Christopher Edge

This short novel triumphantly crosses the line between children', YA and adult literature, placing itself comfortably in the numerous yet selected company of my favourite books. A compelling reading with a powerful ending. I appreciated the treatment of the relationship between the two sisters, two well-rounded and believable characters whose conflict never flattens into tipical clichés of children's and YA literature. I cried my share, I marvelled at the sci-fi element, and I liked a lot the way physics' concepts are introduced, although sometimes I felt the author was stretching and over-simplifying science a bit in order to make the topic palatable to younger readers. I am no scientist myself, however, so I may be wrong. All in all it was a very pleasant read. Now I want to give try to the author's other books.
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