Oraşul gunoaielor

The Iremonger Trilogy #2

by Edward Carey, Mihaela Ghiţă (trad.)

Foulsham, unul dintre cele mai mari depozite de gunoi ale Londrei, s-a umplut atît de mult, încît zidurile sale s-au prăbuşit, lăsînd mizeria să se reverse peste oraşul din care a fost adusă. În acest timp, Umbitt Iremonger, mînat de ura faţă de locuitorii Londrei, născoceşte o cale prin care obiectele de zi cu zi iau forma oamenilor, iar oamenii – forma obiectelor. Aruncată în întunecata Casă Heap, Lucy Pennant este salvată de o creatură înspăimîntătoare, Binadit Iremonger, care seamănă mai mult cu un animal decît cu un om. Toţi locuitorii oraşului sînt disperaţi. Singurul care ar avea puterea să-i scape de teribilul Umbitt este Clod. Dar el a fost transformat într-o monedă de aur şi, după ce a trecut din mînă în mînă, acum este de negăsit.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Gothic, Steampunk

352 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2014

About the author

Edward Carey is a writer and illustrator who was born in North Walsham, Norfolk, England, during an April snowstorm. Like his father and his grandfather, both officers in the Royal Navy, he attended Pangbourne Nautical College, where the closest he came to following his family calling was playing Captain Andy in the school’s production of Showboat. Afterwards he joined the National Youth Theatre and studied drama at Hull University.

He has written plays for the National Theatre of Romania and the Vilnius Small State Theatre, Lithuania. In England his plays and adaptations have been performed at the Young Vic Studio, the Battersea Arts Centre, and the Royal Opera House Studio. He has collaborated on a shadow puppet production of Macbeth in Malaysia, and with the Faulty Optic Theatre of Puppets.

He is also the author of the novels Observatory Mansions and Alva and Irva: the Twins Who Saved a City, which have been translated into thirteen different languages, and both of which he illustrated. He always draws the characters he writes about, but often the illustrations contradict the writing and vice versa and getting both to agree with each other takes him far too long. He has taught creative writing and fairy tales on numerous occasions at the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa, and at the Michener Center and the English Department at the University of Texas at Austin.

He has lived in England, France, Romania, Lithuania, Germany, Ireland, Denmark, and the United States. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, which is not near the sea.

Reviews

[Jennifer Wheeler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series continues to be gloriously, and delightfully strange. After finishing the second book, I tend to think it an injustice to classify this series as being meant for a Middle Grade audience. Certainly, a middle grader would be able to read it, but it’s so well written, with a wonderfully “classic” style, that an adult wouldn’t find it too immature. I’m immensely happy to have been gifted the first and second book by one on my best friends, elsewise I might not have discovered it. Now on to book three.

[Ilaria C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ho ricevuto questo bel libro in regalo da una persona speciale.
Ho amato il primo episodio della saga, e, nonostante la votazione di questo episodio sia leggermente inferiore a quella del primo, non ho (quasi) niente di negativo da dire.
Ho trovato alcune parti (soprattutto nella prima sezione del libro) un po’ deboli e anche leggermente confusionarie (anche se, una volta entrati nel meccanismo della storia, tutti i pezzetti vanno al loro posto). Per questo motivo però, ho deciso di dare 4 stelle e non 5. Inoltre, penso che l’autore abbia tirato via uno degli intrecci principali della storia (la storia di Binadit, per essere più precisi), facendolo terminare in modo piuttosto vago (ho il presentimento che ne sentiremo parlare nuovamente nel terzo e ultimo episodio della saga).
Nonostante ciò, sono molto soddisfatta. Spero comunque che nel terzo episodio Carey metta un punto a tutte le questioni precedentemente aperte.

[Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a joy it is to read these book!
I am so happy to have picked the first 2 books out of a whim, because the cover intrigued me.
Just now finished the second book in the Iremonger-series, following Lucy and Clod, once again, in their quest to find each other in the world of Heaps.

The writing is something I love the most. It's somewhat old English, but still very understandable. I enjoy how Carey puts the thoughts and feelings of Lucy and Clod on paper. Even though it's fantasy, it feels real somehow and I got more sucked in the more I read. The beginning was a bit of a struggle, but I am happy it got more adventurous and more characters came forward (loved Benedit). The drawings in the book, especially the characters (loved the look of The Tailor) make it more imaginable and I think it's amazing that Carey is not only the writer, but also the illustrator.

