Title: Cuckoo Song
Author: Frances Hardinge
Pages: 416
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Release date: 8th May 2014
Blurb:
When
Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She
is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of her and her parents whisper
behind closed doors. She looks through her diary to try to remember, but the
pages have been ripped out.
Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself. In a quest find the truth she must travel into the terrifying Underbelly of the city to meet a twisted architect who has dark designs on her family - before it's too late...
Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself. In a quest find the truth she must travel into the terrifying Underbelly of the city to meet a twisted architect who has dark designs on her family - before it's too late...
My Review:
*I
received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley*
2.5/5
stars
When
Triss wakes up after an accident with some of her memories missing she knows
something is wrong.
She also has a ravenous hunger and her parents are
conspiring behind her back.
Triss soon finds herself in the strange world of
the Besiders.
This is
a very imaginative and creative book. If I had read it during my childhood I
can easily see it becoming one of my favourite books.
The storyline was unique
and I liked the ending.
The characters were likeable and realistic - I
especially liked and felt for Violet.
The
story did seem to drag in some places.
Overall
while I did mostly enjoy this it didn't grip me and dragged in places.
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