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A middle-grade novel about a girl in a hospital who sees winged horses in the mirrors, then climbs over the wall of an abandoned garden on the grounds and finds a horse with a broken wing.
With a premise like that, how can you go wrong? Well--once you ask yourself that question, the ways become obvious. I will say that this book is quite beautifully written and is obviously doing exactly what the author wanted it to do. There is no shortage of craft. It just managed to hit multiple points which are not objectively bad, but which I really dislike. Spoilers for the entire book follow. ( Read more... )
An Amazon reader who also found it depressing wrote, On the positive side, the story gives us a good look at how many children's lives were lost before vaccines came into existence.
The Secret Horses of Briar Hill
With a premise like that, how can you go wrong? Well--once you ask yourself that question, the ways become obvious. I will say that this book is quite beautifully written and is obviously doing exactly what the author wanted it to do. There is no shortage of craft. It just managed to hit multiple points which are not objectively bad, but which I really dislike. Spoilers for the entire book follow. ( Read more... )
An Amazon reader who also found it depressing wrote, On the positive side, the story gives us a good look at how many children's lives were lost before vaccines came into existence.
The Secret Horses of Briar Hill
