tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post5210464964352334345..comments2024-03-29T02:40:16.271-05:00Comments on Charlotte's Library: The Children of the King, by Sonya HartnettCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-79333533251616942962014-11-08T12:56:11.175-05:002014-11-08T12:56:11.175-05:00Ooh, this one might be good! I haven't been ab...Ooh, this one might be good! I haven't been able to find many books that mention the princes in the tower. This sounds like a book I'll either love or loathe, and I won't know which until I read it. I'm putting it on my TBR list.Jainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02204775145211828620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-71674891113944649262014-04-20T17:10:03.344-05:002014-04-20T17:10:03.344-05:00I'm reading now, on the recommendation of a fr...I'm reading now, on the recommendation of a friend who is a member of the Richard III Society; I'm a Richard fan too and am careful what I read on this subject. <br /><br />Not a great Sonya Hartnett fan, which is why I hadn't intended to read this one, even though it was a CBCA Award winner( in the Younger Readers category!). I disliked Midnight Zoo, which was, I agree, more aimed at adults, but still won the CBCA award, because it seems to be the thing that if Sonya Hartnett writes a book in any given year it will win at least the CBCA award and often the Premier's Literary Award as well. This one was obscure and full of purple prose. I did like The Silver Donkey but the author spoiled it for me by saying in an interview that she'd told children asking about the pilot who tells te stories that he would be shot for desertion afterwards. She doesn't like happy endings. Still, I will finish Children Of The King(check out te Australian cover some time, not nearly as pretty, probably just as well - the cover you shw is deceptive). BTW, I got the impression that the children's uncle who tells the story is described in a way that sounds like Richard III himself. The hair, the eyes, the build...Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-979081312115786402014-04-10T19:56:50.028-05:002014-04-10T19:56:50.028-05:00This looks great, Charlotte. Thanks for sharing!!...This looks great, Charlotte. Thanks for sharing!!Rosemondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659819366169700357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-35751177754690302542014-04-04T17:02:42.950-05:002014-04-04T17:02:42.950-05:00This is one author whose writing just leaves me so...This is one author whose writing just leaves me sort of null. I tried to read this and got about 50 pages in before I put it aside. Hartnett's writing style and stories just don't work for me--I read The Midnight Zoo two years ago and felt the same. In this case I don't think it's a question of author skill so much as taste. But she does tend to write with what feels to be a more adult sensibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-15410765666246227822014-04-04T09:17:50.982-05:002014-04-04T09:17:50.982-05:00I might have to try this one. It definitely sound...I might have to try this one. It definitely sounds interesting *to me*, but I can understand that some books published for kids just don't appeal to them. (I mean, the Newbery Award is infamous for picking books with low kid appeal.)Livianiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-42344152310419801622014-04-04T06:47:24.518-05:002014-04-04T06:47:24.518-05:00Kid appeal is perhaps not a strength of this book,...Kid appeal is perhaps not a strength of this book, but I do love it--despite loathing Cecily most of the time--and was content to let it wash over me without worrying too much about making more than the obvious connections. Agreed that the ghosts were underutilized! What was the point of them?? Anyway, my more enthusiastic comments will go up today!<br />[There is a revealing Q and A on Hartnett's website, if you want to know Hartnett's opinion on Richard III, Jenny. Not sure if you will, though.]Anamaria (bookstogether)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10361389598002568007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-51773659277693000742014-04-03T20:43:38.325-05:002014-04-03T20:43:38.325-05:00Well, the character telling his story thinks he di...Well, the character telling his story thinks he did it, which was people assumed at the time....so it's not quite S.H.'s own opinion....Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-61957162720076552632014-04-03T19:49:25.999-05:002014-04-03T19:49:25.999-05:00Really important question on which everything abou...Really important question on which everything about my feelings for Sonya Hartnett hinge: Did Richard III kill the little princes, in this iteration of them? Because if so I am taking Sonya Hartnett off my TBR list and I DO NOT CARE HOW MUCH SHE APPEALS TO ADULTS. I like Richard III and I do not think he killed those kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com