Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Shadow Year
Was I the only one who after reading the description on the back of the book, thought that the changes made to Botch Town subsequently occurred in the real town? I thought this sounded like an interesting concept, but I like what actually happened in the book much more. Elaborate voodoo would have gotten old really quick. They could've just killed or made Mr. White disappear. I liked how Mary could only predict the locations of people. This gave the children an advantage, but it did not give them any control over Mr. White. They had warnings but were still in very serious danger.
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Actually, I didn't read the back until I read this, after I had already finished the book. But it is interesting their advantages, I guess you would say. Mary can place the characters' locations and Pop's tattoo can warn him of danger, which led to him saving the narrator.
ReplyDeleteAs far as that goes, why does the kid not have a name?!
I always read the descriptions of books before I start them, but the way I understood the back of this book was that Mary moved the figures around in Botch Town as predictions of where they would actually be in real life. I think that it could be interpreted either way though.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it sounded like they controlled things. Glad it turned out as what it did.
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