I read this fantastic tale when I was storming through my reading material one summer. It was a few years ago so I didn’t remember much of it until I decided to buy it recently to re-read it. Yes that’s right. Jinx re-read something!
Surprisingly I didn’t remember much of it at all. I knew the motive...but reading it a few years later I could see the gothic, darker side to the story even more. For something that is usually studied in school I found it very confronting, however the story proves to be both beautiful and challenging at the same time. Which is what we all want in a story right!?
It’s powerful, in the sense of explaining love, passion, pain and most of all the strength of the human spirit. Set in an institute for kids with special gifts the story moves quickly to explain each character and their gifts as well as their secrets, motivations and what really makes them tick. These characters are called the “think tank” and they are pulled into another world when one character is being contacted by other characters in the same institute called “babies”. The “babies” are toddlers with a very special gift, and they need help.
This story by Brian Caswell is one of my favourites because of the writing style being so interesting to follow. It was different and I got so much more out of it the way it changed from different times, to different characters points of views, even different stories all together, just to confuse you...which is what Brian Caswell is famous for!
To end, I give this tale 4 out of 5. A point taken off for being difficult in some places to fully grasp the meaning, as well as being annoying with only telling you half of it...yet never concluding some things! *shakes fist*
Surprisingly I didn’t remember much of it at all. I knew the motive...but reading it a few years later I could see the gothic, darker side to the story even more. For something that is usually studied in school I found it very confronting, however the story proves to be both beautiful and challenging at the same time. Which is what we all want in a story right!?
It’s powerful, in the sense of explaining love, passion, pain and most of all the strength of the human spirit. Set in an institute for kids with special gifts the story moves quickly to explain each character and their gifts as well as their secrets, motivations and what really makes them tick. These characters are called the “think tank” and they are pulled into another world when one character is being contacted by other characters in the same institute called “babies”. The “babies” are toddlers with a very special gift, and they need help.
This story by Brian Caswell is one of my favourites because of the writing style being so interesting to follow. It was different and I got so much more out of it the way it changed from different times, to different characters points of views, even different stories all together, just to confuse you...which is what Brian Caswell is famous for!
To end, I give this tale 4 out of 5. A point taken off for being difficult in some places to fully grasp the meaning, as well as being annoying with only telling you half of it...yet never concluding some things! *shakes fist*
Jinx xx
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