Monday, 30 May 2011

I, Corinder by Sally Gardner

 This book is very interesting, as it is about a family with a child who was born in 1643, so it was set in a very old time. I think this makes the book very exciting to read because you can learn so much about the era and how people lived in that time.

Coriander hobie is a girl who lives with her parents in a great house on the river Thames. She says that she remebers happiness of her early years of life, but as you read, you find out that that is not so for her future. Coriander tells the story of her life in this book and she is a very likeable character; a genuine young girl with an imagination.

On the back of the book, the blurb tells you quite a lot of the story, but using a smal amount of words. As I told you, she says she remebers happiness of her early years, buy then  Coriander simply says, 'That was before I knew this world had such evil in it, and that my fate was to be locked up in a chest and left to die.' This book is clearly a thriller, yet when I first saw the front cover, I had no idea it would be of this sort of genre. This is what made me that much more excited about reading it.

A couple of quotes from other writers and magazines: Publisher's weekly, said 'a suspenseful masterpiece.' and The Bookseller, said 'this story entranced me from page one and didn't let me go until the last sentence'. These comments give a positive view on the book.

My favourite character would have to be Coriander, and I know that may seem boring as she is the main character, but she's just so young and imaginative, just like any normal girl, and i enjoyed reading about her throughout this great book.

A favourite of Coriander's quotes for me would be, 'This is my story. This is my life.' I like it because it just simply states that her story is going to be interesting, it gives you an idea and an insight that her story may not be a typical young girls journey through life.

I would give this book 5/5 stars, because it was a different sort of book to what I would usually read, as it is very deep and detailed. I really enjoyed reading this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes mystery plots in books. For me, there is nothing I didn't like about the book and this is why I would give it full marks out of five.

Here are some links to the author of the book and other reveiws: