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Spindle (Two Monarchies Sequence, #1)
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3.5 Stars
After reading for a few minutes, it was clear to me I would never have the type of imagination required to write a story such as Spindle, by W.R. Gingell. After reading for a little longer, I started to worry I didn’t have the type of imagination required to even read such a story. Spindle is a wild fairytale that chronicles the adventures of Poly, a princess (maybe!) woken after being under a spell for three hundred years, and Luck, the sorcerer who wakes her. Poly doesn’t remember much about her past, keeps falling asleep when she starts to remember, and can’t understand why Luck insists she has magic in her.
Throughout the story, Luck is on a mission with regards to Poly, but for some time, the exact purpose of his mission is unclear. Poly struggles to understand what has happened to her but Luck, if he knows anything, doesn’t seem to want to provide much information at all to her. If he’s not flat-out ignoring her, his responses are frequently not much more than, “Huh.� Poly is frustrated and so was I, at times. It felt like it took a long time to get to a point where I had even the faintest idea of what was happening. As the story moves along, I gradually felt more comfortable with the magic and with some of the things that happened to the characters, but I will admit to being confused most of the time.
While the relationship between Poly and Luck left me wanting more up until the end when they finally developed a closer bond, those between Poly and some of the other characters in the story were truly entertaining and fulfilling. I felt like I really got to know Poly when she interacted with Margaret and Melchior, in particular.
There were things in Gingell’s story that made me laugh and things that made me think, “Wow, clever author.� There were times I was charmed by the world Gingell created with its shifting villages, bewitched forests, well thought-out spells and jinxes, and houses that appeared out of nature. However, there were other times when I found myself wanting to skip ahead because the action seemed to have stalled.
All in all, this was a well-written book and I would recommend it to fans of fantasy. Being very clean with respect to violence, sex, and language I think it would appeal to, and be appropriate for, younger readers, as well.
After reading for a few minutes, it was clear to me I would never have the type of imagination required to write a story such as Spindle, by W.R. Gingell. After reading for a little longer, I started to worry I didn’t have the type of imagination required to even read such a story. Spindle is a wild fairytale that chronicles the adventures of Poly, a princess (maybe!) woken after being under a spell for three hundred years, and Luck, the sorcerer who wakes her. Poly doesn’t remember much about her past, keeps falling asleep when she starts to remember, and can’t understand why Luck insists she has magic in her.
Throughout the story, Luck is on a mission with regards to Poly, but for some time, the exact purpose of his mission is unclear. Poly struggles to understand what has happened to her but Luck, if he knows anything, doesn’t seem to want to provide much information at all to her. If he’s not flat-out ignoring her, his responses are frequently not much more than, “Huh.� Poly is frustrated and so was I, at times. It felt like it took a long time to get to a point where I had even the faintest idea of what was happening. As the story moves along, I gradually felt more comfortable with the magic and with some of the things that happened to the characters, but I will admit to being confused most of the time.
While the relationship between Poly and Luck left me wanting more up until the end when they finally developed a closer bond, those between Poly and some of the other characters in the story were truly entertaining and fulfilling. I felt like I really got to know Poly when she interacted with Margaret and Melchior, in particular.
There were things in Gingell’s story that made me laugh and things that made me think, “Wow, clever author.� There were times I was charmed by the world Gingell created with its shifting villages, bewitched forests, well thought-out spells and jinxes, and houses that appeared out of nature. However, there were other times when I found myself wanting to skip ahead because the action seemed to have stalled.
All in all, this was a well-written book and I would recommend it to fans of fantasy. Being very clean with respect to violence, sex, and language I think it would appeal to, and be appropriate for, younger readers, as well.
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November 15, 2015
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