- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1407102842
- ISBN-13: 978-1407102849
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 322 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #59,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great historical adventure!,
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This review is from: Puzzle Ring (Paperback)
Excellent! It took me a couple of chapters to really get into this book, but once I was there, I stayed hooked through the end. The Puzzle Ring is a fun, exciting read - definitely one for the permanent shelf! This story pulls together contemporary characters, history, and folklore in a way that is completely riveting.
I found Hannah mildly irritating early on in the book, but then she is a thirteen year old girl, and I have yet to meet one that I don't find mildly irritating. I even annoyed myself when I was thirteen. As the story moved on and Hannah had interaction with characters other than her mother, I liked her a lot better. My favorite part of the story is when Hannah and her friends travel back in time to try and break the Rose curse. I loved the interweaving of the present and the past, and I kept trying to figure out the various mysteries and where the story would go next. Forsyth managed to surprise me most of the time, though. Her skillful use of historical figures and events to advance the plot of the story managed to bring this period of history to life for me in a way I've never experienced. One thing that I deeply appreciated about this book is that, while it is totally appropriate for the recommended age group (10+), the writing is not dumbed down at all. The plot is complex, the vocabulary is pleasantly challenging (it sent me running for the dictionary once), and the historical detail is accurate to the best of my knowledge. Most importantly, the distressing details of the story and historical setting are never glossed over or sensationalized unnecessarily. The Puzzle Ring thankfully manages to avoid the condescending tone that turns me off of so many middle-grade novels. This is a book that truly has appeal for all ages.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A high-aiming fantasy that gets bogged down by its own length,
By La Coccinelle - Published on Amazon.com
I went into reading this book thinking that it was a young adult title. But it falls squarely in the middle grade category. The protagonists are only thirteen (and a rather immature thirteen, at that), and the prose has some eye-rolling moments that made me, as an adult reader, cringe.
The plot is interesting enough (Hannah and her friends go back in time in Scotland to retrieve four pieces of a puzzle ring so they can break her family's curse), but it gets bogged down by trying too hard to be historical fiction as well as fantasy. At nearly 400 pages, the book is simply too long. I probably would have enjoyed this book if I'd read it as a child. But if I'm going to read middle grade fiction now, I prefer it to be a little more sophisticated. I'd recommend Ingrid Law's Savvy for a good example of middle grade fiction where the child protagonists aren't portrayed as so whiny and immature that you want to slap them.
5.0 out of 5 stars
awesome,
By emily mccombe - Published on Amazon.com
Myy friend told me to read this book and she reads different things to me so i was thinking that 'its was going to be some boring fairy tale that no one liked' but whilist reading this i couldnt put it down i found it awesome exspecialy when i found out it had fairy and that kind of stuff in it 'cause thats the sort of stuf im into. But yeah it wasd an awesome book.
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