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Laddar... The Steps up the Chimney (1990)av William Corlett
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Syskonen William, Mary och Alice ska tillbringa jullovet hos sina slk̃tingar i det gamla Gyllene huset p ̄engelska landsbygden. Redan p ̄jr̃nvg̃sstationen hñder underligheter. William fr̄ syn p ̄en rṽ, som tittar p ̄honom som om han vore vñtad. En mystisk man dyker upp och stl̃ler frḡor. Fl̲jande morgon upptc̃ker Alice fotspr̄ i snn̲. Syskonen samlas fr̲ rd̄slag. De inser att det r̃ nḡot magiskt med Gyllene huset och gr̄ p ̄upptc̃ksfr̃d . Fr̲ dig som gillar magiska ṽentyr. verst̃tare: Wiberg, Carla [Barnbokskatalogen] Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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What we have here is essentially the children's introduction to an interesting historical house (presumably the key location for the rest of the series), meeting their adult mentor figures for the series, discovery of their role in a magical adventure they don't actually understand yet, and what you might call a test-run adventure that introduces the sorts of things they might be doing. Fairly standard fare, competently done.
I would say that this felt very much like one book in a quartet, rather than one book in a four-part series. While there were some events, it felt mostly like setup for the later books, rather than an arc of its own that was closed. As such, it was a bit unsatisfying to read in isolation. It feels unfair to penalise it for that, so I won't, but it's worth noting that some authors manage to avoid this and make each book a full story. Again, though, it's a children's book and thus both relatively short and relatively simple.
It was decent, I don't regret reading it, I wouldn't refuse to read another one, nor do I plan to look for them, so it gets a 3.
One odd thing: at one point a character says "poop". This really threw me out, because I've never heard a Brit use this word and can only view it as an Americanism, so the sense of Britishness wobbled violently. No idea why it ended up in this story... ( )