{"id":5052,"date":"2012-09-05T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brucebarton.com\/journey\/?p=5052"},"modified":"2012-09-05T22:01:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T22:01:11","slug":"book-review-the-hourglass-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brucebarton.com\/journey\/uncategorized\/book-review-the-hourglass-door","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Hourglass Door"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Hourglass Door
\nby Lisa Mangum<\/span><\/h3>\n

My daughter, Alisa, my almost 16-year old granddaughter Amanda, and I decided to have our own little book club this summer.\u00a0 We read some book reviews in the Deseret News and decided to read the Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum.\u00a0 According to the newspaper article, this is the first novel by Mangum and \u201cit won the 2009 Book of the Year for Young Adult Fiction, presented by ForeWord Reviews \u2014 a print magazine and online review service for readers, booksellers, book buyers, publishing insiders and librarians. Mangum’s second book, The Golden Spiral,<\/em> won the same award in 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n

My granddaughter read it first.\u00a0 She gobbles up books like chocolate chip cookies and finished it in only a day or two. \u00a0That\u2019s when we found out it is a trilogy!\u00a0 Heck, you can\u2019t just read the first book and 3 books are almost more than I care to commit to, but committed we were now! Amanda started on #2 in the series, quickly finished that and then read the third book. I started on #1.<\/p>\n

I was intrigued by the beginning pages and so anxious to figure out what was going on.\u00a0 \u00a0I almost never read sci-fi novels but have ended up reading two this summer.\u00a0 I thought this one was well-done in many ways.\u00a0 The characters are interesting, pretty believable and the ideas are unique.\u00a0 I am impressed with the many details woven into the story that keep the pace lively and brisk.<\/p>\n

I had a hard time believing the characters were 17-18 year old kids.\u00a0 Abby, the main character seems to have lots of freedom\u2026.and seems to possess wisdom beyond her years, as she is supposedly the key to everything.\u00a0 Dante was an interesting guy. Who wouldn\u2019t fall for a mysterious, darkly handsome Italian with a sexy accent?\u00a0 And yet, what bothered me was the improbability of this handsome hunk showing up at school and falling for Abby\u2026.with no apparent reason, much like the plot of Twilight.\u00a0 Is anyone else bothered by this premise?<\/p>\n

By the time I had read all three books I had had it with some of the sappy descriptions.\u00a0 And I got tired of the river stuff.\u00a0 However, I have to admit that I ploughed through these books very, very quickly so it all got pretty redundant for me.<\/p>\n

I know I haven\u2019t revealed much about the plot.\u00a0 If you read these books you will want to discover that for yourselves. I don\u2019t want to spoil it for you.\u00a0 My granddaughter enjoyed the books and I would say that junior high through high school is the target audience.\u00a0 We decided my daughter Alisa doesn\u2019t have time for a trilogy.\u00a0 Amanda and I read \u201cWonder\u201d by R. J. Palacio. (Review coming.) We\u2019ll have Alisa read that instead.\u00a0 It\u2019s a quick read with a good message.<\/p>\n

I give this trilogy 3 out of 5 stars.<\/p>\n

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