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Heap House (Iremonger, #1)

Edward Carey

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Jul 28, 2014 Melissa Chung rated it really liked it

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This book was unlike any book I have ever read. It was a fun entertaining read. Slow to get into, but once I understood the history of the people and Heap House in general it grew on me.

This book is narrated in two POV's, one being Clod Iremonger and the other being Lucy Pennant. Now lets see if I can explain the book.

Clod Iremonger lives in a large patchwork mansion called the Heap House. Heap being garbage, junk, trash, lost things, broken things, crumbling things, forgotten things. Within thi ...more

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Jul 22, 2014 Sarah Churchill rated it really liked it

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I struggled to get my head around it to begin with, got the characters muddled up and had no idea what was going on. The language also took a bit of getting used to as it's been a while since I read anything quite so Dickensian. Once I overcame those hurdles, though, I loved it!

Dark, gothic and very Tim Burton-esque, the creepiness of the story combined with the language made me forget that it's meant to be a middlegrade book. In fact I counted a few swear words in there too (p*ss, s**t, b**ch) ...more

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