Avoca National School – S.N. Phádraig Naofa

Timecatcher by Marie Louise Fitzpatrick

29/01/2012

   Our Star Rating:   3 Stars.

Written by Wicklow based Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, this story is based in ‘The Old Dublin Button Factory’.   There, Jessie meets a boy who walks through walls and can’t remember his own name, and discovers the Timecatcher, a swirling, powerful Magic, which every seven years reveals the past, both good and bad, in a jumble of days.     Now the Timecatcher is about to open, and there are those who will go to any lengths to control it.   Jessie and her friends – both ghosts and human- must stop them before it is too late.

This is a ghostly adventure.   We liked the description of this story before we read it, and felt that the book did live up to that.    It was magical and mysterious.   We also liked the idea of it being set in Dublin, it made it easier to relate to somehow but with the twist in the story that caught our attention.    The fantasy element of this book seemed to really  work.

Also  we really liked the look of the cover – this , we all agreed, really helps when choosing a book.Overall we found it was a good read, but some of our readers didn’t  find it gripping enough and felt it was a little long winded in the way the story was told.   The interesting thing is that not everyone agreed  which gave us a great opportunity  for discussion.   We did also have readers who loved  it and would  highly recommend it.

So we are finding throughout our bookclub meetings that there is a wide variety of taste, which is why  it is important to offer a selection of books every month.

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