“I read this little book in one sitting last night, and while I enjoyed it, I didn't love it. It tells the tale of many characters whose lives are interwoven and paths cross together like the workings of a clock... one movement leads to the next. The story is set in a German village where a group of people come together. There's an apprentice clock-maker, who is distraught because he is facing being humiliated as a failure, and a story teller who has a story to tell that has no ending yet. There's a doctor, who replaces hearts with clockwork, who might just be the devil, and a little prince who's clockwork heart is winding down. There's also a murderous clock figure who is a knight with a sword that once it starts swinging, nothing can stop it except a tune that is also part of the mystery. All of this comes together into a tale that is rather chilling, but not scary. I don't know that most kids would take the time to really understand the depth of this story, and I'm not even sure that I did. ”
Linda B wrote this review Thursday, March 1, 2012.
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