[DeepL Translation - needs review] The Carver's new home is shrouded in mystery. It still breathes the spirit of Jacob, the son of the former owners, who died by drowning. The strange circumstances of that death only begin to become clearer with the appearance of a diabolical character: the Prince of the Mist, capable of granting any wish to a person at a high price...
It's fun enough. It's obviously written for a younger audience, so it's pretty easy to follow. Felt like it spent a long time on setup, but once you get about halfway it becomes pretty engaging. (It could also just be that I zoned out and missed the point at parts of the beginning.) You follow a 13-year-old boy named Max, who moves to a new home with his family. Weird things start happening, and him, his sister, and his new friend try to find out why.
It's set near the sea, so I picked up a lot of little new-to-me terms around that, like shore, shipwreck, bay, and scubadiving.
I thought the author repeated terms a bit much. I'd see a slightly uncommon generic word, and then see it repeated again a few pages or even paragraphs later. And he likes to use the word for 'murmur' a lot through the whole book. It's odd - a little distracting and kind of annoying from a writing style perspective, but from a language learning perspective, you really want repetition.
It's fun enough. It's obviously written for a younger audience, so it's pretty easy to follow. Felt like it spent a long time on setup, but once you get about halfway it becomes pretty engaging. (It could also just be that I zoned out and missed the point at parts of the beginning.) You follow a 13-year-old boy named Max, who moves to a new home with his family. Weird things start happening, and him, his sister, and his new friend try to find out why.
It's set near the sea, so I picked up a lot of little new-to-me terms around that, like shore, shipwreck, bay, and scubadiving.
I thought the author repeated terms a bit much. I'd see a slightly uncommon generic word, and then see it repeated again a few pages or even paragraphs later. And he likes to use the word for 'murmur' a lot through the whole book. It's odd - a little distracting and kind of annoying from a writing style perspective, but from a language learning perspective, you really want repetition.