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The book was interesting, a fun adventure. Not Indiana Jones-type adventure, but a kid having an interesting situation unfurl around him. Some lines were very funny, but mostly it was pretty straightforward. What bothered me most in the writing was the chapter transitions--or rather, the abrupt ending to most chapters. In 300 pages, there are 79 chapters, many of which seemed to flow more smoothly if I just ignored the chapter break. You can probably get that from the half of the book that's online, though ([http://www.pinkwater.com/theneddiad/]). The story is set just after WWII, but the temporal setting doesn't really matter. There's nothing particularly 1950s-ish about the book, except that the characters recognize train travel as something luxurious. Also, the story seemed reasonably realistic (as realistic as it can be, when a boy with a stone turtle is charged with saving humanity), if a tad surreal, and the addition of a ghost to the character roster just didn't work for me. (Really, it's not like the ghost does a whole lot, anyway.) I wanted to like this book. I've heard such great things about Daniel Pinkwater, and somehow I've never read any of his books. I'll probably pick up another, because I can't believe that I wouldn't love something that's gotten so many positive reviews from people whose opinions I trust, but honestly? My faith is a little shaken. My issues are more with the writing style and the transitions, so maybe this one was just more rushed than the others. I don't know. I just didn't care for it much. (I do, however, reserve the right to edit this review and make it more positive when I've had some more time to mull over the book, but I did just finish it about fifteen minutes ago.)

2023-01-13 11:32