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Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
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Journey to the River Sea (original 2001; edition 2008)

by Eva Ibbotson

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Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.
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Title:Journey to the River Sea
Authors:Eva Ibbotson
Info:Macmillan Children's Books (2008), Edition: 4, Paperback, 304 pages
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Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson (2001)

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Dieses Buch ist für ein Kinderbuch zu langweilig. Als Kind hätte ich es niemals zu Ende gelesen.
Es hat einen gut durchdachten Plot, alles fließt zusammen wie die Flussmetapher am Ende haha. Ich mag die Charaktere, aber es wurde viel zu wenig auf die Charakterdynamiken eingegangen, sodass ich nicht wirklich nachvollziehen konnte, wie sie sich alle so gerne mögen konnten, wenn ich ganz ehrlich bin.
Sehr gemütlich, nicht zu aufregend. Vielleicht gut zum Vorlesen, aber ich war echt kurz vorm Aufgeben, weil mich die Plottwists zwar interessiert haben, aber ich nicht wirklich mochte, wie auf sie hingedeutet wurde.
Es gibt positive, wie negative Aspekte, deshalb drei Sterne, aber ich denke es lag im Endeffekt alles am Schreibstil, der mir nicht gefallen hat. Er war zu distanziert für ein Buch, in dem man mit den Charakteren sympathisieren soll, was bei diesem Buch offensichtlich geplant war.
Das Ende hat mir sehr gefallen. Aber das Buch war zu lang.
Aber ich mochte trotzdem das Setting, die Beschreibungen und es war overall schon ein süßes Buch. Ach, keine Ahnung, lies es oder lass es. ( )
  idkwhattodo | Apr 20, 2024 |
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
Would love to read this when I was a girl. I know I would have fallen in love with it. Even now as a more cynical adult I was enchanted and will definitely read more of Eva Ibbotson's books. I was particularly in tune with the main character, Maia, who like me is enthralled by the natural world and new cultures. Also beautifully written with a gripping plot. What more can a good children's book ask for; come to that any book? ( )
  Patsmith139 | Mar 15, 2021 |
Exactly the sort of life-change book I love most. ( )
  wetdryvac | Mar 2, 2021 |
Maia is brave, smart and good. She attends a British boarding school until she is orphaned and sent to live with her closest relatives, the Carters. The Carters are rubber farmers in Brazil, living deep in the Amazon jungle. Maia journeys to Brazil and goes on a wild adventure, full of mystery, intrigue, terrible villains and fascinating friends. ( )
  klnbennett | Oct 7, 2020 |
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Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.

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Miss Minton was certainly a most extraordinary-looking person. Her eyes, behind thick, dark-rimmed spectacles, were the colour of mud, her mouth was narrow, her nose thin and sharp and her black felt hat was tethered to her sparse bun of hair with a fearsome hat pin in the shape of a Viking spear.
'It's copied from the armour of Eric the Hammerer,' said Miss Minton, following Maia's gaze. 'One can kill with a hatpin like that.'

When she arrives in the Brazilian jungle, Maia finds she must tread carefully, but it's nothing to do with the plentiful insect life. Her sweetly dressed cousins are venomous, and her aunt and uncle avaricious. But the formidable Miss Minton is a staunch ally, and the Indian servants are loyal and loving. Maia also makes plenty of friends among the European children who live in Manaus, but none so close as the mysterious Finn Taverner, half Indian half European.
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