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Jan 28, 2011
Margaret
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I love DWJ and would rather have a new book from her than almost any other children's author I can think of, and I had a lot of fun reading this one: neat magic, excellent characters, very funny. That said, though, I did think it was rather derivative of a couple of her other recent books (The Pinhoe Egg and House of Many Ways came to mind a lot), so I wouldn't put it with her top-rank books.
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Oct 25, 2011
"Al morir Jocelyn Brandon deja al cuidado de Melstone House y de su Área de Responsabilidad a su nieto Andrew Brandon Hope. El profesor, que lo único que quiere es tranquilidad para poner los papeles de su abuelo en orden y quizás escribir un libro, se ve pronto sobresaltado por los acontecimientos mágicos que suceden en la comarca. Y es que Andrew, que pensaba que la magia eran imaginaciones de sus veranos de niño con su abuelo, descubrirá que él también la posee y que debe utilizarla para
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Jul 17, 2011
Hilary
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An elderly magician dies and passes on his heritage (posthumously) to his heir without ever having had the chance to explain what it entails; a young runaway with his own unknown heritage winds up on the magician's doorstep shortly thereafter. Both have to unravel and accept their backgrounds and their destinies, both of which are far more or, possibly, far less complex than they might have imagined. Throw in a cast of villagers, some of them as talented as the magician himself (if not mor
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Jan 31, 2012
Jana
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Enchanted Glass
When Andrew’s grandfather, the magician Jocelyn, dies he leaves Andrew his house and field-of-care along with his housekeeper Mrs. Stock and his groundskeeper Mr. Stock (not related). Along comes Aidan, a teenager from London on the run from Stalkers after his grandmother’s death, seeking refuge with the wizard his grandmother had been communicating for decades, only to find Andrew in place of the magician he was looking for. Andrew takes Aidan in only to discover t More...
When Andrew’s grandfather, the magician Jocelyn, dies he leaves Andrew his house and field-of-care along with his housekeeper Mrs. Stock and his groundskeeper Mr. Stock (not related). Along comes Aidan, a teenager from London on the run from Stalkers after his grandmother’s death, seeking refuge with the wizard his grandmother had been communicating for decades, only to find Andrew in place of the magician he was looking for. Andrew takes Aidan in only to discover t More...
Jan 01, 2012
Stephanie
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Diana Wynne Jones may be the best author you've never heard of. She writes children's and young adult fantasy, and I've been reading her for almost as long as I can remember. Neil Gaiman calls her, "The best children's writer of the last forty years." The best part? She's written so many books that if you read her and like her, there are enough books to keep you happy for a long, long time. Not all of her books are amazing (though many of them are), but they're all of them at least goo
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Sep 29, 2011
Barky
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Jun 19, 2011
Elisa
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Cuando Jocelyn Brandon murió (a una edad muy avanzada, como es lo normal en el caso de los magos), legó su casa y su Área de Responsabilidad a su nieto Andrew Brandon Hope. Pero el pobre Andrew lleva demasiado tiempo alejado de Melstone House, de su abuelo y de la magia, tanto que se ha olvidado de como se hace un hechizo.
Tendrá que recordarlo todo muy aprisa, siempre luchando con la señora Stock para que no deshaga los cambios que hace en la casa, y con el señor Stock para que s More...
Tendrá que recordarlo todo muy aprisa, siempre luchando con la señora Stock para que no deshaga los cambios que hace en la casa, y con el señor Stock para que s More...
May 08, 2011
Alex
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There exists a small group of authors that leave me in awe every time I finish one of their books. Jasper Fforde is one, as is Charles de Lint. Patricia C. Wrede writes books that I would happily read over and over for the rest of my life. Another author on this select list is Diana Wynne Jones. Although I haven’t read all of her books, whenever I do read one I finish up almost wanting to cry in appreciation of her storytelling skills.
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Her latest awe-inspiring story is Enchanted Glass. More...
Apr 21, 2011
Joanna
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I think I might be in love... I gulped this book down marveling all the while how can a story so magical be so casual, so matter of fact about it? The mythical characters strolling nonchalantly into the story, the ancient magic radiating from everything in sight brought with them only the surprised remembrance, as if like Andrew I had simply forgotten about it all and now that I have remembered again nothing could be more natural.
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It's one of those books that make me bemoan the fact t More...
