Every Heart a Doorway

, #1

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176 pages

Published Sept. 10, 2016

ISBN:
978-0-7653-8550-5
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3 stars (7 reviews)

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.

But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.

Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.

But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.

No matter the cost.

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reviewed Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #1)

If the murder mystery didn't exist.

3 stars

I loved everything about this book except the murder mystery. It honestly felt as if the murders existed to just make all these interesting kids do something, when, in all actuality, the characters were so developed they would have made this a fascinating read without the murder mystery. I hope the second book is a bit more character driven. Mysteries do not work well in this series. The writing is really good. Dialog is epic! And, above all, the murder mystery in this book just made me unwilling to finish it. Remove the murder mystery, and I'd give this book more praise.

reviewed Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #1)

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1 star

The good things about this book:

1. It got my friend into reading again.
2. It had a correctly portrayed asexual character
3. The basic idea was quite good.

I have no energy to write down all the things i hated about this book. But here are some bullet points:
- the black and white thinking, i.e. between teenagers against adults
- the complete lack of plot
- the complete lack of sense
- the complete lack of world building and logic
- the complete wrong message at the end of the book
- and the worst, the horrible pretentiousness of every sentence said in this whole book


Also no, my freedom stops when someone else has to restrict their freedom. If the only answer to diverse people living peacefully together is, that each and everyone needs their own world to be happy, then I do not want to have …

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