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What a sweet story about wanting attention even as you welcome a younger sibling. Endearing and wonderfully illustrated.
A beautiful (and beautifully illustrated) meditation on learning. Sarah Kay reminisces on the principal who shaped her early education and influenced her as a teacher. What a sweet and affecting poem!
Thank you so much, Hachette, for the advance copy!!
Thank you so much, Hachette, for the advance copy!!
Terribly unpleasant in all ways. Overwritten, pretentious, obnoxiously trying to both participate in the school shooting conversation and deliberately turn away from it. Populated by the least likable people you might ever read about. Tedious and boring.
I do feel that the last 100 pages or so do amount to a bit of a saving grace; at least within them we see a slight bit of character development, as well as some much-needed action. It's terribly unpleasant action, of course, but at least it's not a pages-long list of all the features of Eva's dream house.
I do feel that the last 100 pages or so do amount to a bit of a saving grace; at least within them we see a slight bit of character development, as well as some much-needed action. It's terribly unpleasant action, of course, but at least it's not a pages-long list of all the features of Eva's dream house.
3.5 stars
Mycroft Holmes is a fun, fast-paced reinvention of the "uptight" Holmes brother that reveals him to be anything but! With skills of deduction that rival Sherlock's, Mycroft spends this book unraveling a mystery in Trinidad. I enjoyed reading about a Holmes brother who was maybe a bit more...empathetic (??) than Sherlock, and I really appreciate the effort taken by the authors to present diverse characters in a Victorian world.
The presentation of clues could be a bit confusing, and I got frustrated when the initial mystery was pushed to the side (all the loose ends get tied up, though). The authors write well, and the pacing was perfect to keep me turning pages.
Mycroft Holmes is a fun, fast-paced reinvention of the "uptight" Holmes brother that reveals him to be anything but! With skills of deduction that rival Sherlock's, Mycroft spends this book unraveling a mystery in Trinidad. I enjoyed reading about a Holmes brother who was maybe a bit more...empathetic (??) than Sherlock, and I really appreciate the effort taken by the authors to present diverse characters in a Victorian world.
The presentation of clues could be a bit confusing, and I got frustrated when the initial mystery was pushed to the side (all the loose ends get tied up, though). The authors write well, and the pacing was perfect to keep me turning pages.