Apr 07, 2011
Deborah
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Any new book by Jones is a delicious treat, a reason to put down whatever else I'm doing and curl up with a cup of tea. This one, however, came with special poignancy because I received it just after I learned of her death. So I opened the pages with a kind of sadness, not wanting to admit that in many ways, this was farewell. (If there is another book to be published posthumously, I don't know of it.)
And found magic. Within a few paragraphs, her clear prose and unaffectedly direct sto More...
And found magic. Within a few paragraphs, her clear prose and unaffectedly direct sto More...
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Mar 24, 2011
Rhiannon
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One thing I've always liked about Diana Wynne Jones' books for children is that she makes no artificial barrier between adults and children; they're all people. So rather than have the grownups dismiss or disbelieve the children's real concerns for no apparent reason other than that they're grownups, in her books parental and other adult figures listen, understand, and get stuck in to the magic. In Enchanted Glass, Diana Wynne Jones takes this a stage further: even though the book is obviously
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Mar 23, 2011
Chris
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Like many DWJ titles, half the fun of 'Enchanted Glass' for adult readers comes not just in being pulled along by the storytelling but in attempting to read between the lines. A feature of this fantasy is the links with Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' -- key fairy characters, namely Oberon, Titania and Puck, reappear here, and there is a temptation to go searching for other covert appearances: are Andrew and Stache, for example, equivalent to Theseus and Hippolyta?
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Dec 29, 2010
This book is absolutely enchanting. There is something in the slow, methodical pacing of the first chapter that shakes the reader a little bit, just enough to disorient them, and prepare them for the world surrounding Melstone House. Every description in the book is sort of like viewing the world through stain-glassed window, which is nice, like putting on a pair of really dark sunglasses on a sunny day, in order to better see your surroundings.
But it's also slow. And methodical. You h More...
But it's also slow. And methodical. You h More...
Nov 27, 2010
Jasmine
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Nov 08, 2010
BookKids
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Set in modern Britain, bookish college professor Andrew inherits his grandfather’s home. However, the house is located in an “eccentric” area filled with magic, odd characters, and mayhem. Andrew is just settling in when teenaged Aidan shows up on his door, soggy, grief-stricken, and being chased by creatures he calls Stalkers. A complex, well-crafted story develops from there.
I have always enjoyed Jones’s characters — from the crazy people in Dark Lord of Derkholm to the calmer Cha More...
I have always enjoyed Jones’s characters — from the crazy people in Dark Lord of Derkholm to the calmer Cha More...
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Oct 23, 2010
Paula
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Somehow, when I was younger, I missed out on Diana Wynne Jones completely, only discovering her in the last ten years or so thanks to friends who are librarians. She has written some of my absolute favourite YA books ('Howl's Moving Castle' and the Chrestomanci series), which also work perfectly for adults in the main because of how well they're written.
My experience of reading her books tends to be that even her not-quite-so-good books are as good as the best of many other authors; t More...
My experience of reading her books tends to be that even her not-quite-so-good books are as good as the best of many other authors; t More...
May 26, 2010
Miranda
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I've followed DWJ's books for a loooong time - I can't say with authority that I've read all of them, but I've certainly read most, at one time or another. My husband grabbed this for me when he saw it at the library. It's engaging and well-constructed, with likeable characters, as usual... but there are a couple of things about it that really kind of bother me. First, within the first two chapters, we have three dead mothers and a dead grandmother in the backgrounds of the various main characte
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May 11, 2010
Madeline
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Enchanted Glass itself is a delight. Set in modern Britain, bookish college professor Andrew inherits his grandfather’s home. However, the house is located in an “eccentric” area filled with magic, odd characters, and mayhem. Andrew is just settling in when teenaged Aidan shows up on his door, soggy, grief-stricken, and being chased by creatures he calls Stalkers. A complex, well-crafted story develops from there.
