Review of Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge
One day, a girl called Triss wakes up after falling into The Grimmer, a pond near her home in the imaginary English town of Ellchester.
But something seems strange– she can’t remember anything about what happened,
and her own home feels alien to her. As time goes on, the situation becomes yet more abnormal.
Triss develops an insatiable appetite, and wakes up with twigs and leaves in
her hair. Eventually, her appetite becomes so great that it cannot be satisfied with normal food... As she attempts to discover the truth about what happened
on that fateful day, Triss is pulled into a web of mystery, lies, and betrayal, and she realises that nothing it what it appears to be. In order to restore peace, Triss must head into the hidden world below her town to confront a scheming architect and stop him from destroying her family.This book really captured my imagination- there is an
ominous magic about it that draws the reader in. I felt that Frances Hardinge
built the tension in a brilliant, gradual, way.
The characters were layered and 3-dimensional. Every character added to the book and helped build the story. The mysterious twists to the plot kept me hooked and got me to keep reading.I recommend this book to anyone from age eight upwards who enjoys a haunting, fascinating, mystery.
