Review: Sweet novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2013
The Acadian Secret is a sweet time travel story that follows 12 year old Elisabeth as she ends up in 17th century Scotland. There she meets a small community and falls in love with them as a whole.This is definitely geared toward a younger audience, but it doesn't take away from the entertainment factor of the book. My only real complaint is that Elisabeth foolishly left her videogame console behind with Quinton. That could drastically change things, I mean what if someone in the future found that buried somewhere? But alas, I understand she's 12 years old and probably doesn't think like that (I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have at that age.) Other than that though it was great fun!I loved the characters, in particular Malcolm and Fiona. I was immediately able to relate Malcolm to men in my life. I have a close friend I've known for about 15 years and her dad is very similar to Malcolm. He's warming and friendly and as a child I loved him coaching my soccer teams. Malcolm seemed like that to me; the dad that all the kids loved, that all the parents felt comfortable leaving their children with because harm wouldn't come to them. Plus I loved his demeanor. He was by far the character I connected with the most.I wish the bit with David and John hadn't taken so long to coalesce. Anytime their story I came up I got kind of bored with it because I couldn't see how it connected. I was happy to finally see the connection, but it took too long for me.The witch hunter was particularly funny and also ridiculous. I kept picturing that scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail about the witch, because his "tests" were so ridiculous. If she floats in the ocean she's a witch. If a fly lands on her she's a witch. It was insane, and I think a very good portrayal of just how much people were willing to believe.Overall it's a great story. I'm glad I read it and I think the ties to real historical elements were excellent!