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punkinmuffin's review against another edition
4.0
That opening scene, one of the most visceral set-pieces I've ever encountered.
dissendiumnox's review against another edition
4.0
4/5
Joli roman tendre et lumineux, malgré ses zones d’ombre. Quelques lenteurs mais aussi beaucoup de beauté.
Joli roman tendre et lumineux, malgré ses zones d’ombre. Quelques lenteurs mais aussi beaucoup de beauté.
muggsyspaniel's review against another edition
4.0
L. P. Hartley knew how to write children. The Go-Between was filled with wonderful insights into the mind of young Leo, his fears and embarrassments. This book, the first in the Eustace and Hilda trilogy, is more of the same but without the tradgedy of The Go-Between. If you are looking for excitement, drama or thrills then this really isn't for you. It's a slow thoughtful book whose events we see through the eyes of young Eustace. He's a sweetly nervous boy who wants to please everyone, most of all his older sister Hilda. As to plot there really isn't one, just a sequence of, to Eustace, notable events over the course of a few months.
As I said, it's slow and thoughtful its also occasionally beautiful and sometimes a little heartbreaking and Hartley writes children I for one can empathise with. It's no Go-Between but what book is?
As I said, it's slow and thoughtful its also occasionally beautiful and sometimes a little heartbreaking and Hartley writes children I for one can empathise with. It's no Go-Between but what book is?
upokyin's review
4.0
Before I read Shrimp and the Anemone, I never imagined that I would enjoy reading about a nine year old boy and how the world appears from his perspective. But this story is written with such sensitivity and skill that it reawakened past emotions I thought had faded over the years and been lost forever. What a great writer L.P.Hartley was.
minnahelena's review
4.0
Not as spectacular as 'The Go-Between', but still beautiful, clever and insightful.
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