Review: Susie's adventures...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
Susie was struggling over an essay that she had to do for her homework. The essay was to be about a bogetree, but Susie had no idea what a bogetree was, let alone be able to write an essay on it. As she sat staring into space, wondering how she was going to do this homework, she was suddenly aware of brightly coloured lights surrounding her – the brilliance of the lights and the magnificence of the colours amazed her, until, as if in a dream, she was transported to a magical place – a place she learned was called Magic Island.Learn of Susie’s adventures as she was taken from one place to the other by creatures she was sure she should be frightened of, but most certainly was not. They became her friends – her journey was wonderful, full of magic and surprises….The author has done herself and her reading public a major disservice in neglecting to have her story edited. The errors hit me from the very beginning and took away the enjoyment of what would have been a delightful children’s story, full of magic to keep them entertained. Also the blurb states Susie is a thirteen year old girl - to my mind, Susie's age appears to be about eight or nine years old. The ending was also extremely abrupt as I turned the page only to find “This story is published by ….”