I don't have book 3 yet, but I will try and get my hands on that soon.
So curious to see how this story ends!

[Madeline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Edward Carey is the King of strange.

I love his stories. His sentences are purely absurd and fun!

I will definitely tune in to the rest of the story in Iremonger #3.

[Emilie de Saint Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5/5 stars
I've been really enjoying this series. When I started reading this second book, I had little remembrance of what happened in the first one but I was able to get into the story again fairly quickly. In the back I've seen Edward Carey's style compared to Roal Dahl mixed with Tim Burton and I really agree with that statement. His characters in particular I really enjoy because they are so different from what we're used to seeing. The concept of the story is still as compelling and the writing style is beautiful. I can't wait to see how he manages to finish this series but I'm glad that this book doesn't suffer at all from second book syndrome.

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Expands the world much more than the first one...and what a strange fantastical world it is! And no plodding along in this book as it did a bit in the first. It is full of adventure and is quite tense at times. I love this series!

[Carloesse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Se il primo volume della saga era caratterizzato dal senso di mistero, in questo secondo volume della trilogia (nel quale i segreti alla base della fortuna degli Iremonger sono ormai svelati in tutto il loro orrore) è l’azione e l’avventura a farla da padrone. E sebbene io non sia tra quelli che prediligono libri e film d’azione, devo confessare di essermi divertito come un bimbo nel sentirmi trascinato nell’avventura dei due giovanissimi protagonisti di questa storia, tornati alle fattezze umane dopo essere stati tramutati in una moneta e in un bottone alla fine del primo volume.

Letteratura per infanzia? Per grandi e piccini ? Per chi scriveva Carrol, per chi scrivevano Swift, Defoe, Dickens, Verne, Stevenson? Piantiamola di farci domande così stupide, e lasciamoci trasportare da fantasie così fertili, o così sfrenata, ricca di sfumature ombrose mantenendo il senso di una pacata e melanconica delicatezza come mi pare quella di Carey anche quando dipinge i personaggi più sinistri di questa storia e gli ambienti più cupi e degradati nei quali è ambientata.

Delle ascendenze Dickensiane, del cinema di Tim Burton e di Harry Potter avevo già parlato commentando il primo volume. Si potrebbe anche aggiungere l‘Hans Christian Andersen delle fiabe più a fosche tinte o il “Tito di Gormenghast” di Mervyn Peake, ma ribadisco che poco importa. Il solco tracciato già da mani esperte diventa il terreno fecondo nel quale Carey mostra di saper piantare la sua originale pianta, con tutte le sue preziose particolarità, i suoi frutti dal sapore dolce-amaro e i loro singolari aromi.

E ora aspetto il terzo e conclusivo volume con (immagino) la stessa ansia con la quale altri aspettavano il successivo Harry Potter.

[Kayıp Rıhtım]

İlk kitaba dair bazı ayrıntıları hatırlayalım. Londra’nın dışındaki hurdalardan oluşan köşke sahip olan Iremonger Ailesi’nin köklü düzeni Lucy Pennant tarafından bozulmuştu. Clodius ile türlü maceralara giriştikten sonra kendilerini kil düğme ve yarım altın olarak bambaşka yerlerde bulacaklarından haberleri yoktu. Bizler de serinin ikinci kitabında Hurda Köşkü kitabının sonunda birer nesneye dönüşen Lucy Pennant’ı hurda yığınlarının arasında bir düğme olarak, Clod Iremonger’i yazar kasada yarım altın olarak buluyoruz.

