at times like Funke is trying to patch together the dark fairy tale quality of the history and the legends with a much more lighthearted school story for younger readers and it doesn't completely work. The modern characters and plot get shortchanged a bit and the side-plot of Jon's relationship with his stepdad-to-be feels a little forced and hurried along. I feel like if she could have committed to writing it for an older audience and went a little darker overall, it could have been a much more interesting book. I would give anything to see her research notes for this book though.I could see this being a readalike for Avi (I'm thinking of Midnight Magic in particular).
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Easy read. I had fun seeing where this book would take me. Almost wish to see more of Jon and Ella.
—lisa
I almost bought this today when I saw it at the grocery store. I love Cornelia Funke's work.
—MichelleP
Note to self: contains profanity, not really good for siblings
—kotsoiandm
