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A review by hollowspine
The Tilting House by Sarah Watts, Tom Llewellyn
3.0
A very quick and fun read for kids of all ages (even very old ones like me). The story centers on Josh and his younger brother Aaron as they move into the strangest house on the block, which is saying a lot since the other houses feature a grumpy hoarder, a crazy man who never stops talking and often has a hearse cruising around.
Josh and his family have some work to do both the settle into their new house; the floors are all tilted inward three degrees and the walls are covered in bizarre and cryptic diagrams and messages.
The book had a lot of strange things going on, some sections didn't seem to fit perfectly in with the rest of the story, but it was all very fun to read so it's easy to overlook.
There was one especially strange scene in the book, that I thought was really pretty gruesome, not really sure what the author was thinking. In the scene Josh's father gets bitten by a rat and once he manages to shake it off he crushes the rat's skull under foot. Aaron immediately bursts into tears at the death of the baby rat, then they meet the rat's father and family all mourning the loss of their son. But, soon after apparently the rat forgives Dad for killing one of his many children and they get on fine. It was just a little creepy and harsh to me.
Josh and his family have some work to do both the settle into their new house; the floors are all tilted inward three degrees and the walls are covered in bizarre and cryptic diagrams and messages.
The book had a lot of strange things going on, some sections didn't seem to fit perfectly in with the rest of the story, but it was all very fun to read so it's easy to overlook.
There was one especially strange scene in the book, that I thought was really pretty gruesome, not really sure what the author was thinking. In the scene Josh's father gets bitten by a rat and once he manages to shake it off he crushes the rat's skull under foot. Aaron immediately bursts into tears at the death of the baby rat, then they meet the rat's father and family all mourning the loss of their son. But, soon after apparently the rat forgives Dad for killing one of his many children and they get on fine. It was just a little creepy and harsh to me.