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Actual rating 4.5
So what happened when Alice came back from Wonderland and couldn’t forget all those amazing adventures?
What really happened to those kids from Narnia, kings and queens turning to normal people in split of a second?
That’s what this book is about, aftermaths…. Children or better to say adults in their desired worlds are abandoned and returned to our world at the age they left it. In real world they've gone missing for a few month but for them it was years.They don’t like it, they ...more
So what happened when Alice came back from Wonderland and couldn’t forget all those amazing adventures?
What really happened to those kids from Narnia, kings and queens turning to normal people in split of a second?
That’s what this book is about, aftermaths…. Children or better to say adults in their desired worlds are abandoned and returned to our world at the age they left it. In real world they've gone missing for a few month but for them it was years.They don’t like it, they ...more
I wanted so much to love this book more. I really liked it! I just wanted more out of it. I wanted more character development, less boring murder plot. I could have had that if this had been an actual novel, instead of something I could read in an hour (for full novel price).
At any rate, I loved the descriptions of the worlds, and how the kids related to them. Group therapy for moving on, or dealing with what they went through. So much good stuff, but not enough. I just feel about the murder pl ...more
At any rate, I loved the descriptions of the worlds, and how the kids related to them. Group therapy for moving on, or dealing with what they went through. So much good stuff, but not enough. I just feel about the murder pl ...more
Well written and very weird, I can see why this series has an enthusiastic and devoted following. Though I found it interesting and definitely wanted to know who dunnit, it wasn't quite my cup of tea. The descriptions of the worlds visited and the returning childrens' attitudes to them left me with an impression of paedophilia/Stockholm syndrome that I don't think the author intended yet I found hard to shake. Even with my reservations I am tempted to read or listen to subsequent volumes because
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I read this book in 24 hours. It was a quick, delightful read.
Mar 26, 2016
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