Edward Carey, okuyucuyu ustalıkla kitaba hapseden, zihni kolayca ele geçiren kalemiyle Iremongerların fantastik dünyalarının devamını anlatıyor. 1800’lerin Londra’sında bu defa hurda köşkünün dışına, Londra Duvarı’nın öteki tarafına geçen kahramanlarımız artık birer insan değil. İlk kitabı Hurda Köşkü ile Kirkus Reviews tarafından 2014 yılının en iyi gençlik kitabı seçilen seri, Çöpkent kitabı ile devam ediyor. Iremonger üçlemesinin ikinci kitabı olan Çöpkent, Hurda Köşkü’ne göre mekân çokluğu açısından karmaşık bir ortam sunuyor. Birçok nesne, insan, toplanma…

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[Toglietemi tutto, ma non i miei libri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mi piace questa saga perchè riflette la nostra quotidianità.
La saga degli Iremonger è un'enorme metafora.
Il nostro attaccamento agli oggetti, le emozioni che riversiamo su di loro, il valore che noi diamo ad essi nel libro assume le sembianze di persone/oggetti, esseri vuoti che prendono vita assorbendo quella delle persone. Oppure, ecco gli stessi oggetti che si animano ed entrano in possesso di una loro volontà. O lo stesso Binadit, nuovo personaggio accattivante, un essere che vive nei cumuli, nell'oscurità, una creatura in simbiosi con l'immondizia. Binadit è pieno di soldi ma per lui non hanno valore, non gli servono a nulla, la sua vita è lì, in quei cumuli, vive nell'immondizia, mangia immondizia, ed è forse questa la fine che faremo? Analfabeti, privi di cultura che sguazzano nella stessa sporcizia che hanno contribuito a creare, che realizzano, finalmente, che il denaro non serve a nulla, non se il mondo in cui viviamo sta morendo a causa nostra.
Il primo libro, in quanto novità, mi ha colpita maggiormente, ma anche questo mi è piaciuto.

[Kara · Rating 4 out of 5]

2nd book in one of the strangest, weirdest but most entertaining trilogies I've read in a while. Its all about a family that manages the "Heaps" which is the London wastes, and a strange tie in with people turning into objects and vice versa. Its hard to describe but its rather dreary, foul, and at times gross in the best sense of those words. Yet its also lovely and funny at the same time. The setting is a character in and of itself. Love the strange ways with words the author uses, just a bit off - like the entire book and all its characters.

[Gabriele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un seguito un po' sottotono che, pur aggiungendo preziosi dettagli alla trama, perde un po' in quelle meravigliose (ed inquietanti) descrizioni del mondo estremamente originale creato dall'autore. Ora attendo il terzo ed ultimo capitolo sperando in una conclusione degna di questa particolare trilogia.

P.S. i disegni dell'autore rendono la lettura ancora più scorrevole e l'edizione estremamente bella e degna di nota.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

So gloriously weird. As delightful as getting to pet a small baby animal in the wild.

[Roberto Casertano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Questo volume mi è piaciuto molto. Continua la storia del nostro protagonista Clod ma il libro è sviluppato in maniera diversa rispetto al precedente volume. Questa parte l'ho trovata molto più dinamica. Il primo volume è pieno di mistero e l'ambientazione è molto singolare. In questo volume l'alone di mistero e l'atmosfera tipica dei personaggi di Tim Burton continuano ad esserci ma in maniera ridotta. Ormai sappiamo cosa sono gli Iremonger e non assistiamo a grandi colpi di scena. La storia è stata già lanciata nel primo volume. Nel secondo episodio non vengono introdotti troppi personaggi nuovi. Ne vengono introdotti solo due. Questa caratteristica può essere un'arma a doppio taglio in quanto rischia di far diventare la storia troppo piatta e statica. Ma, guardando il lato positivo, non viene aggiunta tutta quella carne al fuoco che vede troppi personaggi (alcuni dei quali a volte mandano il lettore in confusione). Il rischio della staticità della storia è stato fortunatamente eliminato dalla dinamicità con la quale si raccontano le vicende. Pur non accadendo niente di particolare la storia è molto dinamica e quindi suscita la curiosità del lettore.
Il finale è molto bello e lascia quel velo di mistero per un terzo volume che potrebbe essere pieno di colpi di scena...
Consigliato!

[Jenny Sparrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Дочитывала с трудом, дальше не хочу. Хуже первой книги.

[Fanja Evers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bon, hé bien vivement le tome 3 !^^

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

So weird, I love this series. My kids love it too!

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This review is RIDDLED with spoilers because I talk a lot about language and need descriptive examples because I rarely get to think too hard about how I read, and Carey's style extra-impressed me this time around.

