The House with a Clock in Its Walls
by John Bellairs
Taste attributes: fantasyhorrorfamilymysteryfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginaryglossyemotionally undemandingsolving the riddle/not as it seemsfighting evilunlikely connections
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly fantasy novel that is light, polished and inventive. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan, comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watching magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Selenna Izard.
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- John Bellairs
- Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 179
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