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William Saunders bills59cte373 — This is light reading and nice for those of us who love cats.

Quentin Gore qgore — There is only one word to describe Gail Carson Levine’s books, and that is ‘charming’. The beauty of her writing lies in her ability to create enduringly endearing characters. And in Two Castles, she manages to weave her magic, yet again. Strangely enough, although A Tale of Two Castles has a much younger protagonist than Ella Enchanted, I found the writing style in this book infinitely less juvenile. In Ella Enchanted, her prose is breathless and fast-paced. In Two Castles, her words have more gravity, and the pace is more ponderous. Two Castles is a book that adults will find as captivating as children and teenagers. Elodie, the heroine, is a twelve-year old farm girl who sets off to the city of Two Castles to apprentice herself to the mansioners and realize her dream of becoming an actor. Alas for poor Elodie, the practice of offering free ten-year apprenticeships has just been abolished, and she discovers too late that she is too poor to pay for her apprenticeship. To add to her woes, her single copper is stolen almost as soon as she sets foot in the city. She is rescued from starvation by the dragon Meenore, who offers her a position as ITs assistant. (Dragons, being secretive about their sex, are always referred to as IT instead of him or her.) Elodie soon becomes embroiled in a plot against a hated ogre (with a heart of gold) and a search for the dreaded whited sepulcher, the outwardly beautiful person with evil in their heart. Elodie comes off as being much older than twelve, a trend that is very common, I have noticed, in fantasy. However, it is an understandable concept for me, and one that I will not take issue with. With my great powers of “deduction, induction and common sense”, I understand that privation and poverty age a person much too quickly, and children from poor families grow up quicker than children of privilege. Besides, Elodie is so adorable, it’s hard to find fault with her. She’s smart, quick-witted and kind-hearted, with a questioning mind that comes in very useful when she is called upon to deduce the identity of the whited sepulchre. This is not a profound novel, but it does have an underlying message. The people of Two Castle fear and hate the ogre, even though he is kind and considerate; they judge him by the acts of his father, and are unwilling to let go of their fear long enough to know him as a person. All the characters that are reviled as monsters, such as ogres and dragons, turn out to be sympathetic and reliable; it is the people who are the true monsters, hiding behind fear, ignorance and greed. This is a short, but sweet book (pardon the cliché) that is designed to appeal to the simplistic worldview of children and young teens. The mystery captures one’s attention, and the suspects are all plausible. If you’re over ten, it’s a given that you’ll figure out who the ‘villain’ is, but that doesn’t detract from the pleasure of watching Elodie work her way to the truth. While there is no romance in the book, obviously, Elodie does have her first crush on a suitably good looking older man, and blushes and stutters adorably when he is around. No ickiness about it though, I promise. I come back to my opening description, to say that all in all, A Tale of Two Castles is a charming adventure/detective story that is a pleasure to read. This is only my second Levine book, but you can be sure I'm going to be buying her other books soon! DISCLOSURE: This book was provided to me by the publisher via Net Galley. This review is not influenced by any considerations, monetary or otherwise.

Amadeja Smrekar amadejasmrekar — A friend gave me this book. There were some interesting insights. It's a nice easy read.

Giovanna Mello annavoigmello — My first ever novel that I am reading in Spanish... A compelling fictional story about Sephardi jews who migrate to Argentina in the early 20th century and their struggle to adjust to their new home...

Emma Nguyen _mma_g — I have read this book many times, starting from when I was a kid. It enchanted me as a kid for it has themes that I could grasp: your parents leaving you and being scared, talking tigers, best friends and lost friends, mountains of junk and mysterious places to explore, not to mention the fascination of different colours of the sun for every day of the week. As I have read it again and again, the layers of meaning and understanding have grown. I am glad that I read it first when I was very young and didn't know the significance of everything in it....that sense of wonder about this book still remains with me. This is a wondrous book! It is sad that this book and Brautigan's other books aren't on the shelf in libraries much anymore. Thankfully, many of his books can still be found in print.

Jose Hernandez jhernandezb052 — This is the first book which by I started to explore myself. I read it slowly like an valuable wine and I enjoyed it a lot.