The Review, If You Dare:

Ooh, still so great and imaginative! It's definitely a "second-book-in-a-trilogy," in the sense that I feel any new characters aren't as deeply explored, and it's a lot more of happenings with a bit less substance. But I've honestly never read the second book in a trilogy and thought anything different. They're there for action before the big conclusion.

Carey doesn't let up with the crazy unique people: Binadit was fabulous and sad; the leather people and the Tailor were excellent, creepy, and soulful additions that I truly didn't see coming (I see nothing coming in these books, that's why I adore them so). I just can't get over the completeness of this world, and how consistent Carey is with it, in ways large and small.

One of those "world building" details was the language used throughout the book. I feel like in any kind of fantasy, language is simply more formal/stilted/royal to create distinction between that world and the reality of the reader. But Carey goes into something entirely his (and Foulsham's) own, and it's so seamless you take it for granted until the end (more on that in a minute). As you read the Iremongers/Foulsham residents gabbing away at each other through two books, you sort of believe that that's just how Carey writes - his style is weird and it takes place in a weird world, so why wouldn't the language/dialogue be weird? What's incredible about it is how consistent it is, and yet I can't put my finger on the exact pattern. Not-Tummis' paragraph is a good example:

"I got a little lost . . . I thought I'd gone under in the heaps, did for a bit. It went black for a moment, dirt in my mouth. I tasted that dirt, it was the dirt of death I think, but, in truth, Old Clod, old man, old mucker, old joker, old thing of things, I didn't fancy the taste overmuch. I spat it out, and here am I, so to speak, back on dry land, if you'll have it so, if this be solid which I'm not entirely positive, well then here I am, if you see me so, well then I must be me."

The descriptions of action are like this too - lots of commas, action words, repetition (again, more on that in a minute). But then something happens in the last chapter when the Iremongers flee to London; Eleanor Cranwell, not knowing what's going on, sees these strange people filing into the house across the street late at night, and her narrative is written so like modern/comfortable/typical language that it actually almost startled me. I had become really used to these sort of tumbling paragraphs of fragments, and it was sort of wonderful to realize how purposeful it all was. Like you suddenly find your feet on the ground when she begins to speak. The line between worlds is really clear.

Carey's action descriptions are where the Iremonger speech and the prose meet. Lucy thinking she was under attack:

"I let out a gasp and rushed at the thing. I swung a hard thump at its head, what a wallop, and the thing fell to the ground. I'd smacked it good and proper. Hah! What a one you are, Lucy! I'd pulverise the very devil. Come on again, you thing of dark. I'll have at you again. Come closer, I order you, come on up, come another. I'm ready. But the thing, that thing in the corner, it gives out a groan. Kick it, Lucy, kick it, kick it, kick it until it stops, but then it groaned."

Long story getting longer - the threading together of physical actions and thoughts is pretty great. And it comes even more in handy at the end, during the stampede of Bay Leaf House. The mood turns from fantastical to gritty and bloody (one section of the book actually titled, "Blood"), and it's sort of a "I don't think we're in Kansas any more" moment. I really appreciate when authors don't dumb violence down for kids, and again Carey's style naturally lends itself to being simultaneously descriptive of emotions and thoughts as well as physical action, so it's perfect for the age groups it's aimed at.

Weird other-loved thing: The bringing in of a historical context. It's been awhile since I read the first one, but I'm pretty sure it's assumed that all of Foulsham is its own world, like Middle Earth or something. I mean, they would mention London vaguely, but again, I thought it was like "London of this book." I suppose it still sort of is, but "Foulsham" goes into Queen Victoria, also giving it a bit of reality and making it more intriguing.

I can't wait for the last one, though I shall be quite sad it will be over.

[Luca · Rating 5 out of 5]

"È opera di Londra. Londra ha assassinato Foulsham. E Londra se ne pentirà."

Fantastico. Questo libro meriterebbe 100 stelle !

Continuano le avventure di Clod Iremonger e Lucy Pennant, ancora più avvincenti del primo capitolo di questa trilogia. La storia si svolge prevalentemente a Foulsham (la vecchia Filching), città natale di Lucy.
Troviamo, oltre a vecchie conoscenze, molti personaggi nuovi, tutti molto originali e stravaganti. Il tutto avvolto in un'atmosfera tetra, bizzarra e folle.

