Arbieroo reviewed THE LEAP (DEFINITIONS SERIES) by Jonathan Stroud
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3 stars
Early on in this novel, I didn't want to like it; it seemed predictable and done before in the 10 - teen novel market. Charlie has lost her best friend, drowned in a mill pool - or has she? She believes he has been taken to another place, outside this world. It's one of those earnest books that must make some kind of message for the intended audience, about how it is possible to cope with problems that might affect them...in this case, bereavement, evidently. To me they tend to feel like being hit over the head by a brick, but then, I'm not not 10 - teenaged anymore...
However, the lattermost quarter rescues the book by being genuinely tense and exciting, even making me question what the outcome would really be. There are better books by Stroud, but worse also.