Jean Bothwell (1892–1977)
Auteur de The Empty Tower
Œuvres de Jean Bothwell
Flame in the sky 4 exemplaires
Star of India 3 exemplaires
Peter Holt, P.K. 3 exemplaires
The animal world of India 2 exemplaires
The borrowed monkey 2 exemplaires
Ride, Zarina, Ride 2 exemplaires
Onions Without Tears 1 exemplaire
Mystery Cup 1 exemplaire
LITTLE BOAT BOY By JEAN BOTHWELL Harcourt Brace World HC 1945 [Hardcover] Jean Bothwell 1 exemplaire
Ranch of a Thousand Horns 1 exemplaire
Golden Letter to Siam 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1892
- Date de décès
- 1977
- Lieu de sépulture
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Winside, Nebraska, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Fayette, Missouri, USA
Membres
Discussions
YA Fiction / Middle-Eastern (maybe?) girl rides white horse at night. à Name that Book (Avril 2014)
Critiques
Listes
1964 Project (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 55
- Membres
- 369
- Popularité
- #65,264
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 25
Maybe because it's so very specific to its time & place. Rural New York state, but 'feels' like England - they even have afternoon tea. Pub. 1964, but the boy Quin is recovering from polio, which was a bigger issue several decades earlier. Also a bit sexist for the 60s, as the girl, though generally spunky & active, was absolutely the more easily frightened & fussed.
V. concise - not a lot of background information is provided, not a lot happens besides that which is key to the mystery. But still, little odd nuggets of amusement were inserted, such as the girl being nicknamed Pickles because of her fondness for such foods.
I could have, theoretically, read it as a child - but imagining myself trying to, I think I probably would not have liked it. I felt like a stone skipping across a pond, getting glimpses of these people and their lives but not getting to spend enough time with them. Back then, that would have bothered me even more than it does now.
Then again, neither then nor now do I like mysteries. So I may be prejudiced.
Still, I'm giving it four stars because the characters were so intriguing that I wanted to get to know them better, and I keep thinking about the book after I've closed it and started on the next.… (plus d'informations)