Holes - Louis Sachar

59%
23.10.18

My daughter was initially reluctant to read this but, once she started, she finished it in two sittings. As we were on holiday with no other books, I then had to lend her my Kindle and re-read my old copy. It's neatly written, of course, but I'm not sure it's quite as clever a fable as it would like to be, and I was left wondering what exactly it was trying to tell me.

Here's my review from 16 years ago. It seems my tastes have changed.

Holes - Louis Sachar

 73%
23.01.02




Simple, understated prose tells an intense, complex story. This is what Beryl Bainbridge was aiming for and failed to achieve in 'Every Man for Himself'. Ostensibly a children's story - in that the protagonist is a young boy - it couldn't be more different from Pullman / Rowling / Rennison except in its quality. A little weird, a little humorous and very thought-provoking. Masterful, as they say.