Robert Dinsdale
Auteur de The Toymakers
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Robert Dinsdale
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Dinsdale, Robert
- Date de naissance
- 1982
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
- Études
- Leeds - no further explanation
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Membres
- 553
- Popularité
- #45,138
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 36
- ISBN
- 40
- Langues
- 1
This book conjures up the grand opulence of movies such as The Greatest Showman and the wonder and magic of books such as Caraval or The Night Circus and then takes them to a whole new level. The Toymakers is in a league of its own and shines even brighter than any star ever seen.
Another over used cliché but none the less true – I literally couldn’t put it down, the kids had to fend for themselves and I even had them fetching me cups of tea! I started reading 9pm Thursday evening and I was still reading 8am Friday morning, sleep didn’t even occur to me I was that engrossed. Suffice to say no housework got done at all Friday as I HAD to finish the book.
It begins in London 1917 and follows the lives of Papa Jack and his two sons, Kaspar and Emil in their wonderful Emporium and a young runaway girl, Cathy, who comes to the Emporium looking for work and a place of safety, all the way through to 1953.
Full of magic and wonder Papa Jack’s Toy Emporium is a place to behold, you can feel the enthusiasm of the children and adults alike and is a place you never want to leave. But as is with everything in life, real life can’t be ignored, bringing the war to the establishment, forever changing the lives within.
The ending wasn’t what I was expecting, not that I knew what to expect and there as a twist in the tale that had me wanting to shout out loud – Noooooo and shaking my head in disbelief!
Blending historical fiction and magical realism together to create a magical world full of passion, inspiration, imagination, love, secrets, loss and fear that will always stay with you long after the last page has been read.… (plus d'informations)