La storia, è sviluppata come nel primo libro, ovvero raccontata secondo il punto di vista dei personaggi. Uno stile molto piacevole alla lettura.

Illustrazioni bellissime, sono la ciliegina sulla torta per questo romanzo. Non ho trovato alcun difetto. Consigliatissimo !!

E ora, occhi puntati sull'ultimo capitolo della trilogia : Lombra!

Perché, come promette la nonna Ommaball Oliff Iremonger : "Gli Iremonger marceranno su Londra!"

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

still loving this series. very like gormenghast, but with a social justice theme. in this volume, the setting is foulsham (formerly filching), which is a section walled off from london - heap house is located at a distance and then foulsham is the city. so, a sort of coming of age scenario where we saw clod and lucy in heap house, his ancestral home. we saw the iremongers largely from clod's viewpoint as a family member - there was much about his life that was harsh - arranged marriages, bullying, isolation with the family - but in truth, as an iremonger, his treatment was very very favorable indeed compared to what the family wreaks upon the unrelated residents of foulsham.

and the family has ambitions to more wealth and power at the expense of more outsiders. clod and lucy have to fight against them and also overcome their status as a coin and a button (what a cute couple) in the heaps and in foulsham. lots of action, a couple of important new characters, and many revelations of what the iremongers are up to in their foulsham factory.

super odd, super cute dialogue. I found myself reading passages aloud to my daughter, who has no idea what it's all about, just for the love of the surreal eccentricity. I mean, in the course of the story, it makes much more sense to talk about your ex-husband who is now a paper slicer, but taken out of context it's even more fun. I'm excited to see how it all ends up.

[Ilpiccolo Ruby · Rating 5 out of 5]

il primo l'ho amato alla follia come ho amato il secondo.
I personaggi hanno un'evoluzione e le situazioni ti lasciano con il fiato sospeso ; abbiamo sempre i due punti di vista quello di Lucy e quello di Cloud sebbene abbia trovato leggermente lenti i capitoli dedicati a Lucy.
Le edizioni sono molto curate e i disegni sono bellissimi
Sono arrivato alla fine del libro che volevo leggere il terzo.
Una saga che vi stra consiglio

[Fefi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un po' meno azione in questo secondo libro, ma tanti segreti della famiglia Iremonger svelati e conosciamo anche la storia di Lucy. Non mancano nuovi personaggi e, sotto l'idea di Heap house c'è molto di più e io amo le storie che nascondono messaggi su temi sociali importanti usando la fantasia.
Questi libri mi stanno proprio piacendo e ora c'è di mezzo pure una legge della regina Vittoria e quindi sono proprio curiosa di proseguire.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

strange, but good. I get the feeling the ' steampunk' people would really really like this. I liked the illustrations, as well

[Kyle Wells · Rating 5 out of 5]

“I had to find it. The House of Rats. Home.” She’s the matches! He fucking lights one! Haha dress up :)) “Steam out of my mouth, like I was an engine.” “‘Pies!’ she bellowed as if there were no other way to utter the word, and she followed it with one even louder, ‘Buns!’” “spit heap” “Tenacious, beauty is, you can’t blot it out.” Edward wrote a Sméagol of trash I like it. “candlemess” “equal to a bun” now That’s the life. I hate reading this I mean the stories so good and weird, but blimey. Did I say that in the last review because wow. It’s worth repeating, not even Tolkien sounds this British.
“or lonely people not knowing why they feel so incomplete. And then, on top, all those people not people any more, all those people tumbling into things , and then no one to love them any more, no one to know who they are.”
All this passing the sov and lying or cheating and then immediately becoming objects when it doesn’t go your way is lovely. A thimble, iron, hairnet. And then the rat catchers burn it! Amazing. “‘Be a botton.’ ‘I will not!’” “I am on the sniff” “I’ll be your candle,” “The mouth more a rip than anything else.” I love the scene of just Lucy being Dragged back home on a rope by Mr Trash. She’s someone who’d be Every objects best friend. “‘Go to sleep!’ cried Mrs. Whiting out into the night. ‘It isn’t decent!’”
“‘I’ll eat you.’ ‘We’ll see about that.’” “Still he was called Bug,” hahahahaha Benedict almost eats his hand :)) Jenny wishing for ticketing :(( but! Lucy has the right idea of gathering the kids! For talking!! I like her speech about her animal body. I let an animal go.. I almost said unleashed but I’m not nor Ever have been a leash. I should put up missing posters. Maybe her bites worse. They kiss!! >:3 Lucy Pennan!!!Isn’t that like a condition, falling for the person that saves your life??
I love that the governor is shown to repeatedly say the wall is fine but then he bails, typical! “the heaps spit so.” ‘things noise for me.’ “I’d raise an army,” hahahahaha she hit him Again! ‘Can’t help your family, they say, can chose your friends. You, you’re my friend, I chose you. There, live with it! I’ve been searching for you, I made a promise, you’re stuck with me, Clod Iremonger, I’m you’re thing. Like it, lump it, don’t make much difference, you’re in my heart’ “She opened her arms and I went to her, we held each other tight, so tight against everything that surrounded and threatened to bring us down. ‘What do you hear?’ she said. “‘Clay button”,’ I said. ‘“clay button” to the rhythm of your heart.’”
“God keep her, little heart, who knows what shall happen.”

