AccueilGroupesDiscussionsPlusTendances
Site de recherche
Ce site utilise des cookies pour fournir nos services, optimiser les performances, pour les analyses, et (si vous n'êtes pas connecté) pour les publicités. En utilisant Librarything, vous reconnaissez avoir lu et compris nos conditions générales d'utilisation et de services. Votre utilisation du site et de ses services vaut acceptation de ces conditions et termes.

Résultats trouvés sur Google Books

Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.

Chargement...

The Glass Puzzle

par Christine Brodien-Jones

MembresCritiquesPopularitéÉvaluation moyenneDiscussions
241943,491 (3.5)Aucun
While spending the summer in Tenby, Wales, with their grandfather, American cousins Zo ?and Ian assemble an old glass puzzle, inadvertently unleashing ancient forces that threaten the island and allowing them to travel into the past.
Aucun
Chargement...

Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre

Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.

I enjoyed this book most for its setting in Tenby, Wales, especially as my husband and I are hoping to visit the country in the future. Before finishing the story, I searched the web for photos and information on Tenby, an old port town and discovered nearby Caldey Island with a Cistercian monastery. These are places I'd love to visit and this reminded me of other books set in Wales and other places to visit: Aberstywyth from A String in the Harp, by Nancy Bond; the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander (set in ancient Wales; based on mythology); Jenny Nimmo's The Snow Spider; the Dysynni Valley in Gwynedd (northwest Wales), the great mountain Cader Idris, and the village of Tywyn in Susan Cooper's The Grey King (as well as the other four books in The Dark Is Rising sequence).

Zoe and Ian are strong characters, each supporting the other. Zoe is dramatic and action-oriented, while Ian is the steadier puzzle-solver, less likely to jump headlong into danger. I like how they admire each others' traits. As the plot progresses, the dialogue between them becomes a bit repetitive; they tend to admire the same things over and over. Grandad seems strong in the beginning, but suddenly weak toward the end. The seer, Bron, is a mysterious character, but I didn't picture her as she's illustrated. When Zoe and Ian travel into the past, the characters there are not very well-developed. Miss Glyndower in particular seemed stiff and stilted.

That said, I enjoyed some of the details in the story, including the descriptions of Tenby, tidbits of Welsh culture, and the Welsh words Zoe learns and writes in her journal. "Hiraeth" is Welsh for nostalgia, a yearning for home. "Sea Kestrel" is a great name for a boat. The word "gloaming" is well-defined as the hazy air before dark in summer. One of Zoe and Ian's favorite Welsh breakfasts is laverbread, which is laver seaweed mixed with oats and fried in bacon fat, along with Glengettie tea. The map of Old Tenby is a fine addition and will be fun to compare to the actual town. I also admired the paragraph on magic near the end of the story; that it's not only "spells and enchantments" but about knowing yourself. A good message for all ages. ( )
  bookwren | Feb 11, 2016 |
aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Vous devez vous identifier pour modifier le Partage des connaissances.
Pour plus d'aide, voir la page Aide sur le Partage des connaissances [en anglais].
Titre canonique
Titre original
Titres alternatifs
Date de première publication
Personnes ou personnages
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Lieux importants
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Évènements importants
Films connexes
Épigraphe
Dédicace
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
In memory of my father, Cecil "Cec" Brodien, who as a boy inscribed his own box of treasures with the words Hero, Inventor, Mastermind
Premiers mots
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
On a foggy June morning in Wales, Zoe Badger wandered the crooked streets of Tenby, dreaming of pirates and tunnels to the sea.
Citations
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Okay, magic was about spells and enchantments, but magic was about other things, too, like knowing who you were and where you belonged. It was the history handed down from generation to generation, passed from grandfather to granddaughter, cousin to cousin, friend to friend. Magic was in the cobbled streets, the timbered houses and crumbling castle walls, the shifting patterns of the sea. Magic was everywhere, if you opened your eyes and looked.
Derniers mots
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
(Cliquez pour voir. Attention : peut vendre la mèche.)
Notice de désambigüisation
Directeur de publication
Courtes éloges de critiques
Langue d'origine
DDC/MDS canonique
LCC canonique

Références à cette œuvre sur des ressources externes.

Wikipédia en anglais

Aucun

While spending the summer in Tenby, Wales, with their grandfather, American cousins Zo ?and Ian assemble an old glass puzzle, inadvertently unleashing ancient forces that threaten the island and allowing them to travel into the past.

Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque

Description du livre
Résumé sous forme de haïku

Discussion en cours

Aucun

Couvertures populaires

Vos raccourcis

Évaluation

Moyenne: (3.5)
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5 1
4
4.5
5

Est-ce vous ?

Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing.

 

À propos | Contact | LibraryThing.com | Respect de la vie privée et règles d'utilisation | Aide/FAQ | Blog | Boutique | APIs | TinyCat | Bibliothèques historiques | Critiques en avant-première | Partage des connaissances | 203,189,596 livres! | Barre supérieure: Toujours visible