A review for Aidan Chambers' Now I Know and The Toll Bridge: Both stories are brilliant, as always with Aidan. I've enjoyed reading these back to back and feeling the different depths and routes Aidan took with each book. Now I Know was all about what belief means. This was an opportune time to read this and it really made me feel immersed in the meaning and spirituality of belief, and I really liked seeing this aspect of Aidan come to life in a novel. The Toll Bridge brought out a philosophy that is so true (I won't give it away because the philosophy, is in fact, what the last line in the book is, and how it ends). But seeing this philosophy applied to the book and how the characters in it changed and dealt with strange situations was amazing. I must say, in both of these novels Aidan has written an "Afterword" and even these afterwords make the whole book for me. I love reading them because it's like there are two endings to the book- one in the fictional character's life and one that's brought out from the author. I admire Aidan for doing this, giving us insight on how he got the idea for writing the book and I think that's an excellent way of enlightening the readers and perfecting his works of art.