Not surprised about Benedit being one of them. Not surprised Clod wasn’t able to fight them. Of course I’ll read the next and it will be explained why. I mean some of the objects did what was asked. I forgot to look at the names more closely to find their connection as to why those specific ones listened. I’m happy about Lucy’s army but sad that there was no vengeance. But she saved those kids in the pipes and she’s my hero. I’m also sad that in each book so far the two I want to be together so badly spend more than half of each book apart. The meeting and then this reunion was always worth the wait but its not nice.

Most instances, almost every, when he wrote “button,” not clay button just button, I thought of hers. It couldn’t be an object but it felt like when people say they believe in signs. Like the word was singing in a way specifically for me.

Lucy will find him again.

[Prunella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Après avoir adoré le tome 1, j’attendais avec impatience la sortie du tome 2 en poche ! Je me suis donc précipitée pour l’acheter dès qu’il est sorti et l’ai lu assez vite après cela.
Le tome 1 ayant été un coup de cœur, j’attendais évidemment beaucoup du deuxième. Était-ce parce que j’avais laissé s’écouler trop de temps entre la lecture des deux livres ou parce que ce deuxième tome est un peu en-dessous du premier, toujours est-il que je n’ai pas eu le coup de cœur espéré.
L’ambiance de cette saga est toujours très particulière, mais excellente. Elle est caractéristique de cet univers original ingénieusement mis en place par l’auteur, cet univers qui fait penser à celui de Tim Burton (je ne suis apparemment pas la seule à le penser), mais auquel l’auteur a évidemment mis sa patte. Ce Londres revisité ne semble pas très accueillant dans ce deuxième tome. On a quitté le côté réconfortant du château pour suivre les protagonistes dans les rues malfamées de la capitale anglaise.
Ce deuxième tome est peut-être plus rythmé que le premier, mais j’ai trouvé qu’il avait le défaut de beaucoup de second tome d’une saga : c’est un tome de transition. Cela ne m’a pas empêché de l’apprécier, de le trouver très abouti. Mais beaucoup de choses sont en suspens, qui je pense s’expliqueront dans le dernier tome.
Quel bonheur de retrouver ces personnages si atypiques ! Clod, le petit-fils de cette famille bizarre, perdu hors du château dans lequel il a vécu tout sa vie et n’étant pas sous sa meilleure posture… Et Lucy, qui se retrouve dans les ordures et tente tant bien que mal de sauver sa peau, avec ses ingénieuses idées. C’est une protagoniste féminine comme je les aime : débrouillarde, n’ayant besoin de personne pour se tirer hors d’affaire. Et bien sûr de nouveaux personnages, certains inattendus, que j’ai pris plaisir à découvrir et apprécier pour la plupart.
Malgré une petite déception (même si j’ai quand même beaucoup aimé ce livre), j’attends avec impatience la sortie du tome 3 en poche, surtout vu la fin de ce tome-ci. Je ne suis pas sûre d’avoir envie de terminer cette saga tant je l’apprécie, mais j’ai hâte de lire la suite quand même !