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Apr 30, 2010
Eva
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As I read Enchanted Glass, I was struck by the phrase "field-of-care." Although it's never clearly defined to the reader, it can be understood by the context to be the magical territory over which a caretaker or custodian has responsibility, in order to ensure that magical doings are all on the up-and-up, supernatural forces remain in balance, and nasty creatures don't take over. This is a profoundly comforting thought - other folks, wise and experienced, are taking care of magical goi
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Apr 18, 2010
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Mar 25, 2010
Kat
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Whenever a book by Diana Wynne Jones book comes out, it's jumped to the head of my reading-queue, which was (and still is) long following Christmas and my birthday. As a result, I don't think I'm a very objective reader any more as I fight between expecting another example of the best of her vast output ("Fire Hemlock", "The Homeward Bounders", "Howl's Moving Castle"... actually, I'm just going to stop there before I list half her bibliography) and wanting to excus
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Feb 28, 2010
Jeremy
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Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful. I was so excited to have a brand-new DWJ book to read, that wa unrelated to what had come before. New characters, new people to meet. Her standard themes were there, where she gathers a group of disparate people into one place, antagonistic toward each other they may be, with the right characteristics to step up to the plate to defeat the bad guys when the other members fail. Diana Wynne Jones knows and illustrates the value of the group and the individual's un
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May 17, 2010
Ellen
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Prizes to Mrs. Stock (housekeeper) and Mr. Stock (gardener and no relation) for being the most passive aggressive, resistent to change employees a fellow could have. Had I been Andrew Card, new owner of a country estate and "field of care," I think I would have either left the grand piano in the dusty corner or fired Mrs. Stock. The good news is that the relations for whom they wangle jobs are distinct improvements and even the original dueling duo steps up when it counts.
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Dec 26, 2011
Karen
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This was OK. I rushed through the second half. The plot involves Andrew, a scholar who inherits his grandfather's home and its magical properties. He is overcome with the duties that fall on him, which include managing the hired help as well as a host of magical creatures. An orphaned tween shows up on his doorstep, which entangles Andrew in conflicts with supernatural forces that have other plans for this boy.
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Apr 01, 2011
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Enchanted Glass is Diana Wynne Jones’s last published book before her death on March 26, 2011. The novel is a charming young adult standalone in Wynne Jones’s trademark style, beloved by many and unique in British children’s literature. Professor Andrew Hope—he isn’t really a professor; he just happens to work at a university—inherits the old Melstone House and its ornery retinue after the death of Andrew’s grandfather, Jocelyn. Of More...
Enchanted Glass is Diana Wynne Jones’s last published book before her death on March 26, 2011. The novel is a charming young adult standalone in Wynne Jones’s trademark style, beloved by many and unique in British children’s literature. Professor Andrew Hope—he isn’t really a professor; he just happens to work at a university—inherits the old Melstone House and its ornery retinue after the death of Andrew’s grandfather, Jocelyn. Of More...
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Jun 03, 2010
Ann
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I picked this book out of my pile of library books at home because I needed a counterpoint to another book I'm reading that is proving to be a bit of a downer. Diana Wynne Jones never fails to provide a funny, magical, lyrical read, with characters I like and want to spend time with. This one was a bit light on plot compared to some of her others, but that gives the book a summertime read feel.
Aidan Cain's grandmother has died and his new foster home is no protection at all from the More...
Aidan Cain's grandmother has died and his new foster home is no protection at all from the More...
Apr 28, 2010
Michele
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I love Diana Wynne Jones' work! She has given us another good read. Her tale of two people working together to learn about their abilities is a lesson for anyone to learn. And a young boy learning to start a new life, while dealing with a fresh grief.
The story takes place in a small town in England. Andrew Hope's grandfather, a powerful sorcerer, has recently died, and left him the manor. Aidan is the grandson of a lady, who was a friend of Andrew's grandfather. Aidan's grandmo More...
The story takes place in a small town in England. Andrew Hope's grandfather, a powerful sorcerer, has recently died, and left him the manor. Aidan is the grandson of a lady, who was a friend of Andrew's grandfather. Aidan's grandmo More...
Jun 12, 2011
Theresa
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I had high expectations for this book. 1) Two employees at the bookstore raved about the author and this book, and 2) Neil Gaiman endorses it (I also see he gave it 5 stars on Goodreads).
There are two main characters - Andrew and Aidan. The beginning is about Andrew (an adult) and dealings with the ornery staff after he takes over his grandfather's estate. Aidan comes later. There are too many characters to keep track of. I had to stop often to think about who Jones was talking ab More...
There are two main characters - Andrew and Aidan. The beginning is about Andrew (an adult) and dealings with the ornery staff after he takes over his grandfather's estate. Aidan comes later. There are too many characters to keep track of. I had to stop often to think about who Jones was talking ab More...
May 14, 2011
Veronica
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I began to read this book a day after I learned its author passed away. Now, I don't intend to delve into personal stuff here, but I strongly think that there is no better way to preserve a person than by taking a peek at his/her mind once in a while. Authors have this privilege, to continue to speak to the world long after they've left it. It was good to keep this in mind while I read Enchanted Glass. Many fantasy authors get so lost trying to build magnificent imaginary worlds that would seem
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May 31, 2010
Tessa
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