Clockwork : Or All Wound Up
Author: Philip Pullman, Leonid Gore, Peter Bailey
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ISBN: 0590129988
Publisher: Scholastic (October, 1998)
Sales Rank: 33,573
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Philip Pullman does it again
Great book. Very creepy, with some great suspense. The illustrations are beautiful and very appropriate. Some readers have pointed out that the characters are underdeveloped--yes, they are, but that's not at all a fault, as this is a story in the style of folktales, where the characters aren't meant to be fully developed. They don't have to be. All of you who were enchanted by Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy will want to check this out. It's an entertaining quick read, and it will satisfy your hunger for more Philip Pullman books.
Rating: 5 out of 5
A wonderful story by a master story-teller.
I am a huge fan of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife, the first two in the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, and am anxiously awaiting The Amber Spyglass, the third. Even though this is a different style of witing it is still very good. It has an amazingly complex plotline for such a short book. Set in a small town in Germany, it's about Karl,a clockmaker's apprentice, who must make a new clockwork figure for the famous clock in town square, Fritz, a novelist, who must finish his oddly spine ting story, Clockwork, before it's to late, and Gretl, a young barmaid, who becomes our brave heroine. It's an intriguing story that I recomend to anyone who enjoys the utterly strange mixed into their fantasy. (Note: The characters aren't very advanced and need imagination)
Rating: 4 out of 5
Even I was impressed!
I suppose I should have checked the details a little better, because I was thinking this was a 300 page novel for YA readers. In fact, it's quite a small novel, and it's for very young children. Nonetheless, I had a fun time reading it! It was dark and spooky, and the illustrations were brilliant and fit this story perfectly. I would probably read this on a rainy day to my niece and nephew, and have a good fun scare! I would reccommend reading this book, as well as Neil Gaiman's "Coraline"; these two novels are creepy for kiddies and overall fun for children and adults alike!
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