[Silvia · Rating 5 out of 5]

La storia continua da dove l'avevamo interrotta, ovvero dalla trasformazione di Clod e Lucy, rispettivamente in una mezza corona e un bottone. Le loro avventure continuano senza sosta, in ambienti totalmente diversi e con l'incontro di personaggi sempre più bizzarri. Lucy, nei cumuli, fa la conoscenza di Binadit, fin da bambino ritenuto diverso e in qualche modo pericoloso, presto allontanato dalla famiglia. Da anni vive nei cumuli, luogo che considera la sua casa e il suo rifugio. Con gli oggetti ha un legame particolare e non possono fare a meno di seguirlo, standogli il più vicino possibile. Dopo tanto tempo passato in solitudine, Binadit ha perso gran parte del vocabolario che conosceva e anche l'umanità, minacciando più volte Lucy di mangiarla. Clod, invece, passa di mano in mano, facendo la conoscenza della persona più temuta e ricercata di Foulsham: il Sarto. Un uomo ben poco affascinante, secco e dalla forma allungata, che nonostante la sua cattiva reputazione, riuscirà ad essere d'auto a Clod, rivelandogli segreti sulla sua famiglia. I due, separati dopo la trasformazione, faranno di tutto per ritrovarsi e non sarà facile.

Questo secondo volume della trilogia mi ha coinvolta ed entusiasmata di più rispetto al precedente, che si è rivelato così pieno di personaggi da risultare a tratti molto confusionario... (continua a leggere)

[Sarah Rigg · Rating 3 out of 5]

The series is set in an alternate Victorian-era London, where the Iremongers are a family that lives in "The Heaps," a walled off part of the city that is home to London's trash, and all have "birth objects" that come from the heaps. Clod Iremonger can hear the voices of objects and knows something is not as it seems with his family and the surrounding city of Foulsham. In the second book, the servant girl Lucy befriends an odd character from the heaps while Clod determines he needs to be brave and stop his family from turning the poor people of the Heaps into objects that can easily be disposed of. This one ends on a cliff-hanger just like the first book. They're quirky and fun, and Carey's black and white illustrations really add to the creepy but fun atmosphere of the books. I felt #2 wasn't as strong as #1 in the series and haven't yet gotten around to the final book in the trilogy.

[Eleonora Salviato · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tante fatti in questo secondo volume, Binadit è davvero simpatico, con il suo linguaggio speciale, Clod è molto cresciuto dallo scorso libro ora sa parlare con le cose e farle muovere, Lucy è sempre incredibilmente determinata e coraggiosa, che dire la storia dei manichini mi ha un pò sconvolto, ma d'altronde questo libro è tutto particolare e ci sta tutto.
Molto scorrevole e avvincente, una lettura davvero bizzarra ma che attira e incuriosisce troppo <3
Ora bisogna capire se Binadit verrà accettato in famiglia, che fine ha fatto (ancora) Lucy, il Sarto, James Henry, Ada...e Clod cosa farà?Riuscirà a ribellarsi alla sua stessa (malata) famiglia?
La situazione è degenerata...cosa succederà??!!

[Nick Milinazzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set in 1800s England, this work of historical fiction fantasy is the second book in the Iremonger trilogy. The work is brimming with odd happenings: people being turned into everyday objects, an army being created from the breaths of children, and a young man who can hear and control these objects. The novel includes illustrations by the author which helps to emphasize a) his talent, and b) the story's weirdness. Like many sequels, it is fun little piece that helps set the stage for a final confrontation. If you were ever a fan of Edward Gorey, you'll very much dig this.

[Mitzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perhaps not quite as captivating as the first, the strange little world created in Heap House expands to the outside town of Foulsham. Once again, the importance of names, our relationship with things, and our tendency to place people in classes based on how many things they have and what they do is explored, while also digging into exploitation, poverty, and greed. Clod is now starts out as a gold coin, so that is unique perspective, and we get to meet Binadit, who may seem simple, but usually sees things how it is.

[Antonin Jacob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quel monde unique que Mr Carey nous présente là.
Ce deuxième épisode est le plus court et thermes de nombre de pages des 3, mais bourré d'action et de rebondissements nous tenant à un rythme effréné qui ne vous laisse pas sur votre faim. Je me demandais ce qu'il pouvait bien arriver une fois le premier bouquin terminé... Je me demande maintenant comment tout tiendra dans le dernier.
Excellent, je fonce acheter le 3eme !