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Book Reviews by Emily Bache
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Footsteps
Katharine McMahon
Pages-309
Footsteps is an amazing book based on the past and how it influences the future. Whilst
trying to cope with the death of her husband and caring for her three year old daughter,
Helena is asked to write a book about her family’s past. But especially her grandfather the
Edwardian Photographer Donaldson, and his relationship with Ruth Styles, Helena’s
grandmother. At first Helena is reluctant to help because her past has always been
mysterious, and her mother is never keen on the subject. But finally convinced she finds
out that the past like the present is riddled with dreadful dilemmas and the cruelty of
love. This book is told through two voices, the voice Helena a young widow trying to find
out the past and the voice of Ruth Styles Helena’s grandmother in the past. This makes
the story more alive because Helena finds things out about Ruth whilst living her own life,
at the same time you are also gaining a fabulous inside into the mind of Ruth Styles. To
start with I thought that this book was really grim because the first chapter was Helen’s
husband funeral, but I’m so glad I persevered. Due to the fact it’s not grim at all but about
trying to find who people really are inside. I loved this book and I am sure you will to!
Halo
Alexandra Adornetto
Halo is such an amazing book, I loved it so much! In the novel, three angles have been sent
down from Heaven to bring good to the world and save a small sea side village called
Venus Cove. Bethany, a teenage angle, wonders why the great powers have chosen her to
go instead of more experience angles, her siblings have told her it is because she is the
more human than the other angles. As Bethany starts school how can she possibly keep
away from a gorgeous human boy with a tragic past, they soon fall in love, defying every
law in heaven and possibly landing Bethany and her siblings in massive danger. But when
the mysterious Jake Thorn turns up and bad things keep happening, can Bethany keep up
her angle work and her relationship? Or will it mean she has all the more to lose? I found
this really great book and I will definitely be reading it again very soon. You may think that
it is a book about religion, Heaven and hell, but really it is about the differences between
good, bad, love and hate. It is quite a chunky book but don’t be put off by that, every page
is worth reading at least once! There are also two other books in the series called Hades
which I am looking forward to reading and the third and final book comes out in August
2012.
Little Women
Louisa M. Alcott
Little Women is such a great book, it captures the life story of an unfortunate American
family. In the family there is; Meg the, oldest, vain but friendly about at the right age to be
looking for love, on the other hand there is boyish Jo always keen to meet people and
write passionate novels. Gentle loving Beth devotes her live to her family and her musical
talents, but then there’s Amy the youngest and most selfish of the March girls always
trying to act older than she really is. The novel highlights the girls growing up and facing
the big wide world, as the sisters experience love, hate, loyalty and sorrow. But as the
story progresses the sisters are subjected to massive change and challenges. Will they be
able to cope with the challenges that life throws at them? I personally think that Little
Women is a fabulous book and deserves more recognition than it has at present. Before I
read little women I thought that it would be outdated and hard to read, but it’s not at all,
the girls in the book experience many of the same traumas as we do now. Little women is
a classic because it is really good and really worth reading. So why not try reading it I
loved it so you probably would too!
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austin
Pride and Prejudice for me is one of the best of the classics there is. The book follows the
life of a two young girls, Lizzie and Jane the oldest two of the five Benet sisters. The
Benet’s are not most well off family around, but Lizzie’s mother (Mrs Benet) is very keen
to get them married to rich men with massive fortunes. But when Mr Bingley and Mr
Darcy arrive in town the sisters are made to meet them. Jane is intrigued by Mr Bingley
and is soon thinking about nothing else, but is kept occupied by the thought that he might
see her as a girl seeking his fortune. On the other hand Lizzie is disgusted by Mr Darcy’s
prejudice to her and her sisters. During the novel Lizzie is drawn to the mysterious Mr
Darcy and wonders if he is the man she once though him to be or has she prejudged him?
During the novel Lizzie experiences Love, Hate and everything in between. Pride and
Prejudice is one of the best books I have ever read, even though it is a classic. To start
with I thought it would be terrible and hard to read but actually it isn’t, it’s just like any
other modern day book but in many ways even better!
Shiver
Maggie Stiefvater
Shiver is definitely in my top 10 list of books. Grace has always known about the wolves,
ever since they tried to kill her as a child. But when a local boy is killed by them she can’t
help but be fascinated by the pack. She can’t keep her mind off them especially the wolf
with the yellow eyes, there’s something about him something almost human. But when
she meets a familiar yellow eyed boy in town he takes her breath away. She can’t help but
find herself deeply involved in the wolves and the yellow eyed boy, and suddenly her
whole world is upside down and every think she thought was real was a lie. Will she be
able to keep what she knows a secret? Or will the wolves in the woods never be there
again? The novel is told through two different voices, the voice of Grace an ordinary girl
with uncaring and self-obsessed parents and the voice of Sam the yellow eyed mysterious
half boy half wolf. This is a griping romantic book but with more to it than most, this book
does not just have love and passion woven in to its words but deep dark secrets and lies
as well. This fabulous book is so well written, with such an amazing story. Just looking at
this book you would think that it is an imitation of the amazing Twilight Saga, but it is
completely different and a great book in its own right, which I absolutely loved! There are
also two other books in the trilogy: Linger and Forever which are both as amazing if not
better worth reading.
The Star of Kazan
Eva Ibbotson
Pages-388
The star of Kazan is an amazing book! Annika lives as a house maid in Vienna, she loves
her life, especially the other two house maids who she sees as the parents she has never
had. She also dearly loves the old woman across the street who tells Annika about her life
as an actor, and about the magical jewels she received. But the one thing she longs for is
the mother that abandoned her when she was a baby. But when a beautiful rich woman
comes to claim her she is taken off to her true home far away from Vienna – and her new
life begins. But the dark cumbering castle echoes with secrets and lies, and as Annika
unravels the truth she finds herself in terrible danger. The star of Kazan if one of my
favourite books, I have read it so many it times I can’t remember. The story highlights the
question: Is you true family who you are related to or is it where you fit in and are happy?
It also shows the difference between being rich and happy. To start with I thought this
book was like any other book about finding lost family, but it is actually about loads more
than that with an amazing story line. I loved this book so much and you will too!